Rabbi Lisa D. Grant, Ph.D., serves as Director of the Rabbinical Program at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion/New York. Her research and teaching interests focus on adult Jewish learning, the professional development of Jewish leaders and the place of Israel in American Jewish life. She has published widely on these topics in a range of academic journals, books, and teaching guides.
Rabbi Grant has served on the faculty of Hebrew Union College since 2000. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, her Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and her Ph.D. from The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York; and her rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion.