HBI Academic Advisory Committee
Dr. Melissa Klapper
The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Academic Advisory Committee (AAC) is composed of recognized experts in a range of disciplines within Jewish Women’s and Gender Studies. Each year, they share their time and expertise with us to conduct evaluations of proposals submitted to the HBI Research Awards Program. A subset of this group acts as the final Research Awards Selection Committee.
The 2024 Research Awards Selection Committee is Lisa Fishbayn Joffe (Brandeis University), Rav Rachel Adelman (Hebrew College), Deidre Butler (Carleton University), Debra Kaufman (Northeastern University, emerita), Melissa Klapper (Rowan University), Larissa Remennick (Bar-Ilan University) and Ilana Szobel (Brandeis University).
Watch Melissa Klapper, a 2007 and 2023 HBI Scholar in Residence - and three-time Jeopardy champion - describe the way HBI has supported her across her entire career and why she is proud to serve on the AAC.