AJS Committees
Board of Directors Executive Committee
- Robin Judd (The Ohio State University), President
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), Vice President/Program
- Ari Y. Kelman (Stanford University), Vice President/Membership and Outreach
- Joel Berkowitz (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), Vice President/Publications
- Lila Corwin Berman (Temple University), Secretary/Treasurer
- Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut), Immediate Past President
Contingent Faculty Committee
Contingent Faculty Task Force Report and Recommendations: A Path Toward a More Inclusive Field
- Adam Mendelsohn (University of Cape Town), cochair
- Rachel Greenblatt (Brandeis University), cochair
- Howard Apothaker
- Beth Cohen (California State University at Northridge)
- Barbara Krasner (William Patterson University)
- Rhoda Seidelman (University of Oklahoma)
- Daniel Z. Stein (Congregation B'nei Shalom)
- Amanda Ruppenthal Stein (Carroll University)
- Britt Tevis (University of Pennsylvania)
- Barry Trachtenberg (Wake Forest University)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)) Committee
- Julia Watts Belser (Georgetown University), chair
- Ari Ariel (University of Iowa)
- Adriana M. Brodsky (St. Mary's College of Maryland)
- Daniela Goldfine (University of Wisconsin - River Falls)
- Paul Gustav-Feller (Northwestern University)
- Michelle Katz (Reconstructionist Rabbinical College)
- Chelsie May (University of Chicago)
- Brian K. Roby (University of Michigan)
- Ilana Szobel (Brandeis University)
- Hannah Zaves-Greene (Sarah Lawrence College)
Film Committee
- James Bunton
- Leslye Friedberg
- Slava Greenberg (University of Southern California)
- Daniel Magilow (University of Tennessee - Knoxville)
- Oded Nir (Queens College, CUNY)
Governance Committee
- David Freidenreich (Colby College), chair
- Nina Caputo (University of Florida)
- Jeffrey Abt (Wayne State University), board representative
- Zev Eleff (Gratz College)
- Mark Kligman (UCLA)
- Elias Sacks (University of Colorado Boulder)
- Lauren Lockshin (Touro College)
- Max Strassfeld (University of Arizona), board representative
Nominating Committee
- Adam Shear (University of Pittsburgh), chair
- Glenn Dynner (Fairfield University)
- Sarah Imhoff (Indiana University)
- Jessica Kirzane (University of Chicago)
- Sara Ronis (St Mary’s University), board representative
- Anne Rothfeld (U.S. Federal Government)
- Jacqueline Vayntrub (Yale University )
Office on Sexual Misconduct (OSM)
OSM website
Program Committee
- Laura Leibman (Reed College), chair
- Mara Benjamin (Mount Holyoke College)
- Beth Berkowitz (Barnard College)
- Jonathan Branfman (Stanford University)
- Naomi Brenner (The Ohio State University)
- Samantha Cooper (Harvard University)
- Natan Meir (Portland State University)
- Jessica Roitman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Nick Underwood (The College of Idaho)
- Mary Arnstein (AJS), ex officio
- Warren Hoffman (AJS), ex officio
- Robin Judd (The Ohio State University), ex officio
Scholars of Color Mentoring Fellowship Steering Committee
- Helen Kim (Whitman College), chair
- Kirsten Fermaglich (Michigan State University)
- Bryan Roby (University of Michigan)
- Max Strassfeld (University of Arizona)
- Monique Balbuena (University of Oregon)
- Amy Weiss (AJS), ex officio
Task Force on Conferences
- Beth Berkowitz (Barnard College), chair
- Orit Avishai (Fordham University)
- Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)
- Sonia Gollance (University College London)
- Sheila Jelen (University of Kentucky)
- Josh Teplitsky (University of Pennsylvania)
- Mary Arnstein (AJS), ex officio
