Intergenerational trauma, disease risk, and healing in Palestine
Andrew Kim, Professor
Anthropology
Applications for Spring 2026 are closed for this project.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed 7.9% of the population, and thousands of Palestinians have faced myriad forms of violence and imminent threats to life, including physical injuries from ballistics, home demolitions, and torture. These highly traumatic conditions pose severe physical and psychological threats to Palestinians and may have reverberating effects across generations through mechanisms of intergenerational trauma. This project will examine the potential lifecourse and intergenerational health consequences of the genocide in Palestine and processes of resilience and healing. To learn more about recent work, please click here: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/b32x9_v1
Role: literature review, data management, writing, summarizing academic texts, quantitative data analysis (depending on skills)
Qualifications: Familiarity with the history of Palestine; high capacity to self-identify and manage symptoms of vicarious stress (this project will require students to review potentially distressing information about trauma, violence, and death); ability to read in Arabic is preferred but not required
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: Remove work available
Related website: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/b32x9_v1
Related website: https://anthropology.berkeley.edu/andrew-wooyoung-kim