Ronnie Olesker-Norminton has previously served in Israeli Army intelligence, she practiced law in Israel and became a human rights activist in the Palestinian Occupied Territories – all before continuing her graduate studies at Tufts University in International security and human rights law. Ronnie has been teaching at St. Lawrence University since 2008, where she teaches, researches and writes about different aspects of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Her published work includes articles focused on US-Israeli relations and the politics of identity in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.