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CURRICULM VITAE – Sarit Okun | 2022

 

Personal Details

 

Name

Sarit Okun

 

Education

 

 

2020-presentPostdoctoral Fellowship

Bar Ilan University, Israel.

Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work

 

2016-2020 – Ph.D. 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Communication Studies.

 

2012-2015 – M.A.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Communication Studies.

 

2004-2006 – B.A.

Sapir Academic College, Israel, School of Communication, Summa Cum-Laude.

 

Title of Thesis

Dissertation

Name of Supervisor

Exploring the characteristics of an

online Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

Prof. Galit Nimrod

 

Title of Ph.D. Dissertation
Name of Supervisor

Online spirituality and wellbeing

in later life.

Prof. Galit Nimrod

 

Title of Post-Doctorate Dissertation

Name of Supervisor

 

Digital action research to eradicate ageism.

Study of the phenomenon of ageism in Israel.

Prof. Liat Ayalon

 

 

External grants

year

foundation

title

2019

Yad Tabenkin—the research, ideological and documentary center of the Kibbutz Movement in Israel.

Yad Tabenkin Scholarship for research in the study of cooperative communities

2018

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and housed at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada

ACT [Ageing + Communication + Technologies] Student Bursaries

2016-2020

The Kreitman school of Advanced Graduate Studies. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

The Zin Scholarship, Grant for outstanding doctoral students

2007

Sapir Academic College

Excellence Award- Summa Cum Laude

2006

Sapir Academic College

Excellence Award- Summa Cum Laude

2005

Sapir Academic College

Excellence Award

 

EDUCATIONL ACTIVITIES

 

Year

2023

 

2023

 

 

2022

Name of Activity, City, Country

 

Lecturer (BA+MA)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

Lecturer (BA)

Bar-Ilan University.

Ramat Gan, Israel.

 

 

Lecturer (MA)

Herzog College

Detailed Activity

Multimodal analysis

on the Internet

 

 

 

Communication, Digital

and the Jewish World

 

 

 

New Media –

Theoretical aspects

 

2022

 

 

2022

Lecturer (MA)

Herzog College

 

Lecturer (MA)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

 

 

New Media –

Practical aspects

 

Media in life:

Early communication theories

2022

 

Lecturer (BA+MA)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

Let's talk about spirituality:

Religion and belief in the digital space

 

2021

 

 

Lecturer (BA+MA)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel

 

Let's talk about spirituality:

Religion and Belief in the Digital Space

 

2018-2019

Research group on inclusion and integration in the community,

Yad Tabenkin Center, Israel.

 

A forum of researchers which included theoretical and study sessions

 

 

 

 

2016                                   Teaching Assistant (MA)                   Models and theories in digital media

                                           Ben-Gurion University of the

                                           Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

פרסומים

 

ARTICLES PUBLISHED

 

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (In press). And What About Self-Ageism?  “Inner Work” as a Fifth Strategy for the Eradication of Ageism. Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

 

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (2022). Eradicating ageism through social campaigns: An Israeli Case Study in the Shadow of COVID-19. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12540

 

Okun, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). The paradox of subjective age: Age(ing) in the self-presentation of older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 1-10. doi:10.1017/S1041610222000667

 

Okun, S., & Ayalon, L. (2022). Ageism: The importance of the linguistic concept for the construction of the experience. Ageing & Society, 1-15. doi:10.1017/S0144686X22000708

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2021). Lifelong spiritual learning: Religious older adults going digital. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture. doi:10.1163/21659214-bja10056

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2020). Online spiritual counseling for older adults. Cyberpsychology, 14(4),7.  https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2020-4-7

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2019). Online religious communities and wellbeing in later life. Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, 32(3), 268–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2019.1666333

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod, G. (2017). Online Ultra-Orthodox religious communities as a third space: A Netnographic Study. International Journal of Communication,11, 2825–2841. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6515/2085

 

Okun S. (2016). Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. Journal for the Haredi Society Research, 5677. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research, Israel. (Hebrew).

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

Okun, S. (In press). Digital action research with religious older adults. In: M. Topel & O. Shemer. Inclusion and Exclusion in Kibbutz Community. The Bialik Institute, Iseael.  (Hebrew).

 

NON-PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Okun, S. (2014-present). Moments in life. Personal Column in Amudim magazine. http://www.kdati.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?386

 

Okun, S. (Editor) (2018). Stories of immigration and settlement - western Negev. Fourth collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

 

Okun, S. (Editor) (2017). The story of a daring operation. Third collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

 

Okun, S. & Frid R. (Editors) (2016). Evacuation of settlements during wartime. Second collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

 

Okun, S. (Editor) (2014). Realization of “Torah and Agriculture” in the Negev. First collection of articles. The Religious Kibbutz Movement. (Hebrew).

 

Okun, S. (2014). Surfing with “Shtraeimel.” Amudim,766. 17–20. (Hebrew).

 

LECTURES AT CONFERENCES

 

Okun, S. & Ayalon, L. (5.7.2022). Is age just a number? The place of age in the self-presentation of older adults. The conference of the Israeli association of gerontology. David Intercontinental Hotel: Tel Aviv.

 

Okun, S. (20.6.2022). The contribution of online religious counseling in later life. The 24th Annual Conference Israel Communication Association, Ben Gurion University in the Negev.

 

Okun, S. (18.5.2021). Digital action research with senior citizens. Seminar of the center for Qualitative Research. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.  

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod G. (26.3.2021). Online religious communities and wellbeing in later life. The conference of Religious identity and the media: Methods, concepts, theories, and new research avenues. University of Bremen, Warsaw, Poland.

 

Okun, S. & Nimrod G. (17.2.2020). A digital spiritual forum in aging. The conference of the Israeli association of gerontology. David Intercontinental Hotel: Tel Aviv

 

Okun, S. (16.5.2019). The contribution of a digital religious community to wellbeing in later life. Dorot [generations] Conference Herzog Institute for Aging Research, Tel Aviv University.

 

Okun, S. (16.4.2019). A digital spiritual community in later life. The 23th Annual Conference Israel Communication Association, Hadassah College, Jerusalem.

 

Okun, S. (7.2.2018). Insights from a netnographic study. The 8th Israeli interdisciplinary conference of qualitative research. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.  

 

Okun, S. (8.3.2017). The online Ultra-Orthodox religious communities. The faculty conferences. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Beer-Sheva, Israel.

 

Okun, S. (10.7.2016). Online religious communities: Spirituality and faith through E-leisure. The Third International Sociological Association's (ISA) Forum of Sociology. Vienna, Austria.

 

Okun, S. (27.6.2016). Online religious communities: A leisure activity, a spiritual activity, or both? The 14th World Leisure Congress. Durban, South Africa.

 

Okun, S. (19.5.2016). Who is hiding behind the nickname?" Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. The 4th "Cyber, Privacy and Technology" Conference. The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

 

Okun, S. (20.4.2016). Identity games in the online Ultra-Orthodox religious community. The 20thAnnual Conference Israel Communication Association. The Kinneret Academic College, Israel.