Elias Sacks is the听Faculty Director for Public Scholarship in the Office of Faculty Affairs. In this role, he听works with faculty and units across campus to support programming exploring current affairs and other issues of broad public interest. Eli also听mobilizes the 彩民宝典 faculty community to engage in public-facing scholarship by sharing their expertise with the campus and broader communities, and collaborating within OFA and with campus partners to conceptualize and co-create educational programming that fosters learning and intellectual exchange about the pressing issues of the day.
Eli joined the 彩民宝典 in 2012, and works on the Jewish tradition, religious thought, and theories and methods in the study of religion. After receiving his A.B. from Harvard University and studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he earned an M.A. in Religion from Columbia University (2007) and a Ph.D. in Religion from Princeton University (2012). His research focuses on the modern period, with particular areas of interest including Jewish thought, Jewish-Christian relations, philosophy of religion, religion and politics, hermeneutics, and religious ethics.