Department Directory
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Beth Alpert Nakhai Ph.D., Professor & Acting Director, Judaic Studies Email: bnakhai@arizona.edu TEL: Main Office (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5762 Beth Alpert Nakhai is Acting Director and Professor in the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, and an affiliated member of the School of Anthropology. In addition, she is affiliated with... |
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Kerry Adams Executive Director, American Institute for Maghrib Studies Email: aimscmes@u.arizona.edu TEL: 520-626-6498 Office: Louise Foucar Marshall Bldg. Room 470 Kerry Adams worked on excavations in Israel, Italy and throughout the U.S. Southwest, and spent a year in Damascus on a Fulbright Fellowship investigating "The Social History of Archaeology in Syria" in 1998. She finished her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona Near Eastern Studies Department... |
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Fabian Alfie Ph.D., Professor, The Department of French & Italian and Judaic Studies Email: alfie@arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-7349 FAX: 520-626-8022 Office: (520) 621-5559 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison,1995. Professor of Italian. I've been at the University of Arizona since 1997, after teaching for two years at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. I... |
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Shlomo Aronson The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies 2007-2009 Email: sbs-judaic@email.arizona.edu Shlomo Aronson, of blessed memory, was The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies from 2007-2009. A native of Israel, Aronson is Professor of Political Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book Hitler the Allies and the Jews received the Israeli Political... |
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Anat Balint Assistant Professor and Jeffrey B. Plevan Chair in Modern Israel Studies Email: balint@arizona.edu Dr. Anat Balint will be the inaugural holder of the Jeffrey B. Plevan Chair in Modern Israel Studies. Dr. Balint is currently an Israel Institute Visiting Scholar and Coordinator of the Jewish Studies Program at San Jose State University.... |
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Karen Borek Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor, Religious Studies & Judaic Studies Email: kborek@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1383 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 621-1383 Karen Borek is an adjunct instructor for both Religious Studies and Judaic Studies. Since earning the PhD in Religion at Emory University, she has taught courses on Jesus in Contemporary Thought, Feminist Approaches to the Bible, and the Problem of God and Evil at the University of Arizona and... |
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Martha Castleberry Senior Business Manager Email: marthac@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5765 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Martha is responsible for the UA academic functions related to the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies and the UA business functions related to the SBS units located in the Marshall Building, Marshall Business Center. Martha is a Tucson native and received a BA from The University of Arizona and a... |
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Fernanda Charles Madero Falbaum Fellow Email: fcharlesm42@arizona.edu TEL: (520)501-4454 Hello! My name is Fernanda, and I am currently a sophmore student at the College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA). I graduated from high school in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico at Tecnologico de Monterrey where I used to play with the women’s volleyball team for three years. I... |
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Albrecht Classen Professor, German Studies Email: aclassen@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1395 Office: Learning Services Building, Rm. 318 Dr. Albrecht Classen is University Distinguished Professor and Undergraduate Advisor in the Department of German Studies. Dr. Albrecht Classen was born near Bad Hersfeld in Northern Hesse, Germany. He studied at the universities of Marburg, Erlangen (Germany), Millersville, PA (USA), Oxford (Great... [more information] |
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Margaret Cohen Ph.D., Adjunct Lecturer Dr. Margaret Cohen’s academic training is in Hebrew Bible, and her archaeological training comes from more than twenty years of excavations in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Margaret taught in both large research and small liberal arts settings and has a deep appreciation for and interest in the many... |
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Susan Crane Ph.D., Associate Professor, Modern European History Email: scrane@arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-1113 Office: Social Sciences 237A [more information] |
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Jeanne Davenport Email: davenpoj@email.arizona.edu [more information] |
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Sol Davis Ph.D., Executive Director, Jewish Museum of Maryland Email: sdavis@jewishmuseummd.org TEL: 410-732-6400 Office: 410-732-6400 Sol Davis is the Executive Director of the Jewish Museum of Maryland. He teaches Jewish Responses to the Holocaust for the Center for Judaic Studies. He also teaches for the UA Honors College and UA College of Education. In 2018, Bryan received a Ph.D. in Language, Reading and Culture at the... |
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William G. Dever Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Judaic Studies & Near Eastern Studies Email: sbs-judaic@arizona.edu Dr. Dever is an American archaeologist specializing in the history of Israel and the Near East in Biblical times. He was Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1975 to 2002. He is a 1955 graduate of Milligan College. He received his Ph.... |
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Leonard Dinnerstein Professor Emeritus, Judaic Studies and History Email: dinnerst@email.arizona.edu Leonard Dinnerstein, of blessed memory, was a Professor Emeritus of history and former director of Judaic Studies. His books include The Leonard Frank Case, America and the Survivors of the Holocaust, and Antisemitism in America. Vita [more information] |
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Mark Elliott Ph.D., Instructor, Career Track, Judaic Studies Email: melliott1@arizona.edu TEL: 520 626-5758 FAX: Fax: (520) 626-5767 Mark Elliott received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in Near Eastern Studies. He is also the editor of Bible and Interpretation at www.bibleinterp.com . Courses Taught: JUS 372a History and Religion of Israel: Biblical Period JUS 372b History and Religion of Israel: Ezra-... [more information] |
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Ashlyn Galindez Student Office Assistant Email: ashlyngalindez@email.arizona.edu TEL: 520-626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 [more information] |
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David L. Graizbord Ph.D., Professor, Associate Director, Judaic Studies Email: dlgraizb@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 Office: (520) 626-5758 David Graizbord is a historian of early modern and modern Jews. To date his research has focused mostly on the Western Sephardi Diaspora of the seventeenth century. In particular, Graizbord's writing approaches questions of religious, social, and political identity as these questions shaped the... |
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Leonard Hammer Ph.D., JD, Lecturer and The David and Andrea Stein Visiting Professor of Modern Israel Studies 2015 Email: lhammer@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5785 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5758 Dr. Hammer is a Lecturer and the 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 & 2016 David and Andrea Stein Visiting Professor of Modern Israel Studies at the University of Arizona. He is an adjunct professor at The Hebrew University’s Rothberg School and works as an International Expert for the Open Society... |
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Dakota Hogeboom, BS Administrative Assistant Email: dhogeboom@email.arizona.edu TEL: 626-5758 FAX: 626-5767 Office: Marshall 420 [more information] |
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Joela Jacobs Ph.D., Assistant Professor, German Studies Email: joelajacobs@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-2300 Office: LSB 306 Dr. Joela Jacobs is Assistant Professor of German Studies, and she is affiliated with the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, the Department of Gender and Women's Studies, and the Institute of the Environment. She earned her Ph.D. in Germanic Studies at the University of Chicago, where she... |
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Deborah Kaye Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Career Track, Judaic Studies Email: deborahk@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5758 Office Location: Social Sciences #111A Deborah Kaye earned her Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of Arizona and her M.A. in Jewish History from The University of Michigan. Her research interests include nineteenth century Italian liberalism and Jewish corporatism. ... |
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Thomas Kovach Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, German Studies & Judaic Studies Email: tkovach@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-1147 Office: German Studies Department Thomas Kovach received his B. A. in German from Columbia University and his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University in 1978. From 1978 to 1990 he was Assistant and then Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Utah, from 1990 to 1994 he... |
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Abigail Limmer, PhD Instructor, Career Track, Ancient Israel Email: alimmer@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5788 Office Hours: Currently enrolled students should refer to their syllabus. Abby Limmer recieved her B.A. in Anthropology from the College of William and Mary and is a graduate from the Univerisity of Arizona with a degree in Near Eastern... |
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Soloman Littman Lecturer & Coordinator of Sekhel veLev, Judaic Studies Email: ##no-email-address-for-sol-littman@email.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5758 Email: sbs-judaic @email.arizona.edu Solomon Littman, of blessed memory, was a Visiting Scholar and Coordinator of Judaic Studies Sekhel veLev (Mind and Heart) program from 2000-2013. He donated twenty-five Soviet-era Ukrainian booklets on the Holocaust to the United States Holocaust... |
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Uri Maimon M.A., Hebrew Lecturer, Hebrew Program Coordinator, Career Track, Judaic Studies Email: maimonu@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5788 A native of Israel, Uri Maimon has been teaching Hebrew at the University of Arizona for the past seven years. Uri graduated from Tel-Aviv University in Social Studies, and received two Masters Degrees from the University of Arizona in Management Information Systems and Political Science. Uri... |
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Kolbi Mason Office Assistant Email: Kolbimason@arizona.edu Office: The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies Hello, I am from Memphis, Tennessee. I graduated from Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School. I am currently a sophmore at the University of Arizona and I will be graduating with a Biology major in 2025. I can be reached via email: Kolbimason@arizona.edu [more information] |
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Shoshana Mayden [more information] |
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Sharon Medgal Ph.D., Director, Water Resource Center Email: smegdal@cals.arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-9591 FAX: (520) 792-8518 Office: (520) 621-9591 Sharon B. Megdal is Director of The University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center and C.W. and Modene Neely Endowed Professor. She is Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science and serves as Director of... |
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Maya Lynn Patterson [more information] |
