Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science. She is also currently a fellow at the International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Her research interests include international relations theory with a focus on the role of ideas and norms in world politics, historical justice and memory, transitional justice, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and qualitative research methods. This fall (2008) Michal is teaching the American Foreign Policy class at the Department of Political Science, MIT.