Brian K Barber

BRIAN K. BARBER, PhD, is a Senior Scholar at the Middle East Policy Council, a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee. He currently lives in Washington, DC. Barber’s work has addressed how context—from parenting to political systems—impacts individual and social development. Barber is the editor of Adolescents and War: How Youth Deal with Political Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2008), among other books. For the past thirty years, he has researched more than ten thousand Palestinian families in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Brian became a finalist for the IAN Book of the Year Awards in 2025. His published articles have appeared in The Lancet, Social Science & Medicine, Global Public Health, PLOS ONE, Child Development, the Journal of Adolescent Research, and other journals. Barber’s commentaries have appeared in Haaretz, Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN , Informed Comment, Counterpunch, and Middle East Policy.