About

Simona Sharoni is a feminist scholar, researcher and activist. Sharoni holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and MA and BA degrees in Counseling and Special Education from Haifa University, Israel. She has over three decades of experience building programs and leading change in US higher education settings. The institutions she taught at and held leadership positions in include American University, the Evergreen State College, and the State University of New York in Plattsburgh and Merrimack College. She also held semester-long distinguished scholar appointments at the University of Oregon and the University of Cincinnati.

Sharoni is the co-founder of Faculty Against Rape (FAR), a newly founded national organization advocating for an increased role of faculty in the struggle to confront sexual assault on college campuses. A former co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) and its founding Executive Director, Sharoni has played a key role in advocating for the centrality of feminist perspectives to peacebuilding and conflict resolution.

A former co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) and its founding Executive Director, Sharoni has played a key role in advocating for the centrality of feminist perspectives to peacebuilding and conflict resolution. In addition to gender justice, Dr. Sharoni’s activist experience primarily involves work on campus sexual assault, anti-racism efforts, solidarity with political prisoners, community organizing for justice and peace, and support for Palestinians and other marginalized groups.