Faculty Students are
attracted by the high caliber of the faculty, greatly respected
men and women who are known for their prolific contributions to
the field. One of the Department’s great strengths, this distinguished
body of active scholars, writers, and researchers stimulates and
inspires undergraduate and graduate students alike. James Young,
current chair of the Department, is a renowned literary and cultural
historian of the Holocaust and the only Jewish and American member
of Germany’s National Holocaust Memorial Committee.
James Young,
Professor and Chair of Department, B.A., California
at Santa Cruz, 1973; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1976; Ph.D.,
California at Santa Cruz, 1983.
Aviva Ben-Ur,
Associate Professor, B.A., Wellesley, 1990; M.A., Columbia,
1992; M.Phil., 1994; Ph.D., Brandeis, 1998.
Jay Berkovitz,
Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 1973; M.A., 1977; Ph.D.,
1983.
Shmuel Bolozky,
Professor, B.A., Hebrew University, 1965; M.A., London,
1968; Ph.D., Illinois, 1972.
Tayeb El-Hibri,
Associate Professor, B.A., Stanford, 1986; M.A., Columbia,
1988; M.Phil., 1989; Ph.D., 1993.
Olga Gershenson, Assistant Professor, BA., Ural State University, 1990; M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1998; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 2003.
Julius Lester,
Professor, B.A., Fisk, 1960. (Retired, December 2003)
Robert
A. Rothstein, Professor, S.B., Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1960; A.M., Harvard, 1961; Ph.D., 1967.
Emanuel Rubin,
Professor, B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon, 1957; E.Mus.B.,
1957; M.F.A., Brandeis, 1960; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1968.
Noemi
Schwarz, Lecturer.
Susan Shapiro,
Associate Professor, B.A., Washington University, 1973;
Ph.D., Chicago, 1983.
Adjunct Faculty
Walter
Denny, Professor, History of Islamic Art and Architecture.
Art History Department
Laszlo
Dienes, Professor, Russian-Jewish Literature and Culture.
Comparative Literature
Harley
Erdman, Assistant Professor, Jewish Theater. Theater
Department
Richard
S. Ellis, Professor, Torah, Commentaries, and Biblical
Interpretation. Department of Math & Statistics
for more information about Professor Richard Ellis
http://www.math.umass.edu/~rsellis
Ethan
Katsh, Professor, Law and Religion. Legal Studies Department
David
Mednicoff, Assistant Professor, Middle East Law and
Politics. Legal Studies Department
Jennifer Stone, Associate Professor, Freudian
Thought, Film Theory. French & Italian Department
for more information about Professor Jennifer Stone
Robert
Sullivan, Assistant Professor, Crusades and Islam.
German Department
Marvin
Swartz, Professor, History of the Holocaust. History
Department
Mary
C. Wilson, Professor, History of the Middle East. History
Department
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