Dr. Neta Oren is affiliated faculty at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University. Her research focuses on public opinion, conflict resolution, political psychology, and the Israeli-Arab conflict. She is the author of Israel’s National Identity: The Changing Ethos of Conflict (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019) and co-author of The Autism Matrix: The Social Origins of the Autism Epidemic (Polity Press, 2010), a winner of the Merton Prize for Best Book from the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section of the American Sociological Association 2012. She has published articles in journals such as the Journal of Peace Research, Political Psychology, and The Middle East Journal. She received her Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University.