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Jewish Studies Principal Faculty

Title
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
- Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
Department
- History Department
Email
- ndeutsch@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 331 Humanities 1
Office Hours Fall 2023: Mondays 12:00am to 2:00pm by appointment
Faculty Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies and Judaism, Religion and Secularism, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, African American / Black Studies, Hebrew, Yiddish, Ethnography
Summary of Expertise
Modern Jewish history; Hasidism; African American Islam; history of eugenics in the United States

Title
- Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies
- Associate Professor
Department
- History Department
- Jewish Studies
Phone
831-459-2465
Email
- aheckman@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 277
Office Hours Fall 2023: Tuesdays 12-1pm and by appointment
Faculty Areas of Expertise Jewish Studies and Judaism, Middle East Studies, Mediterranean Studies
Summary of Expertise
Modern Jewish History

Modern History of North Africa and the Middle East

Title
- Jewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator
- Continuing Lecturer
Department
- History Department
- Literature Department
Phone
831-459-3467 (office)
Email
- brucet@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 276 Stevenson College
Office Hours Fall 2023: Tuesday and Thursday @ 2:00-3:45
Faculty Areas of Expertise California History, Climate Change, Environmental History, European Studies, Film, History, Jewish Studies and Judaism, Religion and Secularism, War
Summary of Expertise
European history, Jewish history and literature.