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Jeffrey I. Herbst | |
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| Born | March 24, 1961 Jamaica, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (BA) Yale University (MA, MPhil, PhD) |
| Title | President of the American Jewish University |
| Spouse | Sharon Polansky |
| Children | Matthew Herbst, Spencer Herbst, and Alana Herbst |
Jeffrey I. Herbst is an American political scientist, specializing in comparative politics, and in July 2018 became the president of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California.[1] Herbst was previously the 16th president of Colgate University, and president and CEO of the Newseum in Washington, D.C.[2] He resigned from his post at the Newseum in 2017 as the museum announced financial issues.[3] Prior to assuming the presidency of Colgate in 2010,[4] he was provost, executive vice president for academic affairs, and professor of political science at Miami University. He received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1983, M.A., MPhil from Yale University in 1985, and Ph.D. in 1987 also from Yale. He is married to Sharon Polansky, with whom he has three children, Matthew, Spencer, and Alana.
Herbst has written extensively on political and international affairs in Africa.[5] He is the author of State Politics in Zimbabwe (Perspectives on Southern Africa) and States and Power in Africa: Comparative Lessons in Authority and Control (Princeton University Press, 2000), which received the 2001 Luebbert Best Book Award[6] in comparative politics for the year 2000 from the American Political Science Association. It was also a finalist for the 2001 Melville J. Herskovits Award for the best book in African studies awarded by the African Studies Association.[7]
Herbst has two siblings, his sister Susan Herbst who was the President of the University of Connecticut, and his brother Steve Herbst, who is Vice President of broadcasting and global media strategy for NASCAR.[8]
- ^ "AJU Announces Jeffrey Herbst, PHD as New President". American Jewish University. June 4, 2018.
- ^ "Jeffrey Herbst Selected as Newseum President and CEO". Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ Sullivan, Margaret (August 28, 2017). "Newseum's president steps down as financial review begins". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
- ^ "Herbst named 16th President of Colgate University". WKTV. November 16, 2009. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2010.
- ^ Herbst, Jeffrey; Greg Mills (July 11, 2013). "The World Bank's Diminishing Role in Africa". The New York Times. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ "Luebbert Best Book Award Winners 2001". American Political Science Organization. January 14, 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
- ^ "Biographies - Jeffrey Herbst". Colgate University. Colgate U. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
- ^ McGlone, Peggy (July 5, 2015). "Newseum named former Colgate president as its next CEO". The Washington Post.