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    • AJS Committees

    Board of Directors Executive Committee

    • Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut), President
    • Robin Judd (The Ohio State University), Vice President/Program
    • Laura Leibman (Reed College), Vice President/Publications
    • Kenneth Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College), Secretary/Treasurer
    • Christine Hayes (Yale University), Immediate Past President

    Audit Committee

    • Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut), President
    • Robin Judd (The Ohio State University), Vice President/Program
    • Laura Leibman (Reed College), Vice President/Publications
    • Kenneth Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College), Secretary/Treasurer

    Program Committee

    • Robin Judd (The Ohio State University), Vice President/Program
    • Mara Benjamin (Mt Holyoke College)
    • Beth Berkowitz (Barnard College)
    • Jonathan Branfman (Cornell University)
    • Flora Cassen (Washington University in St Louis).
    • Julie Cooper (Tel Aviv University)
    • Jonathan Gribetz (Princeton University)
    • Erez DeGolan (Columbia University), student representative
    • Warren Hoffman (AJS), ex officio
    • Michelle Katz (AJS), ex officio
    • Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut), ex officio

    Governance Committee

    • David Freidenreich (Colby College), chair
    • Nina Caputo (University of Florida)
    • Jessica Kirzane (University of Chicago)
    • Mark Kligman (UCLA)
    • Elias Sacks (University of Colorado Boulder)

    Development Committee

    • David Biale (University of California, Davis), Chair
    • Karen Grumberg (The University of Texas at Austin)
    • Alex Jassen (New York University)
    • Magda Teter (Fordham University)
    • Warren Hoffman (AJS), ex officio

    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

    • Shaul Kelner (Vanderbilt University), Chair
    • Leora Batnitzky (Princeton University)
    • Jonathan Branfman, (Cornell University)
    • Shira Kohn (Dalton School)
    • Miriamne Krummel (University of Dayton)
    • Geoffrey Levin (Emory University)
    • Rafe Neis (University of Michigan)

    Office on Sexual Misconduct (OSM)

    OSM website

    Contingent Faculty Task Force

    Contingent Faculty Task Force Report and Recommendations: A Path Toward a More Inclusive Field

    • Kate Rosenblatt (Emory University), chair
    • Steve Weitzman (University of Pennsylvania), chair
    • Alanna Cooper (Case Western Reserve University)
    • Neil Manel Frau-Cortes (University of Maryland)
    • Mark Kaplowitz (The University of Memphis)
    • Laura Lieber (Duke University)
    • Bruce Phillips (HUC-JIR)
    • Jacqueline Satlow (University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth)
    • Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut)
    • Ayelet Weiss (Indiana University)
    • Sarah Wolf (JTS)
    • Polly Zavadivker (University of Delaware)