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Jewish Studies Principal Faculty

Title
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies (on leave 2022-2023)
- Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
Department
- History Department
Phone
831-459-1924 (Message)
Email
- ndeutsch@ucsc.edu
Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 515 Humanities 1
Office Hours Spring 2022: Tue. 11:00am to 1:00pm by appointment via Zoom.
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
- Jewish Studies Undergraduate Program Director, Acting Director of the Center for Jewish Studies: 2022-2023
- 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 Winter 2023: Thursdays 2-4pm 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 2022: Monday and Wednesday @ 2:45-4:15
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.