Tucson Day of Learning Faculty
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Miriam F. Elman is the Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), an educational nonprofit that builds nationwide networks of university faculty and administrators to counter antisemitism and advance the academy’s principles of open inquiry and free expression. Before taking on her position at AEN in 2019, she was a tenured Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, where she held the title of Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence in the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs. An alumna of Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA) and Columbia University (M.Phil., Ph.D.), Dr. Elman previously taught at Arizona State University and spent several years as a Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. She is an award-winning scholar and teacher, has edited seven books, and is the author of nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles and essays. In recognition of her work, she was listed several years ago by The Algemeiner among the top 100 people worldwide who are positively influencing Jewish life. Dr. Elman lives with her family in Fayetteville, NY and serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Central New York, where she chairs its Community Relations Committee.