Sylvie Fogiel-Bijaoui is a Professor of Sociology at College of Management in Israel.
Education
In 1969, at the age of 18, she made aliyah to Israel and attended ulpan at Kibbutz Ma"abarot. From 1969 till 1970, Fogiel-Bijaoui studied in an academic preparation program at Tel Aviv University. Later she continued to Doctor of Philosophy studies in political science in Paris in a combined program of School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales ) with Paris West University Nanterre Louisiana Défense.
Career
Her research is in the field of equality in the modern and post-modern era. Fogiel-Bijaoui was raised in Paris. In 1973 she began, at the same university, Bachelor of Arts studies in political Science and sociology, and earned an M.A in 1975.
In 1981 she received her Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of “Feminist Movements in the Jewish Community of Palestine, 1880-1948”.
Her research advisor was Professor Annie Kriegel. From 1986 till 2009, Fogiel-Bijaoui taught at Beit Berl College.
From 2009 till today she teaches at College of Management. In 2007 she established the master’s degree program in Family Studies at the School of Behavioral Sciences in the College of Management, and headed it until 2011.
Their children are Elie, Jonathan, and Nathalie.
In 1994, Fogiel-Bijaoui established the Feminist Jewish Arab Center at Beit Berl and headed it until the Second Intifada in 2002. In 2009, she established the Family Section in the Israeli Sociological Association, and heads it with Professor Orly Benjamin.