Jason Kauffman

Jason Kauffman is director of archives and records management for Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), responsible for preserving and providing access to the historical records of the denomination. During his tenure, Kauffman planned and oversaw the move of archival collections from Goshen College to MC USA offices in Elkhart, Indiana. He is active in the broader Mennonite history community and serves on the management board for the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online and as vice president for Michiana Anabaptist Historians. Kauffman has a doctorate in Latin American history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master’s degree in Latin American History from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and a bachelor’s degree in History from Goshen College in Indiana. More recently, he achieved certification from the Academy of Certified Archivists and completed the Digital Archives Specialist program through the Society of American Archivists. Kauffman attends Assembly Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana.