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Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia

Brief Bio for Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, Ph.D.

Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, Ph.D., earned his doctoral degree in social work from the University of Minnesota, and is currently Gordon Brown Chair and Professor of Social Work, at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. His research areas include: rates, risk factors, and mental health consequences of different patterns family violence, including violence against women, child abuse and neglect, sibling violence; psycho-social profiles of violent men against intimate partners; beliefs of professionals, students, and ordinary people about wife beating; children in war zones; mental health consequences of the exposure of children and parents to community violence and political violence; and the socio-cultural and socio-political contexts of child maltreatment and violence against women and of the education and practice of social work. He has published extensively about these topics in leading refereed journals. Prof. Haj-Yahia has been serving on the editorial board of several journals, such as Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal; Violence against Women; Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice and Policy; Journal of Family and Economic Issues, International Journal of Psychology; and the International Journal of Social Work and Social Welfare (published in Chinese and English, by the Taiwanese Association of Social Work Education) among many others. Furthermore, in March 2016, he has been granted, by the Israeli Association of Social Workers, the award Best Social Worker in the Academia for his pioneering studies on different topics of family violence in collectivist societies. He also serves as member of the International Advisory Board of the Child and Youth Rights Program, at the Minerva Center for Human Rights, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Furthermore, Prof. Haj-Yahia is member of The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Additionally, Prof. Haj-Yahia has served on the board of several human rights organizations and is a member of the Academic Councils of several colleges and universities in Israel.