Sheila H. Katz Ph.D. is Pro­fes­sor of Mid­dle East His­to­ry and Con­tem­pla­tive Stud­ies in the mul­ti­dis­ci­pli­nary Lib­er­al Arts Depart­ment at Berklee Col­lege of Music and pre­vi­ous­ly taught at Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty where she received her doc­tor­ate. She authored Women and Gen­der in Ear­ly Pales­tin­ian and Jew­ish Nation­al­ism and lived in Jerusalem work­ing with Israelis and Pales­tini­ans and Israelis on tough issues.