Dr. Ayman Agbaria is a lecturer in the Department of Leadership and Policy in Education at the University of Haifa. He has two master's degrees, one in international development and social change, and the other in criminology from Clark University and Hebrew University. He also holds a dual doctoral degree in educational theory and policy, and in international and comparative education from Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Agbaria has held senior positions at the Israel Association of Community Centers, the Shatil organization of the New Israel Fund and at Beit Berl College. He also served as a senior consultant to the Follow Up Committee on Arab Education and as a member of the Education Ministry's civics studies committee. He is also a co-founding member of the Dirasat institutue. Dr. Agrabia specializes in education amongst ethnic and religious minorities and researches policy and pedagogy for civics education, Islamic education and teacher training.