Jewish Studies Faculty
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Faculty members from departments throughout the university participate in the Jewish Studies program. These distinguished scholars include internationally-renowned experts in the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
PRINCIPAL FACULTY
Bettina Aptheker, Professor of Feminist Studies
Murray Baumgarten, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Margaret Brose, Professor Emerita of Literature
Nathaniel Deutsch, Professor of Literature and History
Barbara Epstein, Professor of History of Consciousness
Gildas Hamel, SOE Lecturer of History and Classical Languages
Peter Kenez, Professor of History
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Lecturer in Hebrew
Dan Selden, Professor of Literature
Catherine Soussloff, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
Bruce Thompson, Continuing Lecturer in History
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Raoul Birnbaum, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture
A. Hunter Bivens, Assistant Professor of Literature
Brian Catlos, Associate Professor of History
Ryan Coonerty, Lecturer in Politics
Laurel Fox, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Margo Hendricks, Professor of Literature
Marc Mangel, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Statistics
William Nickell, Lecturer in Literature and Russian Language
Loisa Nygaard, Associate Professor of Literature
Paul Roth, Professor of Philosophy
Avi Tchamni, Lecturer in Music
M. Michael Thaler, Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Medicine and History of Science (UCSF), Lecturer in History
FACULTY ADVISERS
Murray Baumgarten, Professor of English and Comparative Literature
Nathaniel Deutsch, Professor of Literature and History
Bruce Thompson, Lecturer in History and Literature
Gildas Hamel, Lecturer in History
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, Lecturer in Hebrew
Jewish Studies
- History Department
- 201 Humanities 1
- 1156 High Street
- Santa Cruz, CA 95064
- Phone: 831.459.2982
- Email: jwst@ucsc.edu
Useful Links
- History Department
- Center for Jewish Studies
- Institute for Humanities Research
- Jewish Studies at the Library
Program Info
The Jewish Studies minor is administered by the History Department at UCSC. For advising needs, please contact the department.
Other links
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