She serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. She received her PhD in International Relations from American University’s School of International Service, with concentrations in Peace and Conflict Resolution and Critical Geopolitics. She is the author of Struggling for a Just Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada and co-editor of Nonviolent Resistance in the Second Intifada: Activism and Advocacy. Maia worked for four years in the Middle East, including teaching and research positions in Jerusalem, Ramallah, and Amman. She led an IFPB Delegation in 2006.