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

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

In scope, the policy on professional conduct is intended to give guidance to ASOR’s standing committees as they write and implement their specific policies relating to their sphere of action. As ASOR is adopting a Strategic Plan for 2026-2030; and as the ASOR Board wishes to support the work of ASOR 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 ASOR membership, including the leadership, in revising the Policy on Professional Conduct
3. to suggest revisions to ASOR’s Board that will enhance ASOR’s 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