Dr. Elyakim Kislev
Elyakim Kislev, PhD is a senior lecturer in the School of Public Policy and Governance at the Hebrew University, specializing in relationships, technology, loneliness, and singles studies. Dr. Kislev holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University and three master's degrees in counseling, public policy, and sociology. He received the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Fellowship and the Award for Outstanding Fulbright Scholars. He is the author of Happy Singlehood: The Rising Acceptance and Celebration of Solo Living, published by the University of California Press. The book has been translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Romanian, and several other languages. Happy Singlehood was featured in The Washington Post, The Guardian, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, The Times, Vice, Metro, Globe and Mail, Elle, New York Daily News, on CNN, BBC World News, BBC One, BBC Radio, Bloomberg, and top media outlets around the world. Kislev is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and has garnered over 1.5 million readers.