Jeffrey Herbst
Jeffrey I. Herbst is an American political scientist, and in July, 2018 became the President of the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, California. Herbst was previously the former 16th President of Colgate University, and President and CEO of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. He resigned from his post at the Newseum in 2017 as the museum announced financial issues. Prior to assuming the presidency of Colgate in 2010, he was Provost, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and professor of political science at Miami University. He received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1983, M.A., M.Phil from Yale University in 1985, and Ph.D. in 1987 also from Yale. He is married to Sharon Polansky, with whom he has three children, Matthew, Spencer, and Alana.
Herbst has written extensively on political and international affairs in Africa.
Herbst has two siblings, his sister Susan who is the President of the University of Connecticut, and his brother Steve, who is Vice President of broadcasting and global media strategy for NASCAR.
