Jacques Berlinerblau is a professor of Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University. He is also an op-ed writer for MSNBC and a scholar whose work has been discussed in fora ranging from the New York Times to NPR to the Chronicle of Higher Education. His work focuses on the interplay between culture and politics, and to this end, he has published thirteen academic books and dozens of scholarly articles. His current research focuses on comedy that triggers massive cultural unrest.