Prof. Donna Robinson Divine is the Morningstar Family Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Government, Emerita at Smith College. At Smith College, Prof. Divine taught a variety of courses on Middle East Politics. Her publications include Women Living Change: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, essays from the Smith College Research Project on Women and Social Change; Politics and Society in Ottoman Palestine: The Arab Struggle for Survival and Power; Postcolonial Theory and the Arab-Israeli Conflict; and, Exiled in the Homeland: Zionism and the Return to Mandate Palestine. Named the Katharine Asher Engel lecturer at Smith College for the 2012-2013 academic year in recognition of her scholarly achievements, she was also designated as Smith's Honored Professor for excellence in teaching.