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AJS Board and Committees
Board of Directors
Officers of the Association for Jewish Studies to serve a two-year term
(December 2017–December 2019) until the Annual Meeting in 2019:
- 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
Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2017–December 2020) until the Annual Meeting in 2020:
- Julia Phillips Cohen (Vanderbilt University)
- Jason Kalman (HUC-JIR)
- Josh Lambert (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
- Lori Lefkovitz (Northeastern University)
- Laura Leibman (Reed College)
- Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut)
Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2016–December 2019) until the Annual Meeting in 2019:
- Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)
- Karla Goldman (University of Michigan)
- Laura Levitt (Temple University)
- Andrea Lieber (Dickinson College)
- Michael A. Meyer (HUC-JIR)
- Steven Weitzman (University of Pennsylvania)
Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2015–December 2018) until the Annual Meeting in 2018:
- Maya Balakirsky Katz (Touro College)
- Kimmy Caplan (Bar-Ilan University)
- Ari Kelman (Stanford University)
- Erica Lehrer (Concordia University)
- Rachel Neis (University of Michigan)
- Anna Shternshis (University of Toronto)
Honorary Directors
- Pamela S. Nadell (American University)
- Jonathan Sarna (Brandeis University)
Ex officio
- Carol Bakhos (University of California, Los Angeles), Editor, AJS Review
- Laura Lieber (Duke University), Editor, AJS Perspectives
- Adam Shear (University of Pittsburgh), Editor, AJS Review
