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Boards

The Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University has an Advisory Board and an Academic Council, which together ensure that HEFNU adheres to its mission to advance Holocaust teaching and research at institutions of higher education.

The HEFNU Advisory Board is composed of ten members, five appointed by officers and board members of the pre-integration Foundation and five appointed by the University. The Advisory Board is chaired by the Dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

Advisory Board
Gabriel Aizenberg
Nancy Mills Barnett
Barry Malkin
Daniel Weiss

Edward Westermann
Ben Gorvine, Psychology Department
Stefan Ionescu, History Department
Sarah Maza, History Department
Lauren Stokes, History Department
Lucille Kerr, Spanish & Portuguese Department

The HEFNU Academic Council advises the Foundation’s Director in personnel, administrative process, and content of programs. The interdisciplinary Council is composed of ten experts in the field of Holocaust Studies, who have demonstrated a strong commitment to HEFNU and its mission. Membership is rotating and the Chair is selected by Council members.

Academic Council

Elizabeth Anthony, US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chigbo Anyaduba, University of Winnipeg
Aomar Boum, University of California Los Angeles
Audrey Brunetaux, Colby College
Sarah Casteel, Carleton University
Susanne Knittel, University of Utrecht
Andrea Loew, Center for Holocaust Studies at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich
Daniel Magilow, University of Tennessee
Avinoam Patt, University of Connecticut
Gerald Steinacher, University of Nebraska-Lincoln