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Rhona Seidelman is an Associate Professor of History and Schusterman Chair in Modern Israel Studies at the University of Oklahoma. She directs the Schusterman Center for Judaic & Israel Studies. Her research focuses on the history of Israel’s immigration and public health, particularly the Shaar Ha’aliya immigration camp and the role of disease in nation-building. She is the author of Under Quarantine: Immigrants and Disease at Israel’s Gate, examining the intersection of health, exclusion, and national identity. Her work has appeared in journals like Jewish Social Studies and World Literature Today, and she contributes to public discourse through media collaborations, including BBC documentaries and an upcoming Israeli drama series.
- Education:
- Ph.D., Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- M.A. and B.A. (Summa Cum Laude), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Her research interests include transnational migration, medical history, and the social impact of disease. Current projects explore tuberculosis’s role in shaping 20th-century Israel and interdisciplinary medical history education with her father. She emphasizes accessibility, publishing editorials in Ha’aretz and The Daily Oklahoman.
Future work includes In Medicine, With History: A Conversation, advocating for medical history in medical curricula, and Zionism, Tuberculosis and the Making of the 20th Century, tracing TB’s sociomedical legacy in Israel.
