Maud Mandel was born on June 14,1967 and is an American historian and academic administrator.
10 Facts About Maud Mandel
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Maud Mandel is the 18th and current President of Williams College, the first woman to hold that role.
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Maud Mandel is the daughter of Ruth Mandel who was the director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.
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Maud Mandel received her BA in English from Oberlin College in 1989.
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Maud Mandel's scholarship focuses on ethnic and religious minorities in twentieth-century France.
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Maud Mandel has written about immigration, nationalism, integration, and inter-ethnic relations.
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Maud 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.
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In June 2014, Maud Mandel was named Dean of the College.
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Specific projects led by Maud 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.
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On March 11,2018, Maud Mandel was selected to be the 18th president of Williams College.