Bio
Dr. Miriam F. Elman has served as Executive Director of the educational nonprofit Academic Engagement Network since 2019. From 2009-2022 she was an Associate Professor of Political Science at Syracuse University, where she held the title of Robert D. McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence at the Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs.
An award-winning scholar and teacher, Elman has edited and co-edited six books and several special issues for academic journals. She is the author of over 70 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters on topics related to contemporary antisemitism, academic freedom and campus free expression, peace and conflict resolution, religion and politics in Israel, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She has held pre- and post-doctoral fellowships at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School and was a tenured member of the faculty at Arizona State University before moving to Syracuse.
Dr. Elman has delivered hundreds of guest lectures in her areas of expertise and has been frequently featured in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, The New York Times, The Times of Israel, The Washington Post, Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Washington Examiner, JNS, Jewish Journal, JWeekly, and The Forward, among other media outlets. In recognition of her work, in 2018 The Algemeiner listed her among the top 100 people worldwide who are positively influencing Jewish life.