Faculty Members
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Gil Ribak Ph.D., Associate Professor, Judaic Studies Email: gribak@arizona.edu TEL: Main Office (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 I am an Associate Professor at the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies. In 2021-2022, I served as the European Union’s Marie S. Curie Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), Albert-Ludwig’s University, Freiburg, Germany.
Born and raised in Israel, I... |
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Joaquin Ruiz Ph.D., Dean Emeritus, Director, Biosphere 2, Professor, Geosciences and BIO5 Institute Email: jruiz@arizona.edu TEL: 520-626-8527 Office: ENR2 Room N525 Joaquin Ruiz received his B.S. in Geology and B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Miami. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology from the University of Michigan. Ruiz served as Assistant Professor at the University of Miami from 1982 to 1983 before joining the University of Arizona... |
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Howard J. Schwartz M.D., Rabbi, Lecturer, Judaic Studies Email: sbs-judaic@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: (520) 626-5758 [more information] |
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Gila Silverman Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Judaic Studies Email: gilas@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 [more information] |
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Max Strassfeld Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Religious Studies/Classics & Judaic Studies Email: mstrassfeld@arizona.edu TEL: 520-621-1383 Office: Learning Services Building Room 222 [more information] |
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Gayil Talshir Ph.D., The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies 2009-2010 Email: msgayil@mscc.huji.ac.il Gayil Talshir was the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Visiting Professor in Israel Studies for the 2009-2010 academic year. She received her Ph.D. from Oxford University and is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she directs the... |
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Naomi Tor M.A., Hebrew Lecturer, Career Track, Judaic Studies Email: npresent@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 FAX: (520) 626-5767 Office: Louise Foucar Marshall Building, Suite 420 Naomi Present Tor is a Tucson native and an alumnus of the University of Arizona, where she received her B.A. in French and Italian Language and Literature. Naomi received her Master of Arts in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language from Middlebury Language Schools at Middlebury College in Vermont... |
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Adam Ussishkin Ph.D., Professor, Linguistics & Judaic Studies Email: ussishki@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 621-7121 FAX: (520) 626-9014 Office: Douglass 312 I'm a professor in the Department of Linguistics, with appointments in Cognitive Science, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching, Near Eastern Studies, Judaic Studies, and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. My research focuses on lexical access, as well as phonology and morphology. Much of... |
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J. Edward Wright Ph.D., Director Emeritus and The J. Edward Wright Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies Email: edwright@arizona.edu TEL: (520) 626-5758 Office: (520) 626-5763 Office Hours: Currently enrolled students should refer to the syllabus posted on D2L. JUS 310 Apocalyptic Imagination J. Edward Wright is... |
