Shaul Hanany is co-founder of USA for Israeli Democracy (usa4israelidemocracy.org), a grass-roots organization focused on US-based actions to maintain Israel a democracy. In his day job, Hanany is an award-winning professor of physics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He is a Morse-Alumni Distinguished University Teaching Professor and is a recipient of the Taylor Award for Service for his contributions on behalf of students.
Prior to his activism on behalf of Israeli democracy, Hanany had never been involved in organizing political action.