Faculty List
Professors
Robert H. Abzug
Director, Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, Audre & Bernard Rapoport Regents Chair of Jewish Studies
zug@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7240 | GAR 2.108
Education
Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
Social Reform and Religious Life in Antebellum America, America and the Holocaust, and the Interpenetration of Religion and Psychology in Modern American cultureMiriam Bodian
Professor
bodian@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-4358 | GAR 2.104A
Education
Ph.D., 1988, Hebrew University
Interests
Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions; post-Expulsion Sephardic Jewry; Jews and the ReformationDavid Crew
Professor
dfcrew@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7232 | GAR 2.126
Education
Ph.D., 1975, Cornell University
Interests
history of popular culture and consumerism in twentieth-century Germany and Europe, the history and politics of memory, and the visual history of Germany in the twentieth centuryDavid Eaton
Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies
eaton@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.8972 | SRH 3.204
Interests
U.S.-Mexico environmental cooperation, new methods for evaluation of air pollution emissions, joint management by Palestinians and Israelis of shared groundwater, and water conservation in TexasJo Ann Hackett
Professor
hackett@austin.utexas.edu | 471-6951 | WMB 5.136
Education
Ph.D., Harvard UniversityJohn Hoberman
Professor
hoberman@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6368 | BUR 322
Education
Ph.D. Scandinavian Languages and Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Interests
European cultural and intellectual history with special interests in Sportwissenschaft and the history of ideas about race.Naomi E. Lindstrom
Professor
lindstrom@austin.utexas.edu | 512..471.4936 | BEN 4.144
Education
Ph. D., Arizona State University
Interests
Gender and the Study of Latin American Literature, Latin American Jewish Studies, On-Line Scholarly Resources, Translation, and Sociology of the Arts.Joan Neuberger
Professor
neuberger@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7219 | GAR 2.102
Education
Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University
Interests
modern Russian culture in social and political contextAmi Pedahzur
Professor
pedahzur@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1452 | MEZ 3.140
Education
Ph.D., University of Haifa, Israel
Interests
Israeli society and politics, The IDF special-forces, terrorism, counterterrorism, political radicalism.L. Michael White
Professor; Ronald Nelson Smith Chair in Classics and Christian Origins
lmwhite@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1438 | WAG 212
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
Archaeology of ancient Synagogues; New Testament and Christian origins; social context of Jews and Christians in the Graeco-Roman period; Graeco-Roman ReligionAssociate Professors
Pascale Bos
Associate Professor
pascale.r.bos@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6373 | BUR 314
Education
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)Karen Grumberg
Associate Professor
keren@mail.utexas.edu | 471-5134 | WMB 6.116
Education
Ph.D.- 2004, University of California- Los Angeles
Interests
Contemporary Hebrew literature and comparative Jewish literatures (Hebrew, French, English)Tracie M. Matysik
Associate Professor
matysik@austin.utexas.edu | 475-7521 | GAR 3.402
Education
Ph.D., 2001, Cornell UniversityMary Neuburger
Associate Professor
burgerm@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7220 | GAR 3.410
Education
Ph.D., 1997, University of Washington
Interests
modern southeastern Europe, her primary interests include ethnic conflict, nationalism, material culture, and genderMartha G. Newman
Associate Professor
newman@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-8660 | BUR 406 / GAR 3.408
Education
Ph.D., 1988, Stanford University
Interests
Medieval Christian monasticism; monastic miracle collections and monastic attitudes toward women and the poorEsther Raizen
Associate Professor
raizen@austin.utexas.edu | GEB 3.212
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinAlexander Weinreb
Associate Professor
aweinreb@prc.utexas.edu | 512-471-0437 | BUR 476, MAI 2410
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Social demography, historical sociology, sociology of JudaismAssistant Professors
Tatjana Lichtenstein
Assistant Professor
lichtens@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-6171 | GAR 0.110
Education
Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada
Interests
Twentieth century Eastern European history, Nationalism, Minorities and state-building, Zionist movement in the Bohemian LandsAdi Raz
Clinical Assistant Professor
adi.raz@austin.utexas.edu | 475-6644 | WMB 5.140
Education
Ed.D.- 2009, Jewish Theological Seminary
Interests
Teaching Hebrew as a second language to students with language learning disabilities; Jewish educationRebecca Rossen
Assistant Professor
r-rossen@austin.utexas.edu | 512.232.7153
Education
Ph.D.(2006), Northwestern University
Interests
Jewish Identity and American Postmodern Culture, currently working on a new book:Dancing Jewish: Jewish identity in American Modern and Postmodern Dance.Senior Lecturers
Suzanne Seriff
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology; Independent Museum Curator and Consultant
sseriff@mail.utexas.edu | 232-1560 | 2.112C
Interests
Anthropology of Museum Representation; Representation of Jews in American Public Culture (museums, world's fairs, cartoons, theatre, literature); American Jewish Visual and Folk Culture; Texas Jews; The Galveston Movement.Lecturers
Other faculty
Gideon Greif
Schusterman Visiting Professor
MEZ 3.306
Education
Ph.D., Modern History, 1997, University of ViennaProfessors Emeriti
Aaron Bar-Adon
Professor Emeritus
bar-adon@mail.utexas.edu | 471-3594 | WMB 6.132
Education
Ph.D., Hebrew UniversityRobert King
Professor Emeritus
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 923-3502 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Interests
Historical Linguistics; Yiddish; Languages of India.Harold Liebowitz
Professor Emeritus
liebowitz@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6786 | WMB 6.126
Education
Ph.D., University of PennsylvaniaAbraham Marcus
Professor Emeritus
amarcus@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-475-7229 | GAR 3.406
Education
Ph.D., 1979, Columbia University
Interests
Arab and Ottoman history; Islamic history; social history of the Middle East; music cultures of the Middle EastSeth Wolitz
Professor Emeritus, L. D., Marie and Edwin Gale Chair Emeritus of Judaic Studies
slwolitz@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5531 | HRH 3.114A
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
