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Sheizaf Rafaeli

Sheizaf Rafaeli is an Israeli researcher of computer-mediated communication and information systems, a newspaper columnist, and president of Shenkar College since 2020.

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Born: 7 June 1955, Israel
Occupation: journalist, columnist, computer scientist, researcher
Education: Stanford University, Ohio State University, University of Haifa

Sheizaf Rafaeli was born in 1955 in Israel

Sheizaf Rafaeli was born in 1955 in kibbutz Maagan Michael. His parents are Eliezer and Dvora Rafaeli, and his maternal grandfather was Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. He studied at the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.

He served as an officer in IDF combat units and was discharged in 1977. He earned a B.A. at the University of Haifa, an M.A. at Ohio State University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. at Stanford University.

He taught at the Hebrew University business school and later headed the School of Management at the University of Haifa. He founded and co-edited The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and directs the Center for Internet Research. His research covers interactivity, information overload, social networks and virtual communities.

He took part in founding several internet ventures in Israel and writes columns for Calcalist, Globes and Ynet. From 1990 to 1994 he served on an IDF expert team that studied the work of war rooms.

In 2020 he became president of Shenkar College. He lives in Haifa with his wife, Professor Anat Rafaeli, and they have 3 sons.