Szabi Ishtai-Zee, PhD

Education
PhD, Social Psychology, Union Graduate School
MEd, Group Dynamics and Social Processes, Temple University
BSW, Temple University

Academic Expertise and Areas of Interest

• Applied Systems Theory
• Collaborative Research
• Ethnography
• Organizational Development
• Multiculturalism

Professional Experience

• Mentoring Faculty, Educational Leadership and Change, Fielding Graduate University
• Director, Human Services Program, Lincoln University

Selected Memberships and Affiliations

• American Counseling Association
• American Society for Training and Development
• International Society for Intercultural Education
• National Institute for Dispute Resolution

Selected Publications

• Ishtai-Zee, S. (1996). Reframing Sambo: Deconstructing a negative stereotype. Philadelphia, PA: Dial Books.
• Ishtai-Zee, S. (1994). Coming Together in Mount Airy: An oral history and analysis of interracial collaboration in a Philadelphia community. Philadelphia, PA: Germantown Historical Society.
• Ishtai-Zee, S. (1992). Sociocultural, historical, and diachronic aspects of interracial conflict situations in organizations: An Afrocentric perspective. Communications and organizational conflict series. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University.

Selected Presentations

• Narrative Approaches to Applied Social Science Research. Presented to the Society for Applied Anthropology, Annual Conference, December, 1996.
• Strategic Conflict Management from the Inside-Out. Presented at Temple University Multicultural Training and Research Institute, Annual Conference, January, 1996.
• A Multicultural Response to Organizational Change. Presented at Temple University Multicultural Training and Research Institute, Annual Conference, January, 1995.
• Empowering Ourselves, Our Systems, and Our Clients Through Multicultural Discourse: Diversity and Transformation. Keynote presentation and forthcoming publication for The American Therapeutic Recreation Association (ATRA), October, 1993.