Josh Ruebner is an Adjunct Lecturer in Georgetown University's Program on Justice and Peace. In 2026, he is teaching the following courses: Justice in Peace in Palestine/Israel (Spring Semester) and US Foreign Policy and International Order (Fall Semester).
Ruebner is a Faculty Fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching & Service, 2026-2027.
He received his PhD in Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter's European Centre for Palestine Studies. His thesis is entitled "A Tragedy of Catastrophic Proportions: The United States and the Palestinian Nakba, 1947-1949".
He is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama's Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace and Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State?
Ruebner currently is the Policy Director of the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project, and has previously worked at Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Congressional Research Service.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Adjunct Lecturer, College - Justice and Peace Program