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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 2019–December 2021) until the Annual Meeting in 2021:

    • Noam Pianko (University of Washington) President
    • Robin Judd (Ohio State University) Vice President/Program
    • Jeffrey Shoulson (University of Connecticut) Vice President/Membership and Outreach
    • Laura Leibman (Reed College) Vice President/Publications
    • Kenneth Koltun-Fromm (Haverford College) Secretary/Treasurer

    Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2019–December 2022) until the Annual Meeting in 2022:

    • David Biale (University of California, Davis)
    • Gabriel Finder (University of Virginia)
    • Willa Johnson (University of Mississippi)
    • Shira Kohn (The Dalton School)
    • Eva Mroczek (University of California, Davis)
    • Lisa Silverman (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

    Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2018–December 2021) until the Annual Meeting in 2021:

    • Rene Bloch (University of Bern)
    • Judith Cohen (York University)
    • Alanna Cooper (Case Western Reserve University)
    • Adam Ferziger (Bar-Ilan University)
    • Martin Kavka (Florida State University)
    • Joshua Shanes (College of Charleston)

    Members of the Board of Directors to serve a three-year term (December 2017–December 2020) until the Annual Meeting in 2020:

    • Sarah Bunin Benor (HUC-JIR)
    • Julia Phillips Cohen (Vanderbilt University)
    • Jason Kalman (HUC-JIR)
    • Josh Lambert (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
    • Lori Lefkovitz (Northeastern University)
    • James Loeffler (University of Virginia)

    Honorary Directors

    • Christine Hayes (Yale University)
    • Pamela S. Nadell (American University)

    Ex officio

    • Carol Bakhos (University of California, Los Angeles), Editor, AJS Review
    • Chaya Halberstam (King’s University College), Editor, AJS Perspectives
    • Adam Shear (University of Pittsburgh), Editor, AJS Review
    • Mira Sucharov (Carleton University), Editor, AJS Perspectives

    Committees

    Meeting Minutes