Visiting Faculty

Noga Abraham

Business
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; Assistant Professor, Arison School of Business, Reichman University

Noga Abraham is a 2025–2026 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She is an Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Arison School of Business, Reichman University. Dr. Abraham holds a B.A. with honors in Accounting and Economics and a Ph.D. in Accounting, both from Tel Aviv University. She is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel....

Hanan Alexander

Education
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Education Department, UC Berkeley; Professor Emeritus at University of Haifa

Hanan Alexander is a 2025–2026 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Education Department at UC Berkeley. He is a Professor of Philosophy of Education, Emeritus, at the University of Haifa, where he served as Dean of the Faculty of Education, Dean of Students, Head of the International School, and Head of the Center for Jewish and Democratic Education. From 2021–2025, he was the Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the...

Ayelet Blecher-Prigat

Legal Studies
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Legal Studies Department, UC Berkeley; Associate Professor and Former Dean, Faculty of Law, Academic College of Law and Science

Ayelet Blecher-Prigat is a Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Legal Studies Department at UC Berkeley. She is a Professor of Law at the College of Law & Science in Israel, where she served as Dean of the Law School from 2019 to 2025. Her scholarship examines the legal construction of family, identity, and intergenerational ties, addressing issues such as...

Daniel Levy

Psychology & Legal Studies
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Legal Studies Department, UC Berkeley; Associate Professor at Reichman University

Daniel Levy is a 2025–2026 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Legal Studies Department at UC Berkeley. He is an Associate Professor and Academic Director of the International Program at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University – The Interdisciplinary Center, in Herzliya, Israel. His research focuses on the processes and brain mechanisms underlying human memory and attention,...

Aner Preminger

Film & Media Studies
Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute, Film and Media Studies Department, UC Berkeley; Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Professor, Department of Film and Television, Sapir Academic College

Aner Preminger is the 2025–2026 Koret Visiting Professor in Israel Studies at the Helen Diller Institute teaching in the Film and Media Studies Department at UC Berkeley. An independent director, producer, writer, and film scholar, Professor Preminger is Professor Emeritus...

Noah Hysler Rubin

Geography
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Geography Department, UC Berkeley; Senior Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Noah Hysler Rubin is a 2024–2025 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Geography Department at UC Berkeley. A cultural geographer and town planner, she holds a degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research examines the spatial dynamics of political, social, and cultural interactions in urban planning.

She is the author of Patrick Geddes and Town Planning: A Critical View (...

Yael Segalovitz

Comparative Literature & Jewish Studies
Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor, Comparative Literature Department, UC Berkeley; Assistant Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Yael Segalovitz a 2025–2026 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Professor in the Comparative Literature Department at UC Berkeley. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley in 2018, where she was a Townsend Center Fellow and a Posen Fellow....