Meet Our Members
Our members span a wide range of disciplines, research interests, career stages, and organizations/universities. We strive to be a collaborative group that supports each other's efforts and growth. To learn more about our group, below are profiles of some of our members. You can also search by areas of expertise.
Miri Bar-Halpern
Dr. Miri Bar-Halpern is a clinical psychologist, trauma specialist, and Lecturer in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Her work focuses on traumatic invalidation, antisemitism, identity-based trauma, and radicalization prevention. She develops trauma-informed approaches to strengthen Jewish belonging and help K–12 schools better support students experiencing antisemitism and identity-based harm.
Liz Berger
Liz Berger is a scholar and practitioner whose work within Neurodivergence spans more than two decades and includes public and independent school contexts and medical institutions with child and adult populations. She works as a Research Consultant with UNESCO on international projects that implement antisemitism education training for educators and policymakers globally. She is a PhD student in Antisemitism Studies at Gratz College, and her research focuses on inclusion building and strengthening when advocating for multiply marginalized people.
Sivan Komatsu
Sivan Komatsu is a school psychology PhD candidate at the University of Washington, and she is completing her predoctoral internship at Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants in White Plains, NY. Sivan previously worked as the school psychologist at Northwest Yeshiva High School, a Jewish high school near Seattle.