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Samuel Shye
Curriculum Vitae

Education

 

1962

B.A. Physics (honors) The University of California at Berkeley

1968

M.A. Mathematical Statistics, The University of California at Berkeley

1976

Ph.D. Mathematical Statistics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Advisor: Louis Guttman

Academic Appointments

1977

Senior Lecturer, The Israel Institute of Applied Social Research

1988

Associate Professor, The Louis Guttman Institute at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1999

Professor, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba

Professional Positions

Since 1996

Senior Research Fellow, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Since 1988

Professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, teaching courses in Facet Theory & Multiple Scaling, and their applications to research in Quality of Life, Distributive Justice, Intelligence & Creativity and Offender Profiling.

1997-2006

Founder and Scientific Director, Center for Social Justice at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

2001-2004

Project Director, Creativity as Personal Ability, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

1996-2000

Research Director at the Israel Center for Third Sector Research, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheba

Since 1968

Principal Investigator of research projects in the fields of psychology, education, economic behavior, science policy, social & psychological measurement, multivariate data analysis

1968-1996

Research Director, The Louis Guttman Israel Institute of Applied Social Research at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

1964-1968

Instructor, Department of Statistics, The University of California at Berkeley

1963-1964

Statistician, Survey Research Center, The University of California at Berkeley

Appointments & Memberships

  • Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Liverpool.
  • Member, Scientific Board of IGCS (International Group for Scientific and Technological Chaos Studies), Ben Gurion University.
  • Methodological Consultant, OAS (Organization of American States) Department of Education.
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling (JIP).
  • Editorial Board, Social Indicators Research (SIR)
  • Editorial Board, Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research
  • Member, American Psychological Association (APA).
  • Member, U.S. Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS).
  • Founding member and first Secretary General of the International Facet Theory Association (FTA).

Publications

Books, Scientific articles, Encyclopedia entries, Research Reports, Conference Papers