Faculty List
Professors
Robert H. Abzug
Director, Oliver H. Radkey Regents Professor of History
zug@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7240 | GAR 2.108
Education
Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, BerkeleyAaron Bar-Adon
Professor
bar-adon@mail.utexas.edu | 471-3594 | WMB 6.132
Education
Ph.D., Hebrew UniversityMiriam Bodian
Professor
bodian@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-8269 | GAR 2.104A
Education
Ph.D., 1988, Hebrew UniversityDavid Crew
Professor
dfcrew@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7232 | GAR 2.126
Education
Ph.D., 1975, Cornell UniversityDavid Eaton
Bess Harris Jones Centennial Professor in Natural Resource Policy Studies
eaton@mail.utexas.edu | 512.471.8972 | SRH 3.204
John 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.Robert D King
Professor
rking@mail.utexas.edu | 471-9016 | CAL 507
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Interests
Historical Linguistics; Yiddish; Languages of India.Harold Liebowitz
Professor
liebowitz@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6786 | WMB 6.126
Education
Ph.D., University of PennsylvaniaJoan Neuberger
Associate Professor
neuberger@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7219 | GAR 2.102
Education
Ph.D., 1985, Stanford University
Interests
modern Russian culture in social and political contextL. 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 UniversitySeth Wolitz
Professor
slwolitz@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5531 | HRH 3.114A
Education
Ph.D., Yale University
Interests
French, Jewish studies, Yiddish, and Afro-Antillian literatureAssociate Professors
Pascale Bos
Associate Professor
pascale.r.bos@mail.utexas.edu | 232-6373 | BUR 314
Education
Ph.D., Comparative LIterature, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)Abraham Marcus
Associate Professor
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 EastMary Neuburger
Assistant 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 poorAmi Pedahzur
Associate Professor
pedahzur@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1452 | MEZ 3.140
Education
Ph.D., University of Haifa, Israel
Interests
Terrorism, counterterrorism, political extremism, intelligence, security studies, social networks, IsraelEsther Raizen
Associate Professor
raizen@austin.utexas.edu | GEB 2.212
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinAlexander Weinreb
Associate Professor
aweinreb@prc.utexas.edu | 512-471-0141 | BUR 476, MAI 2410
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests
Social demography, historical sociology, sociology of JudaismAssistant Professors
Susan R. Boettcher
Assistant Professor
susan.boettcher@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-9297 | GAR 3.102
Education
Ph.D., 1998, University of Wisconsin, MadisonKaren Grumberg
Assistant 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)David Lambert
Affiliate faculty
dlambert@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 404
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests
History and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible; Classical and Rabbinic Judaism; early ChristianityNa'ama Pat-El
Assistant Professor
npatel@austin.utexas.edu | 232-8292 | WMB 5.144
Education
Ph.D.- 2008, Harvard University
Interests
Comparative Semitic Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Syntax, Languages in Contact,Rebecca Rossen
Assistant Professor
r-rossen@mail.utexas.edu Rossen, Rebecca | 512.232.7153
Education
Ph.D., 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
Lecturers
Monica Yaniv
Lecturer
monicay@mail.utexas.edu | 475-6705 | WMB 5.140
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Modern Hebrew language, linguistics, Hebrew as a foreign language, syntax and spoken Hebrew.Other faculty
Tatjana Lichtenstein
Affiliate faculty
tatjana.lichtenstein@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-6171 | GAR 0.110
