Authors / Gabi Kirk
Dr. Gabi Kirk is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis at Cal Poly Humboldt, in Arcata, California.
Analysis
In California, Jewish Groups’ Win Is Students’ Loss
A new “antisemitism prevention” law erodes possibilities for robust public education on both Palestine and Jewish identity.
Gabi Kirk November 14, 2025
Report
Authors of California Ethnic Studies Curriculum Decry Cuts to Arab Studies
California ethnic studies advocates say new additions to a statewide curriculum, including those pushed by Israel-advocacy groups, don’t align with the discipline’s mission.
Gabi Kirk February 3, 2021
Conversation
Inheriting the Impossible
Historian Beshara Doumani, who holds the first endowed faculty chair in Palestinian studies at an American university, discusses his work and the shifting campus climate on Palestine.
Gabi Kirk September 3, 2020
Report
California Compromises on Ethnic Studies
Following pressure from Israel-advocacy groups regarding a model ethnic studies curriculum, the state plans to retain some material on Arab Americans while excising references to Palestine.
Gabi Kirk August 21, 2020
Report
Attacks From Pro-Israel Groups Threaten California’s Ethnic Studies Curriculum
Scholars say bad-faith complaints of antisemitism could thwart potential alliances between Jewish studies and ethnic studies.
Gabi Kirk May 7, 2020
Holidays
The Local Lulav
In creating our diasporic lulavs, we asked ourselves what a radical, ethical practice of Sukkot looks like in our various homes.
Rakia Sky Brown, Gabi Kirk, Noah Rubin-Blose, and Miriam Saperstein September 28, 2018
