Carmel L. Vaisman

Carmel L. Vaisman is a researcher and associate lecturer at Tel Aviv University's Cohn Institute and Multidisciplinary Program in the Humanities since October 2012. Previous experience includes serving as a visiting scholar at Indiana University, collaborating with Prof. Susan Herring on internet language varieties, and working as a postdoctoral researcher at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, focusing on new media and culture. From 2001 to 2010, Carmel taught web culture and language topics at various institutions and provided consulting services on social media impacts to firms and NGOs while completing a doctoral dissertation on Israeli girls' blogging. Additionally, Carmel has written freelance features and columns on internet culture and has held media consulting roles for high-tech companies. Carmel holds a PhD in Communications from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.