Dr. Jessica Cooperman is very excited to join the University of Connecticut as Doris and Simon Konover Chair in Judaic Studies and Director of the Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life! In her formal role, she was Associate Professor and Chair of Religion Studies, as well as Director of Jewish Studies, at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Her book, Making Judaism Safe for America: World War I and the Origins of Religious Pluralism(NYU Press), received an honorable mention for the Saul Viener Prize in American Jewish History. Her past project explored Passover celebrations as sites for negotiating Jewish identity and defining new relationships between Jews and Christians in post-war America. Future research will explore projects for promoting Jewish-Christian interfaith relations in the United States after World War II. Cooperman is also co-editor of the journal American Jewish History.