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Ilan Tamir

Ilan Tamir is an Israeli professor of communication at Ariel University who studies sports, gender and the media.

born 1973Research on sports, gender and mediaHeading Ariel University's School of CommunicationSports media commentary

Occupation: scientist, university teacher, communication scholar
Education: Bar-Ilan University

Ilan Tamir was born in 1973 in Israel

Ilan Tamir was born in Israel in September 1973. He grew up on kibbutz Beit Oren and moved with his family to Ashdod as a teenager.

He served in the Nahal reconnaissance unit and finished as a captain. He later joined the Shin Bet and served there for over a decade, in Israel and abroad.

While serving, he studied communication at Bar-Ilan University and earned bachelor's and master's degrees with highest honors. In 2009 he completed a doctorate there on sport, gender and the media, supervised by Prof. Rina Bogoch.

He taught at Ariel University, Bar-Ilan University and the Academic College at Wingate, and was a visiting scholar at Northeastern University and Harvard University. In 2014 he became head of the School of Communication at Ariel University, and in 2018 he was made a professor. He also wrote sports columns for Walla! and Calcalist and served on the council of the Second Authority for Television and Radio.

He lives in Raanana. He is married and has 3 children.

Ilan Tamir's life in 8 milestones

1973
Born in Israel.
2008
Joined the Israel Communication Association.
2009
Received his doctorate from Bar-Ilan University.
2013
Began work as a sports media commentator at Walla!.
2014
Became head of the School of Communication at Ariel University.
2016
Named one of 12 inspiring lecturers by the National Union of Israeli Students.
2017
Joined the editorial board of the journal Communication & Sport.
2018
Became a professor at Ariel University.