The son of Holocaust survivors and grandson of Holocaust victims, Kenneth D. Wald served six years as director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida. He spent four years on the state of Florida’s Task Force on Holocaust Education and co-founded and directed the Summer Holocaust Institute for Florida Teachers. In 2011, he was named the University of Florida Teacher-Scholar of the Year, the highest honor given to a faculty member. His most recent book, The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, won the 2020  National Jewish Book Award.