Gary P Zola

Gary P. Zola is the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience and Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, Ohio, a position he has held since 2014. He is also the Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, where he has worked since 1998. Dr. Zola is a member of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Academic Council of the American Jewish Historical Society. He was first appointed to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad in 2011. Dr. Zola received a B.A. from the University of Michigan, an M.A. from Northwestern University, and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. from the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion.