Bioethics and Jewish studies scholar to be dean of University of Chicago divinity school
Laurie Zoloth, a leader in bioethics and Jewish studies, has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago Divinity School. She begins in the role on July 1.
Zoloth currently serves as a professor at Northwestern University, holding appointments in the Department of Religious Studies and in the Feinberg School of Medicine.
Zoloth’s scholarship includes biblical and Talmudic texts, the ethics of genetic engineering, stem cell research, and social justice in health care. As a founding board member of the Society for Scriptural Reasoning, she also researches interreligious dialogue and how religion plays a role in public discussion and policy.
