Leadership

David Greenberg is Professor of History and of Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, and a frequent commentator in the national news media on contemporary politics and public affairs. He specializes in American political and cultural history. His new book, John Lewis: A Life, a biography of the civil rights hero and U.S. congressman, was published 2024 by Simon & Schuster. His other books include Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (W.W. Norton, 2016), Nixon’s Shadow: The History of an Image (W.W. Norton, 2003), and Calvin Coolidge (Henry Holt), a biography for the American Presidents Series. He has won fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Cullman Center of the New York Public Library, among other organizations.

Gary A. Rendsburg holds the rank of Distinguished Professor and serves as the Blanche and Irving Laurie Chair in Jewish History, with appointments in the Department of History and the Department of Jewish Studies. He has taught at Rutgers since 2004, following earlier stints at Canisius College and Cornell University. He specializes in ancient Israel, Hebrew language, Dead Sea Scrolls, and the medieval Hebrew manuscript tradition. Prof. Rendsburg is the author of seven books and more than 200 scholarly articles, appearing in journals published in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Israel, Japan, Australia, and South Africa. He has served as visiting professor or visiting research fellow at Oxford, Cambridge, Sydney, Penn, UCLA, Bar-Ilan, Hebrew University, the Getty Villa, and the Pontifical Biblical Institute. His most recent book is How the Bible Is Written (2019).

Jacquelyn Litt is a Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on women’s informal care work across a range of populations and during monumental periods in US history. She previously served for 12 years as Dean of Douglass College, the women’s college at Rutgers-NB. She is honored to be part of JFAS during this time of change and reflection at Rutgers.