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1. The ethics surrounding fieldwork with children in conflict zones as research subjects; like that pertaining to woman working in conflict zones as researchers; are complex. As I have discussed elsewhere, children need to be engaged sensitively and critically (Yael Warshel Citation2018a).
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Yael Warshel
Yael Warshel (PhD, UC San Diego; MA, University of Pennsylvania; BA, UC Berkeley) is an Assistant Professor of Telecommunications and Media Industries; Rock Ethics Institute Research Associate; Affiliated Faculty of International Affairs, International and Comparative Education, African Studies and Middle Eastern Studies; and Founding Director of the Children, Media and Conflict Zones Lab at the Pennsylvania State University. An expert on media and young people in conflict zones, and specializing in “peace communication,” she conducts international comparative and global studies research, primarily in Africa and the Middle East. Prior to joining Pennsylvania State University, she coordinated communication policy for UNESCO and conducted policy‐relevant research for the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Center for International Development and Conflict Management. She is author of Experiencing the Israeli Palestinian Conflict: Children, Peace Communication and Socialization from Cambridge University Press, and the recipient of three Top Dissertation awards. In an effort to encourage field-based communication scholarship in and about overlooked populations, she has written about methodologies for conducting conflict zones research ethically, particularly with “vulnerable populations” of children. Here, she writes about the dynamics of doing so as a woman.