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Division Chairs, Steering Committee members, and Abstract Writing Coaches

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Bible, Rabbinics, Antiquity

Division Chairs
AJ Berkovitz
Krista Dalton
Yael Landman

Steering Committee Member
Davida Charney

Cross-Divisional and Methodological Approaches

Division Chair
Hannah Zaves-Greene

Steering Committee Member
Jennifer Caplan

Medieval through Modern Thought, Theology, and Philosophy

Steering Committee Member
Jeffrey Amshalem

Modern and Contemporary Jewish History

Division Chairs
Natan Aridan
Liora Halperin
Aviad Moreno
Elizabeth Strauss

Modern Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, Cultures, & Art

Division Chairs
Rebecca (Rivke) Margolis
Sam Spinner

Steering Committee member
Allison Schachter

Professional Practice: Pedagogy, Professional Development, Public Scholarship, Digital Methods

Division Chair
Shira Klein
Mark Kligman

Social Science

Division Chair
Isobel-Marie Johnston

Steering Committee Member
Orit Avishai

Help Available for Writing Abstracts

Abstract Writing Coaches
Geoffrey Clegg
Daniela Weiner

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