Avram Bornstein’s research and teaching focus on violence and ethnic conflict. He has done extensive ethnographic research over two decades in Israel-Palestine and published on issues such as border enforcement, work, political prisoners, and ethnographic reflexivity. His current project concerns developing an anthropological theory of death and suffering. In recent years, Bornstein has also focused on the psycho-cultural elements of policing in New York City, with particular attention to Muslim and Arab communities, and police education. In addition to his scholarly activities on these topics, Bornstein regularly performs tolerance and “bridge-building” work with community based organizations. Bornstein is also an active member of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) which represents CUNY’s faculty and non-teaching instructional staff and serves as the John Jay College Grievance Officer, a member of the College Chapter’s Executive Committee and as a representative to the PSC’s Delegate Assembly.