ד"ר מרים-נחמה [נחומי] יפה

2017-2019     Post-Doctoral Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Kahneman  Treisman Center for Behavioral Science & Public Policy, Princeton University, N.J. 
2014- 2018    PhD student – The Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
                      Dissertation Topic: Poverty and Identity in the Ultra-orthodox community. Supervised by Prof. Avner de Shalit and Prof. Eran Halperin.
2011-2013     M.A- The Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
2001-2006     M.A – Touro College graduate of Jewish studies.
1997-2001     B.A – Humanities, Thomas A. Edison State College.
1993-1996     Teachers Diploma – Training Theological College for Girls, Gateshead, England.

1. Malovicki-Yaffe, N., McDonald, M. M., Halperin, E., & Saguy, T. (2018). God, sex, and money among the ultra-orthodox in Israel: An integrated sociocultural and evolutionary perspective. Evolution and Human Behavior, 39(6), 622–631. https:// doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.06.007
2. Malovicki Yaffe, N., Solak, N., Halperin, E., & Saguy, T. (2018). “Poor is pious”: Distinctiveness threat increases glorification of poverty among the poor. European Journal of Social Psychology, 48(4), 460-471. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2342
3. Gantman, A., Gomila, R., Martinez, J. E., Matias, J. N., Paluck, E. L., Starck, J., ... & Yaffe, N. (2018). A pragmatist philosophy of psychological science and its implications for replication. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.doi:10.1017/S0140525X18000626,
4. Malovicki-Yaffe, N., (2020) Capabilities and Universalism – An Empirical Examination: The Case of the Ultra-Orthodox Community, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 21:1, 84-98, DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2019.1705259
5. Hananel, R., Fishman, R., & Malovicki-Yaffe, N. (2022). Urban diversity and epidemic resilience: The case of the COVID-19. Cities, 122, Article 103526. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.cities.2021.103526
6. Malovicki-Yaffe, N., Paluck, E. L., & Khan, S. A. (2023). The social and psychological effects of publicly violating a social norm: A field experiment in the Satmar Jewish community. Frontiers in Social Psychology, 1, 1290743. https://doi.org/10.3389/ frsps.2023.1290743.
7. Malovicki‐Yaffe, N., Itzhaki‐Braun, Y., & Shahar‐Rosenblum, S. (2023). Enlisting in the army in the Jewish Ultraorthodox community and the consequences for wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1132624. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1132624
8. Itzhaki‐Braun, Y., & Malovicki‐Yaffe, N. (2024). Determination of stigma among individuals who deviate from the norms and among community members: The price paid by all. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 18(10), e70002. DOI: 10.1111/spc3.70002
9. Malovicki-Yaffe, N., Tratner, A. E., & McDonald, M. M. (2024). Culture shapes sex differences in mate preferences. Evolution and Human Behavior, 45(3), 281-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2024.04.002.
10. Malovicki -Yaffe, N., Shafir, E,. (2024) Poverty, Piety, and Pride: How ultra-Orthodox Jews living in poverty construct their identity, “American journal of orthopsychiatry”
11. Bloy, L., Halperin, E., Nir, N., & Malovicki-Yaffe, N. (In press). Powerful victims: A dynamic approach to competitive victimhood between high- and low-power groups. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
12. Malovicki-Yaffe, N., Hameiri, B, Bloy, L. & Fishman, R. " Environmental Taxation Triggers Avoidable Psychological Climate Reactance” Q1  Policy Science.

1. David Meyers & Nechumi Malovicki - Yaffe, (2024)Editors “New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society” Purdue University Press
2. Malovicki Yaffe, N, Nitzan Shay, Udi Parwar, (2024) “Haredi on their term“ Haredi  drop out” The Jerusalem Institute for policy  [Hebrew]
3. Stern,Y., Yaffe, N,.Malach,G,.Malchi,A,. (2021) Haredim and the Israeli story: Democracy, Equality and attitude to the other. The Israeli Democratic Instituted. [Hebrew]

1. Nechumi Malovicki-Yaffe, David N. Myers, Mark Trencher, and Chaya Lehrfield-Trop (2024) Politics, National Identity, and Democracy: A Comparison of Haredi Political Attitudes and Identity in the United States and Israel. edited by David Meyers & Nechumi Malovicki – Yaffe, New Trends in the Study of Haredi Culture and Society” Purdue University Press
2. Malovicki Yaffe, N ) 2020) “Thin citizenship” Education for values, guidelines for measurement and evaluation, edited by Dr. Nurit Topel and Pro. Hanan Alexander “ the report of the Committee of experts- Education for values; The initiative for research and knowledge in education The Israeli National Academy of Sciences