Caryn Block is Professor of Psychology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is a social-organizational psychologist whose research examines identity, bias, belonging, and institutional processes in educational and workplace settings. Her scholarship brings theories of identity, belonging, and institutional processes from social-organizational psychology to the study of contemporary antisemitism, investigating how contemporary antisemitic experiences shape Jewish belonging, psychological well-being, and engagement within institutional contexts.
Integrating quantitative and qualitative methods, Dr. Block’s research advances conceptual and empirical understanding of contemporary antisemitism while informing institutional policy and practice. Her recent scholarship includes the development and validation of the Contemporary Antisemitic Experiences Scale (CAES), one of the first multidimensional measures of contemporary antisemitic experiences among Jewish individuals, and examines how institutional responses influence the ways Jewish individuals interpret, navigate, and respond to these experiences.
Dr. Block is a Faculty Fellow of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, serves on the Founding Advisory Council of the Contemporary Antisemitism Studies Association (CASA), and is a Research Advisor to the Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative (JCMHI). Her work seeks to strengthen empirical understanding of contemporary antisemitism while informing institutional responses that promote Jewish belonging and well-being.
Dr. Block is a recipient of the 2026 ISGAP Faculty Fellowship Training Program: Combatting Holocaust Distortion and Global Antisemitism.