CURRICULUM VITAE

Name:                                     Alison Stern Golub

Address:                                 Yoel HaShofet 2/1

Be'er Sheva  84554

Home telephone:                   (08) 648-9169

Cell phone:                             (052) 543-4471

E-mail:                                    Alison_Golub@hotmail.com, aligolub@netvision.net.il

Date of birth:                          March 18, 1977

Place of birth:                         Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Citizenship:                             U.S.A.; Israel

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI                                                                                         9/96 - 5/00

Received double B.A. in Psychology and Human Resilience Studies (self-created independent concentration)

Graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Pertinent Courses:  Introductory Psychology; Cultural Mistrust; Personality Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Quantitative Methods in Psychology; Children’s Thinking: The Nature of Cognitive Development; Animal Learning and Behavior Laboratory; Relationships and Relationship Disturbances in Childhood; Psychology of Serial Killers (a self-created group independent study course); Perceptions of Mental Illness; Cognitive Neuropsychology; Making Decisions; Behavior Modification.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY:  Boston, MA                                                    9/97 - 12/97, 9/98 - 12/98, 9/99 - 5/00

Took 3 graduate literature/philosophy courses taught by Elie Wiesel:  “Literature of Memory IV: Scapegoats and Outcasts;” “Literature of Memory V: The World of the Shtetl;” and “Literature of Memory I: From First Novel to Masterpiece.”  Also took a graduate sociology course on narrative analysis entitled “Qualitative Analysis of Clinical Data.”

ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL:  Hod Ha’Sharon, Israel                           11/94 - 1/95    

Took intensive college-level courses in Jewish history, Calculus, and English.  Lived in a residential setting with other students; gained experience with group work and cooperation; traveled extensively in and around Israel; acquired an understanding of Jewish culture and traditions.

“VIOLENCE:  REDIRECTING THE MIGHT”

YOUTH LEADERS OF PROMISE INSTITUTE:  Seattle, WA                                                                7/94

Spent 2 weeks working with 30 other high school students to create a plan aimed at soothing racial conflict in the Seattle area, which was presented to Seattle’s mayor, county governor, police chief, and other key officials in the city.  Participated in workshops focused around leadership skills, problem-solving, team-building, multi-culturalism, youth violence, and conflict resolution.

I*EARN HOLOCAUST STUDY MISSION:  Poland and Israel                                                        3/94 - 4/94

Educational mission that brought 5 Americans and 35 Israelis together to learn about the Holocaust and Jewish history.  Spent 1 week in Poland, touring synagogues, cemeteries, and other historical sites in Krakow and Warsaw, as well as 5 concentration/death camps in the surrounding cities; and 1 week in Israel, visiting cultural, religious, and historically significant locations.

Interim Program Director                                                                                                                 10/02 - 1/03

RHODE ISLAND HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM:  Providence, RI

Was responsible for Holocaust educational programming throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  Organized and guided school group visits to the museum as well as educational visits to middle and high schools and college groups.  Gave presentations on the nature and analysis of Holocaust survivor testimony and memory, psychological resilience, and tolerance and prejudice.  Worked with teachers to plan Holocaust education curricula, and consulted with students of all ages to prepare and guide Holocaust-related projects.  Revived a docent training program at the museum, and worked to launch a large-scale teacher outreach program.  Organized and carried out a number of different educational programming events, such as a teacher training workshop, Holocaust-related exhibits co-sponsored with colleges in the area, and a Kristallnacht commemoration event.  Helped to plan events for Yom HaShoah, Student Awareness Day, and a Student Art and Writing Competition.

Assistant Principal                                                                                                                               9/02 - 5/03

HARRY ELKIN MIDRASHA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION:  Providence, RI

Worked extensively with the principal of the program to help oversee day-to-day workings of the academic program, mentor and assist students, and advise on educational and disciplinary issues.  Assumed principal’s role when principal was unable to attend or perform duties.

Youth Advisor                                                                                                                                     7/02 - 9/03

UNITED SYNAGOGUE YOUTH (USY):  Cranston/Warwick, RI Chapter

Acted as mentor and advocate for a group of 7 executive members and 15 general members.  Helped to organize and facilitate monthly board meetings, bimonthly activities, social action projects, and regional events.  Emphasis was on team-building, leadership training, group cooperation and cohesion, and religious and secular USY values.

Research Assistant                                                                                                                             6/02 - 2/03

NEVER AGAIN CONSULTING:  Attleboro, MA

Conducted research in a variety of occupational health areas, for a medical doctor who testifies as an expert in toxic tort cases against asbestos mining, tobacco, and beryllium manufacturing and distributing companies.  Worked specifically to prepare an extensive presentation on corporate knowledge, motive, and collusion with the government to harm workers, in a case in which a plaintiff with Chronic Beryllium Disease was suing his employer for negligence.

Research Assistant for

Longitudinal Follow-Up Study of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)                                     5/01 - 7/02

BUTLER HOSPITAL:  Providence, RI

Worked directly with principal and co-principal investigator of a longitudinal, prospective study of the nature and course of OCD.  Primary responsibilities included conducting 4- to 8-hour interviews with individuals diagnosed with primary OCD, writing up narratives of each interview, and participating in the diagnostic and clinical editing process.  Fully trained to utilize and administer a number of psychiatric diagnostic tools, such as the SCID, SCID-II, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale, Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale, and other assessments of ADHD, Separation Anxiety Disorder, and tics.

Residential Counselor / Educational and Travel Guide                                                                    6/00 - 12/00

ALEXANDER MUSS HIGH SCHOOL IN ISRAEL:  Hod Ha’Sharon, Israel

Worked with a co-counselor to provide constant emotional support to a group of 40 American high school students in Israel.  Most frequent issues surrounded homesickness, roommate conflicts, and feelings of loneliness and inability to “fit in.”  Some students also suffered from – and were taking medication for – depression, anxiety disorders, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and various physical disabilities.  Responsibilities as a 24-hour, live-in counselor were centered on helping each student to resolve and/or deal with these issues.  Also accompanied students on 1- and 2-day hiking trips throughout Israel, providing physical and medical support when needed, and making food and sleeping arrangements.  Overall duties were to encourage group cooperation and cohesion, and ensure the health and well-being of each student within the larger dorm and school community.

Residential Counselor - Andrews Dorm                                                                                             8/98 - 5/99

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI

Provided both individual and group support and guidance for academic, social, personal, psychological, and emotional problems to a unit of 40 first-year college students.  Worked with co-counselors and regional directors to advise students, discuss university programs and policies, and design and direct activities to assist students in academic planning, social development, education about college-related issues, and healthy adjustment to college life.  Ongoing training for counselors included instruction in conflict resolution; racism, classism, and sexism; psychological preparation; reflexive listening; and knowledge of university support services.

Biotechnology Research Intern                                                                                                          6/93 - 9/93,

Department of Molecular Biotechnology                                                                                          6/94 - 10/94

University of Washington:  Seattle, WA

Conducted research and performed studies of genetic material of plants and animals; utilized computer-assisted programs for the analysis of data; attended lectures given by top professionals in the field of genetics and biotechnology.  Experience with DNA sequencing and synthesizing, gel electrophoresis, and basic biotechnology methods and processes.

Teacher                                                                                                                                                9/01 - 5/03

HARRY ELKIN MIDRASHA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION:  Providence, RI

Have taught the classes listed below to between 4 and 20 high school students in an extra-curricular Jewish educational program, held 1 to 2 days a week.  All syllabi and lesson plans were self-created, except for the most recent course, which was taught from an internationally-mandated syllabus.

“Holocaust:  March of the Living” 1/03 - 5/03

A weekly seminar on the history of the Holocaust and related issues of tolerance, prejudice, and resilience.

“Scapegoats and Outcasts” 9/02 - 1/03

A weekly seminar on scapegoats and outcasts in Jewish collective history.  Literature, art, and interactive lessons were utilized to teach about issues of racism, tolerance, conformity, and ethnocentricity.

“Jewish Resistance and Resilience”      2/02 - 5/02

A weekly seminar on psychological resilience and physical resistance throughout Jewish history.  Topics included Holocaust survivors, survivor testimonies, the nature of memory of traumatic events, the construction and deconstruction of story-telling, and the meaning of resilience in the face of trauma and adversity.

“Introduction to Hebrew” 9/02 - 5/03

“Beginning Hebrew” 9/02 - 5/03

“Intermediate Hebrew” 9/01 - 5/02

Weekly courses in speaking, reading, and writing conversational Hebrew.

Teaching Assistant                                                                                                                             9/98 - 5/00

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI

“PY0030:  Personality”    1/00 - 5/00

Taught bimonthly sections on a variety of topics related to personality psychology, graded tests and homework assignments, and held office hours to meet with and advise students.

“JS0198:  Comparative Genocide”        9/99 - 12/99

Attended weekly classes and assisted the professor in leading class discussions and in grading essay assignments.  Met with individual students weekly to advise and help prepare them for class presentations.

      “PY0001:  Introductory Psychology”    9/99 - 12/99

“PY0003:  Introductory Psychology”    9/98 - 12/98

Taught weekly lab sections, attended weekly planning meetings, and held office hours to meet with students and assist in homework and exam preparation.  Helped to set up equipment and prepare materials for instruction, assisted and supervised first-year college students in the execution of weekly psychology experiments, and graded weekly lab reports and exams.

Senior Honors Thesis Research:  Providence, RI; Long Island, NY                                                 6/99 - 9/99

Conducted intensive interviews with 20 Jewish survivors of the Holocaust.  Each interview lasted from 2 to 9 hours, some with multiple sessions.  Focused questions around coping strategies and the will to live and survive, how they conceptualize their own resilience and survival, and how they view their identities in light of their Holocaust experiences.

Research Assistant for Boston University Resiliency Project                                                           6/99 - 5/00

BOSTON UNIVERSITY:  Boston, MA

Researched and participated in the designing of a 2- to 3-year qualitative study on resilient male survivors of child sexual abuse.  Conducted a major literature review of the topic, and attended biweekly meetings to prepare methodology and plan interviewing techniques.

Undergraduate Teaching Research Assistant (UTRA Program)                                                     5/99 - 9/99

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI

Collaborated with a professor to create a senior seminar course on comparative genocide to be taught by the professor and teaching assisted (TAed) by myself in the fall semester of 1999.  Conducted research on and literature review of international cases of state-sponsored massacre and the study of comparative genocide; created a syllabus and assisted in assignment preparation for the course.

Member of Committee on Academic Standing                                                                                  9/98 - 5/00

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI

Met once to twice monthly with professors and deans from all departments of the university, in order to discuss and evaluate student proposals for independent concentration programs.

Head of Psychology Departmental Undergraduate Group (DUG)                                                      2/98 - 5/00

BROWN UNIVERSITY:  Providence, RI       

Developed a series of activities and programs in order to bring the professors and students in the department together.  Created and organized a mentor program, lecture series, and panel discussions; worked to bring lecturers from outside of the Brown University community; directed student involvement in the hiring process for a new professor.

Member of Trauma Science Group:  Providence, RI                                                                    2/98 - Present

Attend monthly meetings with a group of clinicians, professors, and researchers in the RI area to discuss issues of trauma, substance abuse, PTSD, recovered memory, and a variety of other psychological topics.

Intern / Research Assistant                                                                                                                 5/98 - 9/98

Child and Family Services OF NEWPORT COUNTY:  Middletown, RI

Conducted extensive interviews and spent a great deal of time with adolescent girls in a residential assessment facility as research for a potential honors thesis; gave two presentations to C&FS clinicians on resilience and focusing on the client’s strengths, rather than on psychopathology and strict diagnosis, in therapy.

·         Graduated from Brown with honors, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa (May, 2000)

·         Senior honors thesis was nominated and chosen to be published by Brown University (May, 2000)

·         Elected member of the Resource Scholars Program (December, 1999); made a presentation of senior thesis findings to the Brown and outside Providence community as part of the program

·         Recipient of a Royce Fellowship for a collaborative project with a professor and the preparation of honors thesis (April, 1999); lifetime member of the Society of Royce Fellows

·         Recipient of a Dorot Fellowship for travel and study in Israel (April, 1997)

·         National Merit Scholarship Finalist (March, 1995)

·         Golub, Alison Stern (July 2003 to present).  “Alison on Aliyah” (series of articles published every 2 weeks).  The Jewish Voice and Herald; Providence, RI

·         Golub, Alison Stern.  “Trauma and Resilience in Holocaust Survivors:  Rebuilding a Life and Life Narrative” – Poster presentation at 15^th annual convention of the American Psychological Society (APS); Atlanta, GA; May 29 - June 1, 2003

·         Golub, Alison Stern.  “The Life Narratives of Holocaust Survivors:  Lessons of Trauma and Resilience” – Oral presentation at Temple Am-David, Providence, Rhode Island; March 2, 2003

·         Golub, Corie; Golub, Alison Stern (Winter 2003).  “One of My Biggest Fears.”  The Banner; Seattle University, School of Education; Seattle, WA.

·         Egilman, David S.; Bagley, Sarah; Biklen, Molly; Golub, Alison Stern; and Rankin-Bohme, Susanna (2003).  “The Beryllium ‘Double Standard’ Standard.”  The International Journal of Health Services, 33(4), 769-812.

·         Golub, Alison Stern (2000).  Understanding Resilience Through Their Eyes and Words:  The Varied Memories and Narratives of Individuals Who Survived the Holocaust.  2000 Brown University Senior Honors Theses; Wayland Press; Providence, RI

·         Golub, Alison (May 1998).  “Elie Wiesel Teaches About Life.”  An End to Intolerance — In the Schools: What Have I Learned?; Cold Spring Harbor High School; Cold Spring Harbor, NY

·         Golub, Alison (June 1997).  “College Student Shares Memories:  Never Again.”  An End to Intolerance — Humanitarians: Making Moral Decisions; Cold Spring Harbor High School; Cold Spring Harbor, NY

·         Golub, Alison (May 1994).  “An Obligation to Learn.”  Temple Tidings; Temple De Hirsch Sinai; Seattle, WA

·         Golub, Alison (November 2, 1993).  “The Pain of Harassment:  Teenager Says She Still Lives in Fear of High School Teacher.”  The Seattle Times; Seattle, WA

·         Have given over 15 slide presentations on visiting death camps in Poland to history classes at high schools, religion schools, and a graduate school class at Seattle University

·         Have spoken in front of synagogue congregations of 300 - 1,000 on various occasions