{"id":175423945,"date":"2013-12-04T18:33:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T18:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/pcsstudents\/?p=175423945"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T18:38:50","slug":"amy-kapit-06-studies-education-in-situations-of-armed-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/2013\/12\/04\/amy-kapit-06-studies-education-in-situations-of-armed-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Kapit &#8217;06 studies education in situations of armed conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The website of the <a href=\"http:\/\/steinhardt.nyu.edu\/\">Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development<\/a> at New York University shares information about <a href=\"http:\/\/steinhardt.nyu.edu\/humsocsci\/international\/phdprogram\/amykapit\">Amy Kapit&#8217;s<\/a> (peace and conflict studies minor class of 2006) work on education in situations of armed conflict. We excerpt some of it here. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/steinhardt.nyu.edu\/humsocsci\/international\/phdprogram\/amykapit\">Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/12\/Amy_Kapit_1_NYU.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-175423946\" style=\"margin: 5px\" alt=\"Amy_Kapit_1_NYU\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/12\/Amy_Kapit_1_NYU.jpg\" width=\"286\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/12\/Amy_Kapit_1_NYU.jpg 682w, https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/academics\/pcs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/12\/Amy_Kapit_1_NYU-300x267.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>Why did you choose to pursue a Doctoral degree in International Education?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Swarthmore College, where I majored in religion and peace and conflict studies, I worked for a couple years on educational advocacy relating to the Israeli and Palestinian conflict. During this time, I became particularly interested in the way that education can shape historical narratives, social identities, and political opinions. I decided that I wanted to contribute to knowledge and research on the subject, focusing on the role of education in situations of armed conflict: how conflict affects education and how education affects conflict, potentially serving to either mitigate and exacerbate it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research focus:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I look at how the humanitarian community is addressing the problem of attacks on education (violence, harassment, and threats against students, teachers, and schools in areas of armed conflict). More specifically, I focus on the work of humanitarian actors in the occupied Palestinian territory and the linkages between what is occurring there and global advocacy efforts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kapit-Spitalny, Amy<\/strong>\u00a0and Burde, Dana (2011). Annex 1: Prioritizing the Agenda for Research for the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack: Why Evidence is Important, What We Know, and How to Learn More. In Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack.\u00a0<em>Report from the Knowledge Roundtable on Programmatic Measures in Prevention, Intervention and Response to Attacks on EducationNovember 8-11, 2011 Phuket, Thailand<\/em>. New York, NY: GCPEA, pp. 29-46.<\/li>\n<li>Burde, Dana,\u00a0<strong>Kapit-Spitalny, Amy<\/strong>, Wahl, Rachel, and Guven, Ozen (2011).\u00a0<em>Education and Conflict Mitigation: What the Aid Workers Say<\/em>. Washington, DC: USAID.<\/li>\n<li>Guven, Ozen,\u00a0<strong>Kapit-Spitalny, Amy<\/strong>, and Burde, Dana (contracted and submitted, 2011).\u00a0<em>The Education of Former Child Soldiers: Finding a Way Back to Civilian Identity<\/em>. Education Above All.<\/li>\n<li>Burde, Dana,\u00a0<strong>Kapit-Spitalny, Amy<\/strong>, Wahl, Rachel, and Guven, Ozen (contracted and submitted, 2010).\u00a0<em>Education in Emergencies: A Literature Review of What Works, What Does Not, and Why<\/em>. Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.<\/li>\n<li>Miller-Idriss, Cynthia and\u00a0<strong>Kapit, Amy<\/strong>\u00a0(2009). Book Review: Promoting Conflict or Peace Through Identity by Nikki Slocum-Bradley (Ed.).\u00a0<em>Journal of Intercultural Studies, 30<\/em>(4), pp. 431-433.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What are your career goals?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to work for an international humanitarian agency on issues relating to education in emergencies, using my knowledge and research experience to inform programming and advocacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The website of the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University shares information about Amy Kapit&#8217;s (peace and conflict studies minor class of 2006) work on education in situations of armed conflict. We excerpt some of it here. \u00a0Read More. 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