Philip Wexler was emeritus Professor of Sociology and Unterberg Chair in Jewish Social and Educational History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He previously served as Dean of the Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development at the University of Rochester, NY (1989-2000), and as Director of the School of Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2002-2010). He served as Visiting Professor at Brandeis University (2010-2012) and at the University of Wuppertal, Germany (2012-2014).