Biography

Dr. Joffe graduated from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 with a B.A in History and received an M.A. and Ph.D. in Near Eastern archaeology from the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

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Academic career

He participated in fieldwork at Tel Miqne, Tel Dor, Tel Yaqush, Tel el-Hammeh, Beesheva, Tel Rekhesh, Megiddo, Ain Ghazal, and elsewhere. He has written extensively on Levantine Archaeology, weapons of mass destruction and environmental security, intelligence reform, nationalism, and cultural politics.