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Feb. 12, 2025 - Invisible Light News
Invisible Light Nonprofit is Official!: Invisible Light Founding Director, Yael Warshel, Incorporates the 501(c)(3) Organization in Pima County, Arizona, USA
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About Founding Director Yael Warshel
Jan 15 2026 - Invisible Light News
One Year into Yael Warshel's Election as President of the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies: Leading the Young Association to Keep Scholarship and Advocacy about Children and Youth across the Middle East, North Africa, Gulf, and their Diasporic Populations Front and Center, Invisible Light’s Founding President, Yael Warshel, Marks One Year as President of the Association of Middle East Children and Youth Studies (AMECYS)
October 24, 2025 - Invisible Light News
Invisible Light’s Founding Director, Yael Warshel, Honored with 2025 International Communication Association Innovation Award in Method: Award recognizes pioneering research design transforming how conflict zones children’s experiences are studied, understood and addressed.
August 17, 2024 -Invisible Light News
Yael Warshel Advances Conflict Zone Children’s Rights: Partners with Nobel Prize Laureate; Co-Authors Influential U.N. Report
2024 - Penn StateStater
Q&A: Yael Warshel Yael Warshel uses Sesame Street to understand how media might impact peace.
2024 - Penn State News
Yael Warshel’s book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict earns fifth major honor
2023 - Penn State News
Warshel's book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict earns fourth major award
2023 - Penn State News
Warshel's book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict earns fourth major award
2023 - Penn State Rock Ethics Institute
Rock Ethics researcher Yael Warshel's book receives second major accolade
2023 - Fox News
Interview: “Hamas-Gaza War, Social Media and Misinformation."
2022 - Penn State Jewish Studies
Warshel earns 2022 NCA Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
2021 - International Communication Association
Yael Warshel, CAMmer in the Spotlight Interview
2021 - Penn State News
Bellisario College faculty member named vice president of American Institute for Maghrib Studies
2021 - Penn State Rock Ethics Institute
Modules on international communication and 'peace comm' win teaching award
2021 - Penn State News
New book critically examines anti-bias messaging in children's entertainment
2020 - Indus News
Indus News Special on Media's Role in Peacebuilding: Yael Warshel Interviewed About Peace Communication
2019 - Valley Magazine
Tecco, Ellis.: Cartoon cognisance. Valley Magazine. (Interview discussing my children and media in context research)
2018 - Penn State News
Bellisario Researcher Seeks to Sustain Peace Through Media
2018 - Be the TALK podcast
Sesame Street in Palestine—Can Media Influence for Good
2012 - UCLA Today
Scholar examines Sesame Street’s role in managing political conflict
2011 - District Wire
US military intervention into Libya. (Interview)
2009 - London-based The Guardian journalist’s blog site
Whitaker, Brian: Discussion of article,“Broadening the Discourse about Martyrdom Television Programming.
2009 - Neue Zürcher Zeitung Zurich based Swiss daily newspaper
Discussion of article,“Broadening the Discourse about Martyrdom Television Programming
2009 - American University Alumni News
Professor profile—Yael Warshel. (Interview).
2005 - Palestinian American Research Center
Yael Warshel: Palestinian childhood nationalisms. Palestinian American Research Center Newsletter. (Description of sponsored research.) ..
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Warshel's book about Israeli-Palestinian conflict earns fourth major award (Dec. 21, 2023)
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Rock Ethics researcher Yael Warshel's book receives second major accolade (May 24, 2023)
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Warshel earns 2022 NCA Sue DeWine Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
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Bellisario College faculty member named vice president of American Institute for Maghrib Studies (Nov. 9, 2021)
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Modules on international communication and 'peace comm' win teaching award (November 2021)
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New book critically examines anti-bias messaging in children's entertainment (March 25, 2021)
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Indus News Special on Media's Role in Peacebuilding: Yael Warshel Interviewed About Peace Communication (Sept. 15, 2020)
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Penn State News Interview: Bellisario Researcher Seeks to Sustain Peace Through Media (March 14, 2018)
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Be the TALK podcast: Sesame Street in Palestine—Can Media Influence for Good
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