Jewish Studies Principal Faculty
Nathaniel Deutsch
- Title
- Distinguished Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
- Department
- History Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 331 Humanities 1
- Office Hours Spring 2024: Mondays 12:00pm to 2:00pm, email in advance to set up in-person or Zoom meeting during office hours
- 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; History of Religions, African American Islam; history of eugenics in the United States; Gnosticism
Alma Rachel Heckman
- Title
- Neufeld-Levin Chair of Holocaust Studies
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Jewish Studies
- Phone 831-459-2465
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 277
- Office Hours Spring 2024: Wednesdays 12-2pm 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
Bruce A Thompson
- Title
- Jewish Studies Academic Advising Coordinator
- Continuing Lecturer
- Department
- History Department
- Literature Department
- Phone 831-459-3467 (office)
- Office Location
- Stevenson College Academic Building, 276 Stevenson College
- Office Hours Spring 2024: Monday and Wednesday @ 9:45-11:30
- 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.
Anne Kreps
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 232
- Office Hours Spring 2024: by appointment
- Faculty Areas of Expertise Ancient World / Classics, Mediterranean Studies, Religion and Secularism
- Summary of Expertise
Second Temple Judaism, Early Christianity, History of the Ancient Near East, New Religious Movements, Methods and Theories for the Study of Read more ...