AJS Committees

Board of Directors Executive Committee

• Christine Hayes (Yale University), President
• Noam Pianko (University of Washington), Vice President/Program
• Jeffrey Veidlinger (University of Michigan), Vice President/Membership and Outreach
• Robin Judd (Ohio State University), Vice President/Publications
• Kenneth Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College), Secretary/Treasurer
• Pamela S. Nadell (American University), Past President

Full Board of Directors

Audit Committee

• Christine Hayes (Yale University), President
• Noam Pianko (University of Washington), Vice President/Program
• Jeffrey Veidlinger (University of Michigan), Vice President/Membership and Outreach
• Robin Judd (Ohio State University), Vice President/Publications
• Kenneth Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College), Secretary/Treasurer

Program Committee

• Noam Pianko (University of Washington), Vice President/Program
• Julie Cooper (Tel Aviv University)
• Jonathan Gribetz (Princeton University)
• James Loeffler (University of Virginia)
• Jessica Marglin (University of Southern California)
• Joshua Teplitsky (Stony Brook University)
• Erez DeGolan (Columbia University), student representative
• Warren Hoffman (AJS), ex officio
• Christine Hayes (Yale University), ex officio

Governance Committee

• Joel Berkowitz (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee), Chair
• Hasia Diner (New York University)
• David Friedenreich (Colby College)
• Jessica Kirzane (University of Chicago)
• David Weinfed (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Digital Media Committee

• Laura Leibman (Reed College), Chair
• Kalani Craig (Indiana University Bloomington)
• Rachel Deblinger (University of California, Santa Cruz)
• Nathaniel Deutsch (University of California, Santa Cruz)
• Francesco Spagnolo (University of California, Berkeley)

Distinguished Lectureship Program Committee

• Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis University), Chair
• Marion Kaplan (New York University)
• Amy-Jill Levine (Vanderbilt University)
• Pamela S. Nadell (American University)

Jordan Schnitzer Book Award Committee

• Pamela S. Nadell (American University), Co-chair
• Judith Baskin (University of Oregon), Co-chair

Legacy Heritage Committee

• Elisheva Carlebach (Columbia University), Chair
• Beth Berkowitz (Barnard College)
• Nathaniel Deutsch (University of California, Santa Cruz)
• Meri-Jane Rochelson (Florida International University)
• Adam Shear (University of Pittsburgh)

Nominating Committee

• Magda Teter (Fordham University), Chair
• Mara Benjamin (Mt. Holyoke College)
• Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)
• Lila Corwin Berman (Temple University)
• Joshua Teplitsky (Stony Brook University)
• Barry Wimpfheimer (Northwestern University)

New Initiatives Committee

• Maya Balakirsky Katz (Touro College)
• Alyssa Cooper (Case Western University)
• Joshua Lambert (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
• Hartley Lachter (Lehigh University)
• Annie Polland (Tenement Museum)
• Steven Weitzman (University of Pennsylvania)

New Task Forces

1) Task Force on Sexual Misconduct

• Laura Levitt (Temple University), Chair
• Flora Cassen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Lisa Fishbayn Joffe (Hadassah-Brandeis Institute)
• Ari Y. Kelman (Stanford University)
• Keren McGinity (Hebrew College)
• Rafael Medoff (David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies)
• Larisa Reznik (Northwestern University)
• Josh Shanes (College of Charleston)
• Helene Sinnreich (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)

2) Task Force on Diversity and Inclusion

• Karla Goldman (University of Michigan), Chair
• Chaya Halberstam, (King’s University College)
• Sarah Imhoff, (Indiana University)
• Samira Mehta, (Albright College)
• R. Neis, (University of Michigan)
• Michael Rosenberg, (Hebrew College)
• David Shneer, (University of Colorado)
• Claire Sufrin, (Northwestern University)
• Sarah Zarrow, (Western Washington University)

3) Task Force on Professional Development

• Jeffrey Shandler (Rutgers University), Chair
• Dean Bell (Spertus Institute)
• Alanna Cooper (Case Western University)
• Matthew Goldstone (Jewish Theological Seminary)
• Shiri Goren (Yale University)
• Shira Kohn (The Dalton School)
• Laura Leibman (Reed College)
• Jason Lustig (UCLA)
• Sean Martin (Western Reserve Historical Society)

4) Task Force on Membership Engagement

• Jeff Veidlinger (University of Michigan), Chair
• Lila Corwin Berman (Temple University)
• Michelle Katz (AJS)
• Katherine Rosenblatt (Emory University)
• Benjamin Schreier (Penn State University)
• Mira Sucharov (Carleton University)
• Steven Weitzman (University of Pennsylvania)

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