Rakefet Sela-Sheffy, Ph.D. Culture Research, Tel Aviv University
DOCTORAL AND M.A. DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED
PH.D. DISSERTATIONS
2012	Simona Wasserman	The Construction of Elite Group in the Popular Music Field of Production and Canonization Processes of Mizrahi Music in Israel (with Prof. Motti Regev, The Open University). The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
2010	Maya Duani	From Drainage to Conservation of the Hula Wetland: Tracing the Dynamics of Nature Intervention (with Prof. Yosi Ben-Artzi, Haifa University). Haifa University.
2020	Noam Zaradez	Environmental Education Manpower in Israel – Between Formal and Informal frameworks (with Prof. Tali Tal of the Department of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion). The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University.
2021	Rotem Leshem	Emotions and Identity in Stories of Three Generations of “Ashkenzi” Immigrant Families in Israel. The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
2022	Idit Alhasid	On Waste and Identity in Southern Israel: How the Regulated Disposal of Household Waste is Linked to Local Identity. Test Case: Communities Affiliated to the Local Council of Yerucham and the Regional Council of Ramat HaNegev. The Identity & Social-Environmental Action Lab, The Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University.
2022	Yifat Moas	Dynamics of Protest and Collective Identity: The Case of the New Mizrahi Movement in Israel. The Identity & Social-Environmental Action Lab, The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
In progress
2019 – Pre-doctoral thesis	Hadas Bashan	Local Authorities in Israel and the Promotion of Sustainable Behavior: The Link Between the Culture Tools of Officials in Local Authorities and the Adoption of Environmental Agendas (tentative title). The Identity & Social-Environmental Action Lab, The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
2021	Revital Weil Gottshalk	Emotion and Professional Identity of Education Workers in Israeli Schools (tentative title). The Porter School of Cultural Studies, Tel Aviv University.
M.A. DISSERTATIONS
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THE UNIT OF CULTURE RESEARCH
2020	Revital Weil Gottschalk		Pain Talk: Identity and Interaction Among Women Suffering from Chronic Migraine
2020	Yasmin Enav-Aharoni		“What Shall We Eat This Evening?”: An Analysis of the ‘Israeli’ dinner (with Dr. Dafna Hirsh, Sociology, The Open University)
2016	Itamar Manoff		Semantic Frames in Second Language Pedagogy: Repertoire Production and Acculturation in Asymmetric Discourse (with Prof. Tamar Sovran, Department of Hebrew Language, TAU)
2014	Gagu Eshet		Dwelling Places as a Factor of Identity Construction.
2013	Rotem Leshem		Experience in Interaction: Micro-Sociological Perspectives and an Analysis of Focus Practices.
2013	Tamar Priel		Cultural Systems and Psycho-Cultural Models Change: Women Empowerment through Self Defense as a Case Study.
2012	Elinor Carmi		The Penetration of the Psychedelic Trance Culture into Israel, 1989-1999
2011	Netta Kamminsky		Nannies Talk about Their Profession: The Case of Israeli Child-Care Workers – Field, Repertoire and Discursive Strategies.
2010	Maya Vinitsky		Jewish Carpentry in Palestine, 1928-1929: A Case Study in the Formation of a Professional Field.
2007	Timna Grossman		Environmental Attitudes Among Teenagers in Israel and the Impact of the Education System and the 'Green' Bodies’ Activities: A Case Study in the Western Galilee.
2007	Matan Yair		“’Cool’? ‘Nerd’? There Is No Such Thing”: Teenagers Talk About Their Social World
2007	Dan Even		Strategies of Constructing Professional Identity of Anesthesiologists in Israel: Dominated Field within a Dominating Field.
2006	Ziv Reinstein		"A Personal Card to Love": The Presentation of Self in Internet Dating Sites.
2006	Emanuela Calò		“The Italian Cuisine” in Israel: A Test Case of the Transformation in the Culinary Field in the 1980s and 1990s.
2005	Yifat Gutman		The Popular and the Elite: Negotiating Cultural Legitimacy as a Struggle for Position.
2004	Simona Wasserman		Mediating Agencies in the Field of World Music in Israel: Strategies of Operation and Self- Presentation.
2004	Rachel Koriat		“Clear the Way to the New Pioneering in the Conquest of the Dog for the Building of Our Country”: Building Up the Field of Professional Dog Breeding in Palestine, 1934-1948.
2004	Nahuel Ribke		“The Ugly” vs. “The Beautiful” Israeli: Struggles over Defining Israeli Identity.
2004	Eleanor Eitam		The Formation of Hi-Tech Culture in Israel as an Elite Culture.
2004	Chagit Kahan		Kiryat Borukhov in Ramat Gan: From a Case of Cultural Planning in a Histadrut Cooperative Housing Project to a Gradual Transformation into a Regular Neighborhood.
2003	Rami Shir		Hackers: The formation of a Fringe Group and its Institutionalization.
2002	Orna Naftali		Models of Love and Relationships in the Journalistic Discourse of Contemporary China. (with Prof. Aharon Shai, Tel Aviv University).
THE IDENTITY & SOCIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION LAB, THE PORTER SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
2019	Liat Daudi		Orthodox Women’s Identities and Environmental Attitudes (with Dr. Daniel Mishori, Porter School of Environmental Studies)
2018	Shahar Shiloah		Professional and Inter-Generational Gaps in Environmental Approaches in a Kibbutz Society (with Dr. Ina Lakin, Sociology, The Open University).
2017	Mor Shavsha		Characteristics and Motivations of Second Hand Clothing Consumption in Israel: Aspects of Identity and Their Link to Pro-Environment Attitudes (with Dr. Tal Catz-Gerro, Anthropology, Haifa University).
2014	Idit Alhasid		Changes of Recycling Habits as Related to Local Communities’ Identities: South Tel Aviv Communities as Cases in Point.
2014	Elana Erez		Examination of Processes of Public Participation in Declaring Biospheric Spaces (with Dr. Uri Sheines, Haifa University).
2012	Keren Yavetz		Enchanted by the Garden: Women Leading Community Gardens Activity in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area (with Professor Tovi Fenster, The Department of Geography and the Human Environment)
2011	Noam Zaradez		Professional Identity of Environmental School Teachers in Israel
2011	Lara Paran		Dynamics of Local Environmental Struggle: Structural and Cultural Aspects (with Prof. Isaak Omer, The Department of Geography and the Human Environment).