Maud Mandel
Maud S. Mandel | |
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18th President of Williams College | |
Assumed office July 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Protik Majumder (interim) |
Personal details | |
Born | June 14, 1967 |
Parent | Ruth Mandel (mother) |
Education | Oberlin College University of Michigan |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Judaic studies |
Sub-discipline | French history, Jewish history, Islamic–Jewish relations |
Institutions | Brown University Williams College |
Maud Mandel (born June 14, 1967) is an American historian and academic administrator. She is the 18th and current President of Williams College, the first woman to hold that role.[1] Mandel was previously a Professor of History and Judaic Studies and Dean of the College at Brown University. She specialises in twentieth-century French history, with a particular focus on the interaction of Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian communities in France.[2] She is the daughter of Ruth Mandel who was the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
Early life and education
[edit]Mandel received her BA in English from Oberlin College in 1989.[3] In 1993, she received an MA from the University of Michigan, followed in 1998 by a PhD in Modern Jewish History from the same institution.[4]
Brown University
[edit]Professorship
[edit]In 1997, she joined the Brown faculty as a visiting assistant professor in the History department.
Mandel's scholarship focuses on ethnic and religious minorities in twentieth-century France. She has written about immigration, nationalism, integration, and inter-ethnic relations. Mandel has particularly emphasized the Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian communities in France and has investigated how these groups interact with each other and with broader society.
Mandel became a full member of the faculty in 2001, served as chair of the Judaic studies program from 2012-2014,[5] and was named a full professor in 2014.[6]
Administration Leadership
[edit]In June 2014, Mandel was named Dean of the College.[7] In this role, she prioritized Brown's advising programs and the development of skills through the undergraduate curriculum.[4] Specific projects led by Mandel include establishment of the Brown Learning Collaborative that stresses liberal arts competencies teaching "through a peer-to-peer approach," 1stY@Brown online coursework that prepares incoming students for undergraduate curriculum rigors, and overseeing the opening of the First-Generation College and Low-Income Student Center.[8]
Williams College
[edit]On March 11, 2018, Mandel was selected to be the 18th president of Williams College.[9] Mandel assumed the position on July 1, 2018.
Selected publications
[edit]- In the Aftermath of Genocide: Armenians and Jews in Twentieth Century France. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN 0822331217.
- Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014. ISBN 9781400848584.
- Colonialism and the Jews. Edited by Ethan Katz, Lisa Moses Leff, and Maud Mandel. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780253024626.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Williams College President Mandel, Maud S." specialcollections.williams.edu. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "Mandel, Maud". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Maud Mandel named dean of the College". news.brown.edu. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Maud Mandel: A welcome interview with the Dean of the College". BlogDailyHerald. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "President-Elect". Office of the President. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "People — The College". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ Zappa, Joseph. "Maud Mandel named new dean of the College". Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Dean of the College Maud S. Mandel named 18th president of Williams College". news.brown.edu. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
- ^ "Maud Mandel named President of Williams College". president.williams.edu. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- Williams College faculty
- Presidents of Williams College
- American women historians
- Historians of Jews and Judaism
- Historians of the Armenian genocide
- Historians of France
- University of Michigan alumni
- Oberlin College alumni
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Women heads of universities and colleges
- Brown University faculty
- 20th-century American historians
- 21st-century American historians
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women