Amia Lieblich

Amia Lieblich (Hebrew: עמיה ליבליך; born 1939) is an Israeli psychologist and writer known for her work in qualitative research in psychology.

Academic career

Lieblich is professor emeritus from Hebrew University, where she has also served as dean of students. After her retirement from Hebrew University she was a faculty member at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo for a few years. Subsequently she has been serving as the president of The Academic College of Society and the Arts, located at a campus in Netanya.

Lieblich's research focuses on various aspects of Israeli society including military service, the Kibbutz movement, life stories of women, and the "new family" in Israel. She has also co-edited, with Ruthellen Josselson and Dan P. McAdams, the eleven-book series "The Narrative Study of Lives."

Published works (English)

• Tin Soldiers on Jerusalem Beach (Pantheon, 1978)
• Kibbutz Makom (Pantheon, 1981)
• Transition to Adulthood During Military Service (SUNY Press, 1989)
• Seasons of Captivity: the Inner World of POWs (NYU Press, 1994)
• Conversations with Dvora: An Experimental Biography of the First Modern Hebrew Woman Writer (UC Press, 1997)
• Narrative Research: Reading, Analysis, and Interpretation (With Rivka Tuval-Mashiach and Tamar Zilber, Sage, 1998)
• Learning about Lea (Athena, 2003)
• In spite of everything: the story of a bi-national community (2014)