Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter to George Washington University expressing their deep concern about its failure to deal appropriately with a formal complaint against Dr. Lara Sheehi, the newly elected President and former Secretary of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39 of the American Psychological Association) made on behalf of several of her Jewish and Israeli students describing a series of failures on her and the University’s part to treat all students equally and with respect. The open letter can be signed here.

We, the undersigned, are mental health clinicians and educators, practitioners of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis, scholars of antisemitism from several disciplines, and concerned clinicians, educators, and academics in various fields. We are a diverse group, including those from the political left, right, and center; Jews and non-Jews, and those with varied views on Zionism.

We are deeply concerned about allegations regarding Dr. Lara Sheehi, the newly elected President and former Secretary of the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (Division 39 of the American Psychological Association) and chair of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Teachers’ Academy. Dr. Sheehi teaches a required Diversity course for graduate students in psychology at The George Washington University. A formal complaint has been made on behalf of several of her Jewish and Israeli students describing a series of failures on her and the University’s part to treat all students equally and with respect. (We urge the reader to review the entire StandWithUs complaint to grasp the magnitude of the accusations.) These allegations are alarming and, if true, expose an egregious abuse of the trust customarily placed in educators and constitute a clear violation of Title VI, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of national origin and other characteristics in institutions receiving government support.

Since this complaint appeared, several letters in defense of Dr. Sheehi have circulated, and gained wide support, claiming that concerns about her teaching and her online presence – which is rife with profanity and hateful rhetoric against Zionism and Israelis – are the result of a right-wing Zionist conspiracy. It is shocking to reflect that those signatories signed letters that did not even consider the possibility that the students’ allegations might be true, nor demand they be given respectful consideration. Would this be the case if the students were not Jewish or Israeli? Imagine the scandal that would erupt if a group of students from another background – Black students, Muslim students, or LGBT students – alleged that their professor excluded and shamed them based on their religion, ethnicity, national origin, or sexual orientation in a required course on diversity. The calls for such a professor’s resignation or removal would be swift and severe. And while these remain allegations at present, Dr. Sheehi’s tweets and online interviews regarding Israelis render the allegations quite plausible, with more than enough reason to warrant careful scrutiny. (Her deleted twitter account included statements such as the following: “Israelis are so f***ing racist,” “Zionists are unhinged,” “you can’t be a Zionist and also a feminist” “F*** Zionism, Zionists…” “F*** every person who is not yet an anti-Zionist,” and “Zionists are so far up their own a****”.)

Therefore, compelling Jewish and Israeli students to take a course with Dr. Sheehi while these complaints are being investigated is highly inappropriate. As precedent, consider the case of Professor Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who made hostile remarks about Black students in a required course and was then removed from this teaching role.

Letters written in support of Dr. Sheehi have claimed that she is being “silenced” because of her views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Let us clarify that this is simply not the case. She remains free to express her political and academic views, which are not relevant here. Her classroom conduct is. If the complaints against her are supported by the facts, then her willingness to bully, belittle, and retaliate against students of a particular religious and ethnic background and national origin are highly unprofessional. That being so, we are dismayed by the totally inadequate response to the students’ concerns displayed by the faculty in GWU’s psychology program and by the administrators at higher levels of leadership. In a time when considerable resources are poured into promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, singling out Jews and Israelis as undeserving of those protections is nothing short of antisemitic. Moreover, it is ironic to see Jewish Voice for Peace criticizing StandWithUs, the organization that filed the complaint on behalf of the GWU students, for “…conflating some Jewish students’ emotional discomfort with targeted harassment….” This is especially disingenuous when diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts argue that impact supersedes intent in matters of racism and discrimination. The particular politics of StandWithUs as an organization have no bearing on the issue of whether the students’ allegations should be taken seriously.

Unfortunately, the many letters circulating in support of Dr. Sheehi deflect from the important matter and claim that concerns about her alleged classroom conduct are simply attempts to restrict her academic freedom, encourage threats to her safety, advocate for “doxxing,” and/or come from a right-wing “playbook.” These claims are baseless. Indeed:

* We deplore any threats to Dr. Sheehi’s safety (or those close to her) in the strongest possible terms.

* We vigorously oppose any attempt to “dox” Dr. Sheehi, or to publish private information about her in a malicious effort to damage her reputation ahead of the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights investigation. The allegations against her are worrisome enough as they stand. There is no need for these reprehensible tactics.

* We strongly support academic freedom, though many of us disagree with Dr. Sheehi’s framing of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.We deny that concerns raised about Dr. Sheehi come only from the right wing or from a Jewish conspiracy of powerful individuals and will not dwell on the tired antisemitic trope that this argument represents. The concerns about her conduct and her suitability for specific educational and leadership roles comes from across the political spectrum.

* We acknowledge that the allegations in the StandWithUs complaint are, as yet, allegations. We urge the Department of Education and GWU to promptly and dispassionately conduct their own investigations by carefully evaluating the testimony of the Jewish and Israeli students in light of substantial corroborating evidence.

The fact that some extremists are subjecting Dr. Sheehi to doxxing and death threats, while deeply unfortunate, should not be used to silence legitimate concerns about her suitability for teaching or leadership roles. Dr. Sheehi is amply entitled to her opinions, her academic freedom, and, above all, her personal safety. But as a teacher of a diverse group of students and leader of a diverse organization, she must not allow her political views to prejudice her interactions with students, patients, or colleagues.

We hope that this expression of concern dispels the egregious misconceptions present in the various letters of support Dr. Sheehi has received thus far. We choose to speak out because cases like these involving Jewish and Israeli students being bullied, belittled, and excluded are increasingly commonplace on campuses across the United States and seldom get the scrutiny and impartial treatment they deserve. They not only feed a global resurgence of antisemitism but fuel a dangerous turn in the mental health field where activism is entering the consulting room, where “anti-discrimination” efforts covertly condone discrimination, and where frankly unprofessional and unethical behavior masquerades under the guise of academic freedom.

In conclusion, we call upon GWU to relieve Dr. Sheehi of teaching roles in required courses until this matter is adjudicated. In light of the online material available, if the allegations against Dr. Sheehi are corroborated in part or in whole, this may also cast doubt upon her suitability to train psychotherapists in general.

Respectfully and sincerely signed,

Co-authors
Daniel Burston, PhD, PhD, Behavioral science historian
Cary Nelson, PhD, English professor
David A. Sasso, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist
Ilene Serlin, PhD, Psychologist

Co-signatories (435 as of 2/5/23, 12 pm EST)

The Executive Committee, Alliance for Academic Freedom (Cavalllo, Greenberg, Lesses, Mallow, Nadel, Nelson)
Phyllis Chesler, Emerita Professor of Psychology
Jon Mills, PsyD, PhD, ABPP, Honorary Professor, Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
Gabriel Noah Brahm, Ph.D., Director, Center for Academic and Intellectual Freedom
Alvin H. Rosenfeld, Director, Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism
Jeffrey Jay, Clinical Psychologist
Marissa Sappho, LCSW, BCD, CEDS-S, Board Certified Psychoanalyst (ACSWA)
Susannah Neumann, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Karen Weiss, Psy.D.
Marie Baird, Ph.D., Philosophy of Religion and Holocaust Studies
Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Cheryl Goldstein, Ph.D. Psy.D.
Leon Hoffman, MD. CO-Director, Pacella Research Institute, New York Psychoanalytic Society
Susana Cavallo, Ph.D. Prof. of Spanish
Jeffrey Mallow, Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus of Physics
Warren S. Poland, MD
Monique Rodrigues Balbuena, Ph.D., Comparitive Literature and Jewish Studies
Rebecca Lesses, Ph.D., Prof. of Philosophy and Religion, Jewish Studies
Barry A. Farber, Ph.D., Prof. Clinical Psychology
Elina Veytsman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow, UCLA
Jane Jordan, Psy.D.
Nancy E. Moss, Ph.D., Psychologist
Marilyn Safir, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Clinical and Social Psychology
Ilissa Greenberg, Psy.D.
Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Psychologist
Michael Harris, MD.
Beverley Schneider, LCSW, Psychoanalyst, NPAP
Irit Felson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Rochelle Steinwurtzel, Psy.D. , Clinical Psychologist, Instructor in Medical Psychology
Norman Straker, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Cathy Weiz, LCSW
Tobi Zausner, PhD, LCSW, Psychologist/Social Worker
Marc Kiselica, Ph.D., HSPP, Director, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Stan Nadel, Ph.D. History
Stacey Berlin, Psy.D., Psy.D.
Herbert Wyman, MD
Susan Goldberg, JD, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Hila Smilovitch, MA, Communication Management
Eliza Stucker-Rozovsky, Psy.D, Postodctoral Fellow
Daniel Birger, MD, New York Psychoanalytic Institute
Shanna Tillman, Psy.D.
David Goldberg, Psy.D., Psychologist/Psychoanalyst
Douglas Kirsner, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and Psychoanalytic Studies
Alicia Lieberman, Ph.D., Professor, UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Susan Kavaler-Adler, PhD, ABPP, NCPsyA, American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis
Henry Nunberg, MD, psychoanalyst
Barbara Ingram, Professor of Psychology
Cheryl Kier, Associate Professor of Psychology
Corrine E. Blackmer, Professor of English and Jewish Studies
Mary Twis, PhD, LMSW-AP, Social Worker
Joe Lockard, Professor of English
Gunther Jikeli. Ph.D., historian
David Patterson, Ph.D. Comparative Literature and Holocaust Studies
Steven D. Fraade, PhD, Religious Studies and Judaic Studies
Andrés Martin, MD, PhD, Psychiatrist
Henry Bachrach, Ph.D, Psychoanalyst
Lilli Friedland, Ph.D., ABPP, Clinical Psychologist
Matthew Schneirov, Ph.D., Chair of Sociology
Naomi Libby, MD, MHA, Psychiatrist
Nadia Krupnokova, MD, psychiatrist, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Stephen Pfeiffer, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Izabella Tabarovsky, MA, history
Ellen Cannon, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science and Jewish Studies.
Ruth H. Shorr, MA, LCPC, Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist
Sherrin Packer Rosenthal, LCSW, LPCC, LMFT, PPSC
David Rosenthal, MD
Philip Herschenfeld, MD
Tobi Zausner, PhD, LCSW
Eunice G. Pollack, PhD, historian
Doron Ben-Atar, PhD, Professor of History
Alexandra Chana Fishman, Ph.D., social work
Christopher Gassenschmidt, Ph.D., historian
Rochelle L. Millen, Ph.D, religion
Ben M. Freeman, educator and author
Marlene Grossman, psychology
Joël Kotek, Ph.D, political science
Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Ph.D., Psychologist
Fran Martin, PhD, Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
Fiamma Nirenstein, journalist
Katherine Aron-Beller, PhD, history
Sylvia Barack Fishman, PhD, Jewish Life and Culture
Lawrence Amsel, MD, MPH, Psychiatry
Joan O’Callaghan, MA, B.Ed, English
Sylvia Barack Fishman, Emerita Professor of Contemporary Jewish Life and Culture
Luis Fleischman, Ph.D., Professor I, Social Sciences
Rochelle L. Millen, Ph.d, Professor Emerita of Religion
Christine Maxwell, PhD
Stanton Marlan, PHD, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and psychoanalyst
Alan Hack, Ph.D., Psychologist
Shaul Rabinowitz PhD, Clinical Psychology
Henry Greenspan, Ph.D, psychologist and playwright
David Greenberg, PhD, Historian
Charles Duke, Ph.D. student, Philosophy
Beni Agoustari , MBA, Political science
Jeff Weintraub, Ph.D., Sociologist
Jeffrey Saperstein, ICF Coach, MA, Lecturer, San Francisco State University
Lawrence Amsel, MD, MPH, Psychiatry
Steven Sager, BS Pharmacy; JD Law, attorney
Brahm Canzer, PhD, marketing
Stephanie Bot, Psy. D., C.Psych., Pychoanalyst
Martin Zelin, Emeritus professor of psychology
Sara Zimmerman, Ph.D., Psychologist
Lawrence Amsel, MD, MPH, Psychiatrist
Blair Fingerhut, LCSW, Private practice
Tamara McClintock Greenberg, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist
Aaron T. Walter, PhD, International Relations
Richard Landes, PhD, historian
Shay Attias, PhD, political scientist
Ellen Deck, BA from GWU, MA, MFT
Mitchell Cohen, PhD, Prof. of Political Science
Ted M. Kahn, Ph.D., Learning Scientist & College Admissions Coach
Sheila maeir, m.a., Clinical psychologist
Edva Biner Levy, LMFT
Ezra Temko, PhD, Sociology
David S. Fankushen M.D., internal medicine
Arnold M. Herskovic MD, FACR, FACRO, Radiation Oncology
Arnold Weingarden, Ph.D., Psychology
Robert M Shapiro, PhD, Professor of Judaic Studies, History and Yiddish
Mark M Jacobs, MD, Clinical Professor OB/GYN
Anne Golomb Hoffman, PhD, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
James Carmine PhD, Philosophy/professor
Michael P. Kramer, PhD, American Literature
Todd P. SIlverstein, Ph.D., Chemistry/Biochemistry
SJ Frank, PhD, Psychologist
Sheldon Nahmod. BA, JD, LLM, MA Religious Studies, Law
Diane Gottheil, Ph.D, Assoc Director MD/PhD program (ret)
Sharon Cushman, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Paula A. Treichler, PhD, medicine, communications
Richard Ross, JD, PhD (History), Law and History
Robert Kramer, PhD (GWU, 1996), Psychoanalyst and intellectual historian
Albert Cytryn MD, Physician
Walter Gadlin, Ph.D, member division 39, Psychologist
Mitchell M. Frank, Psy.D, Clinical Psychologist
Preston Wolin, MD, Associate Professor University of Illinois
Steven S. Weiser, JD 1970, Lawyer,
Kyle D. Pruett, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Asaf Romirowsky, PhD, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME)
Monika Hinkedier Saltzman BA, Graduate studies in Mental Health Counseling, Art Therapy
David Hirsh, Academic Director, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Sociology
Sheri Ross MD, Pediatrician
Stewart M. Crane, LCSW Psychoanalyst, Psychoanalyst
Renee Baritz BS Elementary Educ, Private tutor/Elementary and special ed teacher
Stephen D. Finstein, LCSW, LMFT, LSOTP, Forensic Mental Health Consultant
Ron Cohen B.A., B.C.L., Attorney, Lecturer (Ret.)
Mark Keil, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Judith M. Richman, JD, Attorney
Robert Ledermann, Ph.D., Retired
Geoffrey Short BA., BSc, M.EdPsych, PhD, Developmental Psychology
Sandra Messinger Cypess, PhD, Professor Emerita of Latin American Studies
Stanley B. Messer, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology
Donna Marshall, M.A., Counselling Psychology
Alan Malter, PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing
Ronald Friend, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Psychology
Amanda Hyman, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Shoshana Ringel, PhD, psychoanalyst, professor emeritus, university of Maryland, school of social work
Barbara Cerminara MA, Psychotherapist, Jungian Studies
Rabbi Joel Drouet, MS Jewish Studies, MA Human Relations
Daphne Klajman, B.A. Psychology, M.A. The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)
Barbara Cerminara MA, Psychotherapist, Jungian Studies
Jeffrey Herf, Historian
Leslie O’Connell, Ph.D., Psychologist
Jay Rice, Ph.D., Marriage and Family Therapist
Claire Burbea MSW, LCSW, MA Ed Counseling, Social Work
Walter Reichman Ed.D., Psychologist
Prof.Dr. em. Karl E. Groezinger, Jewish Studies
Elvira Groezinger, Dr.phil. Comparative Literature
Professor Michael Davidson, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Jaime Grinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Foundations
Karen Fiss, PhD, Cultural and Critical Studies
Jeff Kohn, MD, Physician
Stan Sadava PhD, Psychology
Neil J. Kressel, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Ernest Sternberg, PhD
Eric S Mondschein M.Ed. Ed.D., Law and education
Martin Peskin BA(Hons) MBA
Cheryl Livineh, Ed.D., Professor Emerita of Education
Cheryl Scott, JD, Law
Edward Volchok, PhD (BA class of 1971 GWU), Professor
Linda Landesmam, DrPH, MSW, Public Health
Irena Ronen, Ph.D.
Frederick Nover, Retired
Jonathan Granot, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astrophysics
Eric Steckler, MD, Retired, Gastroenterologist
Max Donath, Ph.D.
Mark D. Mandeles, PhD, National Security Policy Analyst
Robert J. Bloch, PhD., Physiology
Michael Steinit, PhD, Emeritus professor of Physics
Joseph Kushick, Ph.D., Chemistry
Michael Mayer, Ph.D., Psychologist
William J. Carney, B.A, LLB, Law Professor Emeritus
Eugene Orenstein, Associate Professor, retired, Jewish Studies
Avi J. Hettena, MD, Physician
Simon Gulden BA LLL PAdm ADRcert Finccert,
Sharon Lord, BIA (GWU), AAS
Barry J Blumenfeld , PhD
Stephen Blank, Ph.D, university of Chicago, 1979, Russian History
Isaac, PhD, Professor
Sharon Frisch, MSN, CNM, Nurse Midwife
Joel S. Pachter, Ph.D., Professor of Immunology
Karen Miller JD
Abraham Aamidor, MA, Journalist, Author
Sara Reguer, PhD, History Professor
Milton Mutchnick,M.D., Medicine
Lawrence Gevirtz, MS, Psychology, Education
David Savar, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, UCLA
Marc Snir, PhD, Computer Science
Andrew Markoe PhD, Mathematics/ Professor Emeritus
Jeffrey A. Heller, AB, AASN, JD, Law School Political Asylum Clinician Emeritus
Eve Wurtele, PhD., Professor
Daniel Neuhauser, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry
Oren Sagher, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery
Ruth Mastron, MA, Intercultural Communication
Dr G. Frisch, Medicine
Carol Morrow, Ph.D., Retired University administrator
Haley E. Melikian, Ph.D., Professor of Neurobiology
Ronald H. Bayor, Ph.D in History, Professor emeritus of History, Georgia Tech
Richard Dusansky, PhD, Professor of Economics
Stephen D White, DVM DACVD, Distinguished Professor
Judith S. Jacobson, DrPH, MBA, Epidemiologist
Roslyn Weiss, PhD, Professor of Philosophy
Bernard Sladen, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
Rafael Goldchain BAA, MA, MFA, Visual Arts, Art History
Roslyn Isseroff MD, Distinguished Professor, Dermatology
Michael Klayman, Rabbi
Steve Blumer, M.Ed, counseling
Betty Berenson, LCSW, MSW, BA Magna, Social work
William L. Silber, Phd., Economics
Fred Hayward, MA, MALD, International Relations/Education
Mark J. Eisenberg, MD MPH, Medicine
Samuel Edelman, Ph.D, Israel Studies and Holocaust Studies
Caryn Bross, MS., CCC, Audiologist
Christian D. Orr, M.A, Intelligence Studies (concentration in Terrorism Studies)
Dr. Cyril Danjoux, Medicine
Michael M. Herskowitz, MD, Interventional Radiologist
David Cornblath MD, Neurology
Edward Abramson, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, California State University
Miriam Galston, Ph.D,, J.D., Law School
Michael Stern MSW LCSW, Clinical Psychotherapist
Gerald M. Kolodny, M.D., Physician
Jack Wasserman, M.D. Psychiatrist
Rabbi Richard Hammerman, Board Member, ACAP
Danny Rosenberg, PhD, Kinesiology
Craig Ehrlich, JD, Retired law professor
Irwin Pressman PhD MBA, Mathematics and Statistics
Ronald Brody, Attorney
Neil Solomons MD, Medicine
Michelle Kaufman, MEd in special ed/deaf ed
Dr Morton Isaacs, BS, BA, MA, PHD., Professor Emeritus Psychology
Roberta Gold, BS, MS, Educator, curriculum writer, (secondary)
Jill Shapiro, Ph.D., Biological Anthropology
Stefanie Guynn, MSW, LCSW, BCD, Social worker, therapist
Prof. Doron Lubinsky. Ph.D., Mathematician
Allan J. Jacobs, MD, JD, Gynecologic Oncology
Bernard Berofsky, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of Philosophy
Howard R. Feldman, Ph.D., MA, MA, Paleontology
William Guynn, MA, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Art History, Film Studies
Scott L. Tomar, DMD, MPH, DrPH, Professor and Associate Dean, UIC College of Dentistry
Linda Vinecour, Bilingual School Counselor and Teacher of ESL, School counseling and ESL teacher
Shlomo Dubnov, PhD, Music
Henry Leighton, PhD, Emeritus Professor, Atmospheric Science
Marvin Koss, MD, DLFAPA, Psychiatry
Jonathan Schaul Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist
Jaime Grinberg, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Foundations
Lawrence Weber, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry
Naomi Liebler, PhD, Professor of English
David Polsky, Esq., Attorney at Law
Justin Cohen DMD, Dentist
Michael Byalsky, Ph.D., Math/Economics
Madelyn L. Zelman, MEd, English professor
mark baker bba/jd, law
Michael Trachtenberg, B.A., M.S., Retired Chaplain
Latif Jiji, PhD., Engineering
Joshua I Schwartz, Law
David Latner LLB, Lawyer
Arnold M. Schwartz, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Surgery, SMHS, GWU
Mark Lipman, MD, Professor of Medicine
Franklin Michelson, O.D., Optometry
Dr. Dawn Anderson MD BSc(Med), Surgeon
Sam Izenberg MD, Psychiatrist, Psychoanalyst
Zaq Harrison, Author
Jonathan Greenberg, Ph.D., Professor of English, author, screenwriter
LR van der Wieken, Cardiologist
Lisa Haut, BFA, MS Education, Artist/teacher
Michael Gelfond, PhD, Prof. Emeritus CS dept, Texas Tech University
Barry F. Chaitin, M.D., DLFAPA, Professor and Chair Emeritus, Psychiatry
Susanne Seperson, Ph.D., Sociology/Professor (retired)
Ivan Grunberger, MD, Physician
Steven Greenberger J.D., Associate Professor of Law
Ivan Blank, PhD, Full Professor of Mathematics
Paul Scheinberg, MD, FCCP, Chief Medical Officer (Retired), Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
Elaine Atzmon, Educator
Hazel Ipp PhD. C.Psych, Psychoanalyst
Joni Schockett BS, Boston University , MA Framingham State, English Professor – retired
Philip Goldberg Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Physics
Susanne DeWitt, Ph. D., Microbiology/Genetics
Prof. Barbara Kitai McGill University English, English Literature and Writing
Deborah Talalay, NLP Master Practitioner
Rochelle Friedman, Retired
Lewis A. Glenn, Ph.D, Retired, Physics
John Riskind, Ph.D, Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Melissa Landa PhD, Educator and author
Joy HofFman MA, Speech Pathologist/Graduate of GWU
Dennis E. Gale BA, MS, MEd, MCP, & PHD (GWU),Emeritus Professor (former GWU tenured faculty)
Charles Faiman, M.D.,M.Sc., Physician, Professor
David Seymour PhD, Law
Joan T Daniels, Attorney
Howard Rosenbloom BA, MBA, Philanthropy
Benjamin Melamed, Ph.D., Computer Communication Sciences
Sosnowski Maurice MD PhD, Prof Emeritus Medecine
David Sanders, PhD, Music and Media
John Lazarus, DPhil, English and Music educator
Zvi Gellis PhD, Gerontology
Carl B. Pearlston, B.A., M.A., JD., Attorney
Lauren Mishlove, Former Jewish Studies Teacher
Louise A Vasilakos, MEd, Educator
Ari Patinkin, Undergrad, Student President, Chabad GW
Stanley Feuer, MSW, BCD, LCSW, Clinical Social Work
Stephen J Feinberg, OD, FAAO, Rehabilitative Optometrist
Ellen Konar, Ph.D, Organizational psychology
Kathryn Weg Brandt, attorney
Michael H. Miller, Ph.D.
Ilene Klein, Retired teacher
Steven Stein, Ph.D., Psychologist
Ken Zeidner, JD, PhD, Attorney, Molecular Geneticist
David Farber MD, FRCPC, Internal Medicine & Gastroenterology
Yael Lieber, Ph.D., School psychologist
Gary Klein, MAHL, DD, Rabbi
Stanley Baumann, Retired atty
Carrie M. Margolin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Fellow of the Western Psychological Association
David Sandler, Stroke neurologist
Stephen Eskin, M.D., Medicine/Gastroenterology
Daniel L.Ditzer, B.A. J.D., Attorney at law
Ellen Chaitin, Ca Superior Ct Judge , ret., Law
Ricardo Schack MD, Psychiatry, Substance Abuse
Michael C. Singer, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Alexander Mauskop, MD, FAAN, Professor of Clinical Neurology
Nevet Basker, Educator
Nira Kolers Ph.D. Psychologist
Irving Kalet, Educator
Malcolm Z. Roth, MD, Associate Professor, Plastic Surgery
Stuart Garrie MD, Fellow of the American Board of Psychiatry
Gabriel Hauser MD, MBA, Professor of Pediatrics
Richard Feit, M.D., Physician
Michael Wollman Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Allan D. Singer, M.D.
Anna Szemere, PhD, Sociology
Deborah Guest
Channa Newman, PhD, Languages and Cultural Studies
A/Prof Harry Merkur MBBS FRCOG FRANZCOG, A/Prof Ob Gyn WSU
Douglas W Kielkopf, A.B. J.D., Attorney
Howard Kleiman, Professor emeritus, Media and Culture
Julien Uzan, PhD, Biophysics and Radiobiology
Martin Nash B.A. M.D, Psychotherapist
Isaac Brajtman. M.B.,Ch.B, General Practitioner
Doris Steinberg, PhD Psychology, Clinical Psychology, retired
Luize Zubrow, JD, Professor of Law Emerita, Law
Nan Klein, J.D., Attorney
Cynthia Kleinbart, JD, Mother-in-law of recent GW MS graduate
Ellen F. Heyman, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
David Pfenninger PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Oded Samuel, MD, Physician
Julie zimmerman, JD, Attorney
Nehama R Bersohn. PhD., Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history (retired)
H. Joel Gorfinkel, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine
Jonathan Caspi, PhD, Professor and Family Therapist
Michael Pinedo, PhD, Business School Professor
Thomas Mullane, PhD, Anthropology
Annie Rosenschein-Bars MA English &French, Retired
Jeffrey L. Callen BA, MBA, PhD, Professor of Business Administration
Professor Linda Allen, Ph.D., William F. Aldinger Chaired Professor of Finance
Prof. Joseph Rabani, Chemistry
Scott Sheidlower, MA, MA, MLS, Librarian
Eugene Korn, PhD., Philosophy
Cathy Elaine Horwitz, JD, Lawyer
David M. Magder BSc, MDCM, FRCPC, Psychiatrist
Edward S. Beck Ed.D., Retired Professor of Mental Health Counseling and President Emeritus-Scholars for Peace in the Middle East
Eitan Friedman PhD, Educator
Moshe Pollak, Professor Emeritus of Statistics
Theresa A. Gabaldon, J.D., Legal Educator
Madelon T Price PhD, neurobiology
Prof. Shmuel Sandler PhD, Political Science
Paolo Zanardo, Full Professor of Algebra, University of Padova, Italy (retired)
Nili Feuerstein, Ph.D., Scientist
Jacqueline Schmidt, B.S., A.A.B., Social Psychology
Larry D Weiss, MD JD, Professor of Emergency Medicine (retired)
Don Greif, Ph.D., Clinical & Forensic Psychologist/Psychoanalyst
Frances Shapiro-Skrobe, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English
George Flesh, MD, Emeritus Asst. Clinical Prof. of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr Trudy Zuckermann DEd, Educator
Barry Black, MA, Retired teacher
E. Wagner, Student, Jewish Studies
Monica Leonie Meerbaum, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalyst
Daniel S. Katz, Ph.D.
Keith Wollenberg JD/MA Stanford University, Educator
Sarah Ovadia, MA, Educator
Janet Koehnke, Ph.D., Professor and Chair
Leonard L Koss PhD, Retired Associate Professor
David Weissman, Ph.D., Philosophy
Gabriel Danzig PhD, Classical Studies/Jewish Studies
Mathew Diamond, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
Dr Lawrence J. Doctors, Mechanical Enginering
Jeffrey Okun, MD
Scott B. Schaffer, JD, MSN (GWU), Law/Nurse Practitioner, Retired Assistant Dean, Rutgers School of Law
Steven Nissenfeld PhD, Psychologist
Jocelyn Kadish B.A. (Hon) Sp.& H. Th; M Ed, Speech Pathology
Dr. Leon Kadish MB,ChB,FRCSC, Orthopaedic Surgeon
David Berger PhD, Professor of Jewish History
Dianne B. Stillman BA com laude; J.D.
Bruce Bukiet, PhD, Mathematical Sciences
Michael Kentor, MD, Retired Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Dr David C Maresky (MBBCh., FRCPC), Pediatrician
Andy Goldberg, Speech-Language Pathologist
Edith J Chernoff, MD, Clinical Genetics, pediatrics
Shrihari Santosh, Ph.D
Allen M Chernoff, MD
Allan Havis, MFA, Professor of Theatre & Film
Nancy Peled PhD, Education
Robert A Weisgrau, M.D., Diagnostic Radiology
Steve Samuel MD, FRCS
Jon Abbink, PhD, Anthropology, History
Joyce Klein, LICSW, Psychoanalyst
Abigail Romirowsky PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Ari Trachtenberg, Ph.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joseph Pelzman, PhD, JD, Professor of Economics, International Affairs and Law
Adi Altshuler, JD
Elaine Haim RN MSN, Registered Nurse
Avy T Stock PsyD, Psychologist
Evan D. Morris, PhD, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Peter Kingstone, PhD, Political Science
Robert Grant, Board Member, DARA Doctors
Lesley Klaff, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism
Joshua Eichenbaum, BA arts, Brown University
Amy A. Hecht, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist
Claudia Ribas, LCSW, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Betzalel N Eichenbaum BS, Psychology