- Nathan Abrams, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Bangor University
- Robert Alter, Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature, University of California at Berkeley
- Jeremy Dauber, Atran Associate Professor of Yiddish, Language, Literature, and Culture and Director, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
- Jonathan M. Hess, Moses M. and Hannah L. Malkin Distinguished Professor of Jewish History and Culture and Director, Carolina Center for Jewish Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Eleanor Kaufman, Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California, Los Angeles
- Ari Y. Kelman, Jim Joseph Chair in Education and Jewish Studies, Stanford University
- Julian Levinson, Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Michigan
- Shaul Magid, Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair in Jewish Studies, Indiana University
- Barbara Mann, Simon H. Fabian Chair in Hebrew Literature, The Jewish Theological Seminary
- Paul Reitter, Associate Professor of German and Director of the Humanities Institute, The Ohio State University
- Allison Schachter, Assistant Professor of English and Jewish Studies, Vanderbilt University
- Moulie Vidas, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of California at Davis