Graduate Faculty for Jewish Studies
JWST

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Berlin, Adele Regular Member
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1964; Ph.D., 1976.
- Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Comparative Literature
- Professor Emerita, English Language and Literature

Brodsky, Harold Regular Member
B.S.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1954; M.S.,University of Colorado, 1960; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1966.
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies

Butterworth, Charles E. Regular Member
B.A., Michigan State University, 1959; Doct., University of Nancy-France, 1961;M.A., University of Chicago, 1962; Ph.D., 1966.
- Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, Distinguished Faculty
- Professor Emeritus, Government and Politics
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies

Cooperman, Bernard Dov Regular Member
B.A., University of Toronto, 1968; M.A., Brandeis University, 1969; M.A., Harvard University, 1972; Ph.D., 1976.
- Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Associate Professor, History
   website: http://www.history.umd.edu/Faculty/BCooperman/

Fox, Nathan A. Regular Member
A.B., Williams College, 1970; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1975.
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Education: Human Development
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Freidenberg, Judith N. Regular Member
M.A., University of Buenos Aires, 1969; Ph.D., City University of New York-Graduate School & Univ. Center, 1978.
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Aging, Center on
- Affiliate Associate Professor, American Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Professor, Anthropology

Gonen, Einat Regular Member
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1994; M.A., 1999.
- Instructor, Jewish Studies

Grossman, Maxine Regular Member
A.B., Duke University, 1990; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2000.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies

Harris, James F. Regular Member
B.S., Loyola University of Chicago, 1962; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1964; Ph.D., 1968.
- Dean, College of Arts and Humanities
- Professor, History
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies

Herf, Jeffrey Regular Member
B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1969; M.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1971; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1980.
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, History

Holum, Kenneth G. Regular Member
B.A., Augustana College, 1961; M.A., University of Chicago, 1969; Ph.D., 1973.
- Professor, International Educational Services
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, History

Igel, Regina Regular Member
M.A., State University of Iowa, 1969; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1973.
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Literatures

Isaacs, Miriam Adjunct Member
B.A., Brooklyn College, 1967;M.A., Cornell University, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies

Jelen, Sheila Regular Member
B.A. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1993; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2001.
- Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies
- Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
- Professor, Comparative Literature
- Affiliate Assistant Professor, Women's Studies

Lapin, Hayim Regular Member
B.A., Columbia University, 1986; B.A., Jewish Theological Seminary, 1987; M.A.,1987; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1994.
- Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, History
- Chair, Jewish Studies

Levy, Nili Regular Member
B.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1966; M.A., Baltimore Hebrew University, 1985.
- Instructor, Jewish Studies

Manekin, Charles H. Regular Member
B.A., Yale University, 1975; M.A.,Columbia University, 1979; Ph.D., 1984.
- Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Philosophy

Rozenblit, Marsha L. Regular Member
B.A.,Barnard College, 1971; M.A., Columbia University, 1974; Ph.D., 1980.
- Professor, Jewish Studies
- Director, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, History

Selden, Steven Regular Member
B.S., State University of New York-College at Oswego, 1963; M.S.,City University of New York-Brooklyn College, 1967; M.A., Columbia University, 1970; Ed.D., 1971.
- Affiliate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Professor, Education: Policy Studies
- Professor, Education: Policy and Leadership

Strauch, Gabriele L. Regular Member
B.A., Padagogische Hochschule des Saarlandes, 1969; M.A.,Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1975; Ph.D.,University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984.
- Associate Professor, College of Arts and Humanities
- Associate Professor, German Literature and Language
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Jewish Studies
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Women's Studies
- Associate Dean, College of Arts and Humanities

Zakim, Eric S. Regular Member
B.A., Oberlin College, 1982; M.A. University of California-Berkeley, 1989; Ph.D., 1996.
- Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies