Gonen Dori-Hacohen

Gonen Dori-Hacohen

CURRICULUM VITAE

Gonen Dori-Hacohen

Department of Communication58 Granby Heights

University of Massachusetts, AmherstGranby, MA 01033

304 Machmer hall

240 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003-9278

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POSITIONS HELD

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Visiting scholar, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego, 2009-2011

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Degree FieldInstitutionDates

Ph.D.CommunicationUniversity of Haifa, Israel2004-2009

Dissertation title: Citizens talk about public affairs: The description of the political phone-in program on Israeli public radio

Advisors: Tamar Katriel and Yael Maschler

M.A.SociologyUniversity of California,2000-2003

Los Angeles

M.A. Thesis: The use of the Double Pronominal Form as a deployable resource in Hebrew conversations

Advisors: Emanuel A. Schegloff and John Heritage

M.A.CommunicationThe Hebrew University of1996-2000

Jerusalem, Israel

M.A. Thesis: Jewish Argumentation: Conversational features of two forms of arguments in Israel

Advisors: Shoshana Blum-Kulka and Menachem Blondheim

B.A. cum laudeHumanitiesOpen University of Israel1992-1996

and Social Sciences

ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

Adjunct Lecturer University of California, San Diego2010-2011

Adjunct LecturerThe Max Stern Academic College2009

Of Emek Yezreel, Israel

Adjunct LecturerSchool of Communications, Sapir College, Israel2007-2009

Adjunct LecturerGraduate Faculty, Oranim Academic College,2008

Israel

Adjunct LecturerThe Noa Mozes Department of Communication2008

& Journalism, The Hebrew University of

Jerusalem, Israel

Adjunct LecturerSchool of Communication,2007

The College of Management, Israel

ChairmanJunior Academic Staff Union, University2006-2008

of Haifa, Israel

Graduate Student Department of Communication, University2004-2006

Lecturerof Haifa, Israel

Teaching AssistantSociology Department, University of California,2001-2002

Los Angeles

Teaching AssistantThe Noa Mozes Department of Communication1999-2000

& Journalism, The Hebrew University of

Jerusalem, Israel

Research AssistantThe Noa Mozes Department of Communication1997-2000 & Journalism, The Hebrew University of

Jerusalem, Israel

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer, Graduate level

Language in Civic ParticipationDepartment of Communication2012

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Gifted Children’s DialectGraduate Faculty, Oranim2008Academic College, Israel

Lecturer, Undergraduate level

Introduction to interpersonal Department of Communication,2011-

Communication and cultureUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst

Interaction in the mediaDepartment of Communication,2011-

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Studying social interactionDepartment of Communication,2011

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Studying interactions Department of Communication,2011

University of California, San Diego

Interaction in the MediaDepartment of Communication,2010-2011

University of California, San Diego

Radio as a Medium:Department of Communication,2010-2011

Past, Present, Future?University of California, San Diego

Qualitative ResearchCommunication Department, 2009 methodologies The Max Stern Academic College

Of Emek Yezreel

Conflicts in the MediaSchool of Communications,2008-2009

Sapir College, Israel

Television and InteractionSchool of Communications,2007-2009

Sapir College, Israel

Television and SociologySchool of Communications,2007-2009

Sapir College, Israel

Language and CommunicationThe Noa Mozes Department of2008

Communication & Journalism, The

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Language, Culture, and SocietySchool of Communication, The2007

College of Management, Israel

Language and Communication -Department of Communication, 2005-2006

Introduction to InterpersonalUniversity of Haifa, Israel

Communication (II)

Language and Social InteractionDepartment of Communication,2004-2006

University of Haifa, Israel

Teaching Assistant, Graduate level

Textual and Visual Research The Noa Mozes Department of2000

MethodsCommunication & Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Ethnographic and CulturalThe Noa Mozes Department of2000

Research MethodsCommunication & Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate level

Comparative Studies of JewishDepartment of Sociology, University 2002

Communities in the U.S. and of California, Los Angeles

Abroad

Collective Behavior Department of Sociology, University2001-2002

and Social Movements of California, Los Angeles

PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS

Papers and chapters submitted for publication

Dori-Hacohen Gonen. Establishing social groups in Hebrew: ‘we’ in political radio phone-in programs. In Pavlidou, Theodossia-Soula (ed.) Constructing Collectivity: ‘We’ across Languages and Contexts. John Benjamins.

Papers presented in international conferences

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. Manipulating structures as a resource for Agency: Evidence from Israeli radio phone-ins. To be presented at:NCA 98th annual convention. Orlando, USA, 2012

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. Agency in interaction: serendipity or manipulating structures. To be presented at:Curiosity and serendipity – a conference on qualitative methods in the social sciences - ESA Research Network 20th Midterm Conference. Lund, Sweden, 2012

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen & Nimrod Shavit. The cultural meanings of tokbek (talk-back) as a term for online political talk in Israeli public discourse. Ethnography of Communication:Ways Forward. Omaha, NE, USA 2012

Thompson, Greg & Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. Framing Selves in Interactional Practice. 62nd ICA annual conference. Phoenix, AZ, USA 2012

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen & Tim W. White. "Booyah Jim": Performing masculinity in CNBC Mad Money phone-in interactions. NCA 97th annual convention, New Orleans, LO, USA, 2011

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. The Commercial and the Public "Public Spheres": Two Types of Political Talk-Radio and their Constructed Publics. NCA 97th annual convention, New Orleans, LO, USA, 2011

Gonen Dori-Hacohen, When the ''I'' is not part of the ''we''. 12thInternational Pragmatics Conference. Manchester, U.K. 2011

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen Yael Maschler, & Bracha Nir, Disagreement Through Dialogic Resonance on Israeli Political Phone-in Radio Programs. TOP ABSTRACT of Language and social interaction division, 61st Annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA, USA, 2011.

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen.Doing "Being a Fan": Talk-Radio as a Site for Interactional Fandom. Language and social interaction division, 61st Annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, MA, USA, 2011.

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. Gatekeeping public participation: Ethnographic account of the production process of radio phone-in program. Mass Communication division, NCA 96th annual convention, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2010.

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. The discourse behind the talk: back- and front-stage in the production of public affair radio phone-in program in Israel. Research Committee of Language and Society, XVII ISA World congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2010.

Maschler, Yael Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Hebrew nu on Israeli political phone-in radio programs. 3rdInternational conference on conversation analysis, Mannheim, Germany, 2010.

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen, Types of interaction on Israeli radio phone-in programs and the public sphere. Political Communication division, 59th Annual conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, IL, USA, 2009.

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen "I have a question for you": One practice for managing institutional interaction. Language and social interaction division, 59th ICA Annual conference, Chicago, IL, USA, 2009.

Hacohen, Gonen. Local practices of local identities: Callers' types in Israel radio phone-ins programs. 10thInternational Pragmatics Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. Who is "We" in Israel radio phone-in programs? 23rdAnnual Meeting of the Association for Israel Studies, Ra’anana, Israel, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. What is "the political conversation" in everyday life? Political Communication division, 57th ICA Annual conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. Narrative and Argumentation in Israel radio phone-ins. 6thISSA Conference on Argumentation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2006.

Hacohen, Gonen. The Simpsons': Semiotic Analysis of primetime animation satire. 13thAnnual Conference of the Society for Animation Studies, Montreal, Canada, 2001.

Hamo, Michal, Hacohen, Gonen & Shoshana Blum-Kulka. From observation to transcription: Theory, practice and interpretation in the analysis of Children's naturally occurring discourse. Georgetown University Round Table of Linguistics, Washington D.C., USA., 2001.

Blum-Kulka, Shoshana, Blondheim, Menahem & Hacohen, Gonen. Traditions of Dispute: from Negotiations of Talmudic Texts to the Arena of Political Discourse in the Media. Pragma - Conference of Pragmatics, Israel, 1999.

Papers presented in conferences in Israel

Dori-Hacohen, Gonen & Maschler, Yael. The Discourse marker nu on political phone-in radio programs.7th "Hebrew – A Living Language" Conference, Oranim Academic College, 2010.

Hacohen, Gonen. Irony, cynicism and their responses in Israeli radio phone-in programs. Humor and Irony in public and political discourse - a conference in honor of Professor Rafael Nir, Netanya, 2008.

Hacohen, Gonen, The discourse behind the discourse: interactions in the front- and back-stage of the Israeli radio phone-in programs. 36th annual conference of the Israeli Anthropological Association, Kfar Saba, 2008.

Hacohen, Gonen. The uprising of the recipient: The resistance of recipients to questions in interactions. 39th annual conference of the Israeli Sociological Society, Tel Aviv, 2008.

Hacohen, Gonen. “There is someone to talk to” Community: The listeners, the hosts and the community surrounding public affair radio programs. 11th annual conference of the Israel Communication Association, Ra’anana, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. “We” and “They”: Conversation with non-Jews in public affair radio programs. 38th annual conference of the Israeli Sociological society, Haifa, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. The “we” in public affair radio programs: From local identity to social identity. 6th "Hebrew – A Living Language" Conference, Oranim Academic College, 2007.

Hacohen, Gonen. Ethics in everyday conversation - performance and meaning of breakdown of one conversational norm.5th Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Language and Society, Ra’anana, 2006.

Hacohen, Gonen. "You are nagging" – Description of Confrontational Discourse between two women.10th Annual Conference of the Israeli Communication Association, Jerusalem, 2006.

Hacohen, Gonen. Request and refusal – structural and organizational analysis of an action in conversation according to Conversation Analysis.Discourse Analysis: Direction and Methods, a conference in the memory of Professor Rachel Landau, Ramat Gan, 2006.

Hacohen, Gonen. "Thanks to our Correspondent": Interactional aspects of the news story delivery on television.Discourse and Discourses: Media, Message, Meaning, a conference in honor of Shoshana Blum-Kulka, Jerusalem, 2004.

Hacohen, Gonen.Communication breakdowns at the meat market. 3rd Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Language and Society, Kfar Saba, 2004.

Hacohen, Gonen. Performing a rejection – a Micro-Analysis of a constitutive moment in interaction. 5th "Hebrew – A Living Language" Conference, Oranim Academic College, 2004.

Hacohen, Gonen. Representing interaction – The delivery of good and bad news on television medical drama. Script – The 17th Annual Meeting of the Israeli Literacy Association, Zikhron Ya'akov, 2003.

Hacohen, Gonen.Openings and interactions of Radio phone-ins – personal and cultural identity features.2nd Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Language and Society, Jerusalem, 2003.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

2008-2010Member of “Shakoof” (Hebrew for “Transparent”), an Israeli non-profit organization for driving social change through progressive Internet journalism

1996-2000 Member of the Hebrew University Debating Society, participated in international competitions in Athens 1998, Manila 1999, and Rotterdam 1999.

2004-dateBlogger at “Israblog”, the leading Israeli blogging site.

2010 –dateLSI division at the ICA, including reviewing conference proposals

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

2012 Fellow Research Grant, UMass Amherst, amount: 5036$

2012 SBS FRG Matching grant, 5036$

2012 UMass Mellon Mentoring fellowship micro-grant, 1200$

2009 ICA political communication Ph.D. travel Grant, 200$ (+200$ matching from the ICA)

2009 ICA LSI division Ph.D. travel Grant, 150$ (+150$ matching from the ICA)

2007 ICA Ph.D. Travel Grant, 300$

2004-2007 Continuing Education Fellowship for Ph.D. students, University of Haifa

PUBLISHED WORKD

Refereed Journal Papers

  1. Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. (in-press). Gatekeeping public participation: Ethnographic account of the production process of radio phone-in program. Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media.
  2. Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. (in-press). The Commercial and the Public "Public Spheres": Two Types of Political Talk-Radio and their Constructed Publics. Journal of radio and audio media.
  3. Dori-Hacohen, Gonen.(2012). Types of interaction on Israeli radio phone-in programs and the public sphere. Javnost-The public, 19(3), 21-40.
  4. Thompson, Greg & Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. (2012). Framing Selves in Interactional Practice. Electronic Journal of Communication, 22(3-4). Available:
  1. Maschler, Yael & Dori-Hacohen, Gonen. (2012). From Sequential to Affective Discourse Marker: Hebrew nu on Israeli Political Phone-in Radio Programs. Discourse Studies 14(4), 419-455.
  2. Dori-Hacohen, Gonen.(2012). "With whom do I have the pleasure?": Callers' categories in political talk radio programs. Journal of Pragmatics, 44(3), 280-297.
  3. Dori-Hacohen, G. (2011). "I have a question for you": Two practices for achieving institutional interaction in Israeli radio phone-in programs. Pragmatics 21(4), 527-548.
  4. Dori-Hacohen, G. (2011). Integrating and divisive discourses: The discourse in interactions with non-Jewish callers on Israeli radio phone-in programs. Israel Studies in Language and Society, 3(2), 146-165 [Hebrew]
  5. Dori-Hacohen, G. (2010). ‘You nag so much’: Description of confrontational discourse between two women. Hebrew Linguistics 62-63, 201-230 [Hebrew]
  6. Hacohen, G. & Schegloff, E.A. (2006). On the preference for minimization in referring to persons: Evidence from Hebrew conversation.Journal of Pragmatics, 38(8), 1305-1312.
  7. Hamo, M., Blum-Kulka, S., & Hacohen, G. (2004). From Observation to Transcription and Back: Theory, practice, and interpretation in the analysis of children naturally occurring discourse. Research on Language and Social Interaction, 37(1), 71-92.
  8. Blum-Kulka, S., Blondheim, M., & Hacohen, G. (2002). Traditions of Dispute: from Negotiations of Talmudic Texts to the Arena of Political Discourse in the Media. Journal of pragmatics, 34(10-11), 1569-1594.
  9. Hacohen, G. & Hamo, M. (2002). From Observation to Transcription: Theory, Practice, and Interpretation in Children Naturally Occurring Discourse. Script, 3-4, 55-74. [Hebrew]
  10. Avni, H., Hacohen, G., & Habib, T. (2002). Creating Coherence in Story Entry in Children’s Spoken Discourse. Script, 3-4, 111-126. [Hebrew]

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Hacohen, G. (2007). Narrative and Argumentation in Israel radio phone-ins. In: Van Eemeren F., Blair, J.A., Willard, C.A. & B. Garssen (eds.), Proceedings of the 6th ISSA conference (pp. 549-556). Amsterdam: SicSat.

Book Chapters

  1. Livnat, Zohar & Gonen Dori-Hacohen (Frth.) The effect of irony in radio talk-back programs in Israel. In: A. Fetzer (ed.) The pragmatics of political discourse: explorations across cultures. John Benjamins.
  2. Dori-Hacohen, G. (2012). Thank you our reporter: Interactional aspects of the story delivery in television news. In: Hamo, M., et. al. (eds.): Media, Utterances, Meaning, a book in honor of Shoshana Blum-Kulka (pp. 318-348). [Hebrew]
  3. Blum-Kulka, S., Blondheim, M., & Hacohen, G. (2008). Traditions of Dispute: From Negotiations of Talmudic Texts to the Arena of Political Discourse in the Media. In: Nayger, M., M. Blondheim & T. Liebes (eds.): Reporting as storytelling: Views on the Media Discourse in Israel, a book in honor of Yitzkhak Roeh (pp. 245-274). Jerusalem: Magnes. [Hebrew]
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