17吃瓜

2026 TASKFORCE ON THE REVIEW OF ASOR’S POLICY ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Charge

ASOR鈥檚 current Policy on Professional Conduct聽was approved by ASOR鈥檚 Board in 2015, publicly announced in 2017, and amended in 2019: this policy was the result of 鈥�17吃瓜members鈥� call for a comprehensive professional conduct policy that would be consistent with ASOR鈥檚 Mission and Strategic Plan.鈥� The policy was proposed to be reviewed annually.

In scope, the policy on professional conduct is intended to give guidance to ASOR鈥檚 standing committees as they write and implement their specific policies relating to their sphere of action. As 17吃瓜is adopting a Strategic Plan for 2026-2030; and as the 17吃瓜Board wishes to support the work of 17吃瓜members who maintain the highest ethical standards of scholarship and public discourse, this Taskforce has been created:

1. to examine the current Policy on Professional Conduct
2. to collaborate with 17吃瓜membership, including the leadership, in revising the Policy on Professional Conduct
3. to suggest revisions to ASOR鈥檚 Board that will enhance ASOR鈥檚 standards of scholarship and public discourse.

Members

• Jane DeRose Evans, Chair
• Kevin McGeough, Vice Chair
• Andrew Cohen
• Lynn Swartz Dodd
• Alia Fares
• Debra Foran
• Patty Gerstenblith
• Timothy P. Harrison
• Ido Koch
• Carol Meyers
• Anawar Mahagoub Mohamed
• Yaroub al-Obaidi
• Susanne Paulus
• Matthew Spigelman
• Avary Taylor
• Andy Vaughn