Haskell, Guy H. 1956-

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HASKELL, Guy H. 1956-

PERSONAL: Born March 8, 1956, in New York, NY; son of Gordon King and Viola (a teacher; maiden name, Shumsky) Haskell; married Cheryl Wenzler, June 4, 1988; children: Samuel, Jacob, Sarah. Ethnicity: "Jewish." Education: Attended Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York, 1972–73, and Tel Aviv University, 1974–75; State University of New York—Stony Brook, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1976; Indiana University—Bloomington, M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1985; attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1980–81. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Jewish.

ADDRESSES: Home—1040 Graywell Dr., Bloomington, IN 47401. Office—Department of Educational Services, Bloomington Hospital, P.O. Box 1149, Bloomington, IN 47401; fax: 812-353-5789. E-mail[email protected].

CAREER: Indiana University—Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, interim director of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, 1981–82; Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, lecturer, 1985–88, assistant professor of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies, 1988–94, director of Judaic and Near Eastern Studies Program House, 1985–88, and of the program itself, 1991–94; Emory University, Atlanta, GA, visiting assistant professor of Middle Eastern studies, 1994–98; Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, MA, associate professor and director of Emergency Medical Services Program, 1998–2000; Bloomington Hospital, Bloomington, IN, academic director of Indiana Emergency Medical Service Academy, 2000–. Ben Gurion University of the Negev, member of advisory board for School for Overseas Study, 1992–; lecturer at other institutions, including State University of New York—Binghamton, Wooster College, and Ohio State University.

MEMBER: Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS: Grant from government of Israel, 1980; fellow in Bulgaria, International Research and Exchanges Board, 1987; grants from Mellon Foundation, 1989–90, 1990, and Lilly Endowment, 1991; H. H. Powers travel grant for Bulgaria and Israel, 1992.

WRITINGS:

From Sofia to Jaffa: The Jews of Bulgaria and Israel, Wayne State University Press (Detroit, MI), 1994.

Emergency Medical Technician: Basic Pearls of Wisdom; Written Exam Review, Boston Medical Publishing (Boston, MA), 1999.

Emergency Medical Technician: Intermediate Pearls of Wisdom; Written Exam Review, Boston Medical Publishing (Boston, MA), 1999.

Paramedic Pearls of Wisdom: Written Exam Review, Boston Medical Publishing (Boston, MA), 2000.

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Pearls of Wisdom, Boston Medical Publishing (Boston, MA), 2001.

Contributor to books, including Ethnicity and Politics in Bulgaria and Israel, edited by Jon Anson, Elka Todorova, and others, Avebury Press (Aldershot, England), 1993; Events and Movements in Modern Judaism, edited by Raphael Patai and Emmanuel Goldsmith, Paragon House (New York, NY), 1995; and From Iberia to Diaspora: Studies in Sephardic History and Culture, edited by Yedidah Stillman and Norman Stillman, E.J. Brill (Leiden, Netherlands), 1998; and eMedicine: Emergency Medicine, edited by J.N. Adler, B. Brenner, S. Dronen, and others, eMedicine Corp. (Boston, MA), 1998. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Pediatric Emergency Care, East European and Slavic Folklore Newsletter, and Anthropology Newsletter. General editor, Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Review, 1991–97; editor, Middle Eastern Research in Anthropology Forum, 1985; coeditor of special issue, Shofar, 1989; member of editorial board, Jewish Studies Judaica Electronic Journal, 1995–.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Academic Books, February 27, 1995, William Dunn, review of From Sofia to Jaffa: The Jews of Bulgaria and Israel.

Hadoar, September 8, 1995, review of From Sofia to Jaffa, p. 16.