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Multicultural Counseling & Education Lab
המעבדה לייעוץ ולחינוך רב-תרבותי
Lab Members
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Dr. Meytal Horkin Nasie
Lab Director
I am currently a Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Department of School Counseling and Special Education at Tel Aviv University. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Associate at Bar-Ilan University's Department of Psychology and the MOFET Institute, working with Prof. Gil Diesendruck to examine social categorization in young children. My PhD supervised by Professors Daniel Bar-Tal and Eran Halperin at Tel Aviv University, examined the role of respect and disrespect in conflicts. My central areas of interest are intergroup social cognition, social identity, social categorization, socio-psychological development in a context of conflict, political socialization, intergroup attitudes and relations. I am also interested in psychological approaches for educational interventions to improve intergroup attitudes and relations.
E-mail: metalnas@tauex.tau.ac.il
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Shany Ben Shahar Serfaty
MA Student
Research & Teaching Assistant
I am a Master student in Educational Counseling at Tel Aviv University, specializing in early childhood. As part of my academic work, I serve as a teaching and research assistant in the Multicultural Counseling & Education Lab. I hold a BA in Law from Tel Aviv University and previously worked for over a decade as a labor lawyer at one of Israel’s top firms in the field of labor law.
My thesis proposal focuses on building and evaluating intervention program to deal with controversial issues for Jewish and Arab adolescents.
E-mail: shany2@mail.tau.ac.il
Tamar Abraham
MA Degree
Research Assistant
I have Master degree in Learning Disabilities Program and BA degree in Psychology and Education for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (with highest distinction), Tel Aviv University.
My thesis research focused on intergroup bias in attribution of multiple social identities. I am currently a research assistant in the Lab.
E-mail: tamarabraham@mail.tau.ac.il
Lily Donald
BA Degree
Research Assistant
I am a post-baccalaureate research assistant in the Multicultural Counseling & Education Lab. I received my Bachelor of Science in Psychology (with highest distinction) from Tulane University. Previously, I worked as a research assistant in the Tulane Child and Family Lab, examining the efficacy of a parenting group intervention. Currently, I am conducting a research on political socialization of American Jewish parents to their children, and I contributed to a literature review on Virtual Reality as an intervention tool for reducing intergroup bias and promoting positive intergroup relationships. I am enthusiastic about contributing to this lab's meaningful research and am driven by the goal of advancing the development of effective interventions that enhance the well-being of children and families.
E-mail: ldonald1@tulane.edu
Alumni: M.A. students
Tamar Abraham
MA, Learning Disabilities Program
(was also Research assistant)
E-mail: tamarabraham@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Group biases in the attribution of social identities and their association with intergroup attitudes (2025) Abstract
Alona Wagner Burshtine
MA, School Counseling
E-mail: alonaw@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Matching or gaps in perceptions of respect between students and teachers and their manifestations in elementary and junior high school (2025) Abstract
Noa Golani
MA, School Counseling
(was also Research & Teaching assistant)
E-mail: golani@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: The development of children's meta-perceptions towards the out-group and their association with intergroup attitudes (2024) Abstract
Noa Kaufman Gerzi
MA, School Counseling (special needs)
E-mail: kaufmangerzi@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Evaluating the effectiveness of four intervention models through persona dolls to improve acquaintance and attitudes of Israeli kindergartners towards the Ethiopian community (2023) Abstract
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Shiri Stanescu
MA, School Counseling
E-mail: stanescu@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: The Effect of Interpersonal Similarity Between In- and Out-group Members on Intergroup Attitudes Among Young Children (2023) Abstract
Hagar Sharabi
MA, School Counseling (special needs)
(was also Teaching assistant)
E-mail: hagarsharabi@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Development in children’s perceptions of epistemic authorities in intergroup contexts (2025) Abstract
Yael Aronovitz
MA, School Counseling
E-mail: aronovitz@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Group biases in children’s and adults’ preference for information about in- and out-group members (2024) Abstract
Raheeq Daqa
MA, Learning Disabilities Program
E-mail: raheeqdaqa@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Promoting positive intergroup attitudes using bilingual story: An intervention among young Arab children in Israel
(2024) Abstract
Sondos Abofoul
MA, School Counseling (early childhood)
E-mail: sondosa1@mail.tau.ac.il
Thesis title: Intergroup Bias in Arab Children's Preference for In- vs. Out-group Informants (2023) Abstract
Alumni: Research & Teaching Assistants
Meitar Yosef, BA student
(RA) 2024-2025
Mays Fraij, MA student
(RA) 2022
Hila Asher, MA student
(TA) 2024
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Orit Mekonen, MA student (RA&TA) 2022
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Lior Gueta, MA student
(RA) 2022
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