The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies is governed by two cooperative bodies. Each helps the Institute articulate its vision and achieve its goals.
The Steering Committee oversees the primary management of the Frankel Institute.
Members of the Frankel Institute Steering Committee
- Scott Spector
Interim Director, Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; Rudolf Mrazek Collegiate Professor of History and German Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Alexandra Minna Stern
Associate Dean for the Humanities; Professor of American Culture, History, Women’s Studies, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Medical School - Deborah Dash Moore
Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Peggy McCracken
Mary Fair Croushore Professor, Domna C Stanton Collegiate Professor of French, Women's Studies and Comparative Literature, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Bryan Roby
Assistant Professor of Judaic Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts - Ruth Tsoffar
Professor of Comparative Literature and Women's Studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
- Geneviève Zubrzycki
Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
The Institute’s Academic Advisory Board consists of distinguished senior scholars who review the work of the Institute regularly and who help choose Fellows every year.
Members of the Academic Advisory Board
- Lila Corwin Berman
Temple University - Miriam Bodian
University of Texas-Austin - Ross Brann
Cornell University - Richard Cohen
Hebrew University - Shaul Kelner
Vanderbilt University - Marjorie Lehman
Jewish Theological Seminary - Ranen Omer-Sherman
University of Louisville - Derek Penslar
Harvard University - Michael Swartz
- Ohio State University
- Beth Wenger
University of Pennsylvania - Yael Zerubavel
Rutgers University