Maud Mandel | |
|---|---|
| 18th President of Williams College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Protik Majumder (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14, 1967 |
| Relatives | Ruth Mandel (mother) |
| Education | Oberlin College (BA) University of Michigan (MA, PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Judaic studies |
| Sub-discipline | French history Jewish history Islamic-Jewish relations |
| Institutions | Brown University Williams College |
Maud S. 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.