Dr. Tammy Shel (Aboody)

Academic background

I have received my doctoral degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), in the philosophy of education (incorporating cultural and gender studies). I focus on human interactions and relationships, through the lenses of caring. In my studies, I incorporate philosophy and ethnography (ethnophilosophy) in order to bridge philosophy with day-to-day practice. The approach of caring is relevant to many fields, and therefore I have been integrating this approach, as a lecturer, in several academic departments such as education, medical professions, and conflicts resolution.

Nowadays, I also pursue a degree in social work. I see the very tight connection between welfare, well-being, and education. Therefore, I perceive this approach and my studies, as relevant to any field. After all, nearly anything we do in life involves human interactions and relationships.

Projects and workshops

In recent years, I have been developing and implementing projects that apply to underprivileged, marginalized and at-risk populations. The main idea is to conduct philosophical discussions through texts, literature, poems, songs and through any other form of art, in order to facilitate the participants with ample leeway to elicit thoughts and emotions that hinder their ability to open up internally and externally, toward the other as much as toward the self.

Studying philosophy means studying ourselves, as human beings. Therefore, it is relevant to any field, in both, the private and the public sphere. This is a meaningful learning process on ourselves and on significant others. I, therefore, offer such workshops to any workplace and to any rank, such as CEOs, managers, workers, administrators, pre-service and in-service teachers, principals, social workers, therapists, nurses, physicians and the like.