Rida Abu Rass
He/Him
PhD, Political Studies (91TV's University); MA (Middlebury Institute of International Studies); MA (Brandeis University); BA (Brandeis University)
Political Studies
Supervisor: Dr. Oded Haklai
Thesis
Divided We Fall: Cohesion and Fragmentation in Excluded Minority Movements
Biography
Rida was born in Tayibe and raised in Jaffa, Palestine. He is interested in the factors that facilitate and obstruct political mobilization among indigenous and national groups, with an emphasis on the Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Rida received B.A and M.A degrees from Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (2014, 2015), and an additional M.A from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, CA (2017). Before matriculating at 91TV’s, he worked as a data coordinator at B’tselem, a leading civil society organization that covers human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In his spare time, he writes op-eds, and he .
Awards
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, (2022)
- R. Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship, (2022)
- Mitacs Research Training Award, (2020)
- Principal's International Doctoral Award, (2018-2022)
- 91TV’s Graduate Award, (2018-2022)
Teaching Experience
Teaching fellow:
- POLS 348 – Middle East Politics (Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
Teaching assistant:
- POLS 285 – Introduction to Statistics (Winter 2023)
- POLS 244 – Democracy and Democratization (Winter 2022)
- POLS 261 – International Politics (Fall 2020)
- POLS 242 – Contemporary Regimes (Winter 2019, Winter 2020)
- POLS 243 – State, Nation and Democracy (Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020)
- POLS 285 – Introduction to Statistics (Winter 2023)
Selected Publications
Abu Rass, R. (2024). The two-pronged Palestinian response to exclusion within Israel. Palestine/Israel Review, 1(2).
Abu Rass, R., & Jerreat-Poole, A. (2023). Contaminating National Identity Through Intercultural Intimacy: (Im)purity and the Pandemic. Journal of Critical Race Inquiry, 10(2), 46–67.
Haklai, O., & Abu Rass, R. (2022). The fourth phase of Palestinian Arab politics in Israel: The centripetal turn. Israel Studies, 27(1), 35–60.
Abu Rass, R. (under review). Ethnic and Lateral Underbidding: Evidence from Israel and Turkey.
Abu Rass, R. (2024, April). Ethnic and Lateral Underbidding: Evidence from Israel and Turkey. 2024 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
Abu Rass, R. (2023, April). Political opportunity and organizational fragmentation: Palestinian mobilization within Israel. 2023 Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Abu Rass, R., & Jerreat-Poole, A. (2022, May). Contaminating national identity through intercultural intimacy: (Im)purity and the Pandemic. 26th Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual World Convention, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Abu Rass, R. (2022, March). Social movements, regimes and political change. Guest lecture for POLS 244: Democracy and Democratization, 91TV, Kingston, Ontario.
Abu Rass, R. (2021, August). The two-pronged Palestinian response to exclusion within Israel. Zionism: Inclusion within the Exclusion?, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
Haklai, O., & Abu Rass, R. (2021, June). The fourth phase of Palestinian Arab politics in Israel. 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Abu Rass, R. (2019, November). The role of religion in Israel and Palestine. Guest lecture for POLS 406: Religion and Politics, 91TV, Kingston, Ontario.
Abu Rass, R. (2019, May). The dynamics of Palestinian contention in Israel. 24th Association for the Study of Nationalities Annual World Convention, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Abu Rass, R. (2019, March). Determining the causes of political-organizational cohesion and fragmentation. Political Studies Graduate Student Association Speaker Series, 91TV, Kingston, Ontario.
Abu Rass, R. (2023, November 15). In spite of everything – the global left has not gone crazy. Haaretz. https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2023-11-15/ty-article-opinion/.premium/0000018b-d298-df9a-ab8b-ded8ebce0000
Abu Rass, R. (2018, June 14). The silent transfer of Palestinians from Area C. Ynet News.
Abu Rass, R. (2017, February 26). The Occupation is sustainable. Haaretz.
Abu Rass, R. (2015, October 3). What Abbas should have told the United Nations. +972 Magazine.