Maud Mandel

Maud Mandel
Born	14 June 1967
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Thesis	(1998)
Academic work
Discipline	History Judaic Studies
Sub-discipline	French history, Jewish history, Islamic–Jewish relations
Institutions	Brown University

Maud Mandel (born 14 June 1967) is Professor of History and Judaic Studies and Dean of the College at Brown University and current President-elect of Williams College. She specialises in twentieth-century French history, with a particular focus on the interaction of Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian communities in France.

Early life and education

Mandel received her BA in English from Oberlin College in 1989. In 1993, she received an MA from the University of Michigan, followed in 1998 by a PhD in Modern Jewish History from the same institution.

Brown University

Professorship

In 1997, she joined the Brown faculty as a visiting assistant professor in the History department.

Mandel's scholarship focuses on ethnic and religious minorities in twentieth-century France. She has written about immigration, nationalism, integration, and inter-ethnic relations. Mandel has particularly emphasized the Muslim, Jewish, and Armenian communities in France and has investigated how these groups interact with each other and with broader society.

Mandel became a full member of the faculty in 2001, served as chair of the Judaic studies program from 2012-2014, and was named a full professor in 2014.

Administration Leadership

In June 2014, Mandel was named Dean of the College. In this role, she prioritized Brown's advising programs and the development of skills through the undergraduate curriculum. Specific projects led by Mandel include establishment of the Brown Learning Collaborative that stresses liberal arts competencies teaching "through a peer-to-peer approach," 1stY@Brown online coursework that prepares incoming students for undergraduate curriculum rigors, and overseeing the opening of the First-Generation College and Low-Income Student Center.

Williams College

On March 11, 2018, she was selected to be the 18th president of Williams College by its Board of Trustees. Mandel will assume her position on July 1, 2018.

Selected publications

• In the Aftermath of Genocide: Armenians and Jews in Twentieth Century France. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2003. ISBN 0822331217.
• Muslims and Jews in France: History of a Conflict. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2014. ISBN 9781400848584.
• Colonialism and the Jews. Edited by Ethan Katz, Lisa Moses Leff, and Maud Mandel. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780253024626.