Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is composed of seven Founding Members, an Advisory Board of elected members, a NALS-SIREL liasion and Levinas' family affiliated with SIREL who serve as Honorary Lifetime Members. Elected Advisory Board members serve three year terms with an option of serving two consecutive terms. When new board members are needed, the Board will accept nominations and forward names for approval by the Society members at the General Business Meeting.
FOUNDING MEMBERS
Sandor Goodhart
Purdue Univeristy
NALS Senior Advisor
Ph.D., SUNY Buffalo
Professor of English, Jewish Studies, Classical Studies, Comparative Literature
Sol Neely
University of Alaska Southeast
NALS President (2006-2016)
Ph.D., Purdue University
Philosophy and Literature
Dara Hill
NALS Executive Secretary (2006-2016)
Religious Studies, Jewish Studies, and Popular Culture
Monica Osborne
Rebecca Nicholson-Weir
East Central University
NALS Treasurer (2006-2016)
Ph.D., Purdue University
Cultural Studies
NALS Treasurer (2006-2016)
Ph.D., Purdue University
Literature and Jewish Studies
Andrew Ball
NALS Founding Member
Ph.D., Purdue University
Cultural Studies
Octavian Gabor
Romania
NALS Founding Member
Ph.D., Purdue University
Dan Kline
University of Alaska Anchorage
Term: 2007-2013, 2015-2018
Ph.D., Indiana University
Katie Kirby
Saint Michael's College
Term: 2013-2016, 2017-2019
Ph.D., Fordham Univeristy
Brian Bergen-Aurand
University of Alaska Anchorage
Term: 2013-2016, 2017-2019
Ph.D., University of Maryland
ADVISORY BOARD
Erik Garrett
Duquesne University
Term: 2013-2016, 2016-2019
Ph.D., Purdue University
Leah Kalmanson
Drake Univeristy
Term: 2016-2019
Ph.D., University of Hawaiʻi
NALS-SIREL LIASION
Flora Bastiani
Université Toulouse
Département Philosophie
HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERS
In 2007, the NALS Board of Directors invited members of Levinas' family to serve on the board as honorary lifetime members.
Simone (Levinas) Hansel
NALS Honorary Lifetime Member
George Hansel
Professeur émérite à l'Université de Rouen
David Hansel
Research director, DR-CNRS
Joëlle Hansel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
École Normale Supérieure