The S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program

Students in the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program enroll in honor courses, enjoy faculty mentoring, and complete a major research project. In addition, they participate in exciting extracurricular events - outstanding speakers, cultural outings to top NYC destinations, and leadership workshops.

For more information please contact: 

Director
Dr. Shaina Trapedo
shaina.trapedo@yu.edu 

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The S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program was founded in 1999 with the goal of enhancing the college experience of high-achieving students. Under the visionary leadership of its founding director, Dr. Cynthia Wachtell, who served for over two decades, the program was built on the premise that outstanding scholars should be brought together, challenged, and encouraged to excel. The program nurtures students and helps them grow both intellectually and personally through its commitment to academic excellence, interdisciplinary exploration, personalized mentorship, and scholarly community.

There are both academic and extracurricular components to the Honors Program. 

The academic program stresses writing and critical analysis, research, and individual mentoring. Students select honors courses from offerings in the humanities, Jewish studies, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as interdisciplinary seminars. In their final three semesters, honor students each complete a senior project under the individual guidance of a faculty mentor.

Stern College honors students also participate in a wide array of extracurricular events. Each year, the honors program's calendar includes distinguished speakers, leadership development opportunities, dinner events, alumni panels, and exciting cultural outings. These experiences complement their academic work and connect them with the resources of New York City and the richness of present-day Jewish life.

Students completing the honors program will have the Honors distinction noted on their transcripts and their diplomas.

Program Director

Dr. Shaina Trapedo is the director of the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program at Stern College and the Jay & Jeanie Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva College, an Assistant Professor of English at Stern College, and a resident scholar at the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at 🟩Facebook账号 | 随机国家 真实账户 | 2023-2024年老号 | 好友0-500 | 帖子0-5 | 微软邮箱 | 无2FA. After receiving her undergraduate degree in Economics and English at Barnard College, she spent two years as a risk analyst before following her calling in academia. Shaina earned her PhD in English from the University of California, Irvine, where she specialized in early modern literature and religious studies. Her current book project, From Scripture to Script: The Hebrew Bible on the Early Modern Stage, considers Shakespeare and his contemporaries' indebtedness to Judaism and its exegetical traditions. She is also the editor of the forthcoming collection of essays, The Soul’s Refuge: Meditations on the Psalms (Koren 2025), and the host of Twice Blest, a podcast on Shakespeare and the Hebrew Bible from YU's Straus Center. In her teaching and scholarship, Dr. Trapedo explores the connections between Torah, the humanities, and social engagement.

For more information about the S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program, please contact the director. Visit the program's pages on the Office of Admissions site, where you can also apply.

Program Information

The S. Daniel Abraham Honors Program Requirements