Gannit Ankori joined Brandeis in the fall of 2010 as Professor of Art History and Theory and Chair in Israeli Art at the Department of Fine Arts. In 2013 she was appointed Chair of the Creative Arts School Council. Before coming to Brandeis, she served as the Henya Sharef Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of Art History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She was also a Visiting Associate Professor at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University and at Tufts University's School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Among her many duties at Brandeis, Gannit is an active member of the Rose Art Museum's Advisory Board, and an affiliate of various departments and centers (e.g., The Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Film, Television and Interactive Media, Latin and Latino American Studies, and the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies program.)