- Naomi Brenner, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, The Ohio State University
- Jennifer Hoyer, World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of Arkansas
- Joseph Lam, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Anita Norich, English and Judaic Studies, University of Michigan
- Robert Schine, Jewish Studies, Middlebury College
- Gilya Schmidt, Director, Fern and Manfred Steinfeld Program in Judaic Studies, University of Tennessee
- Barry Wimpfheimer, Director, The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies, Northwestern University
- Ed Wright, Director, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, University of Arizona