The Stroum Jewish Studies Program Faculty 2009-10

Gad Barzilai, Lucia S. and Herbert L. Pruzan Professor of Jewish Studies
and Chair of the Jewish Studies Program.
PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1987).
Political Science and Law. Teaching specialty: Political Science and Law; Politics, Law, State and Society, Human Rights, Israel Politics.
Thomson Hall 502B; Box 353650; (206) 685-0578 gbarzil@u.washington.edu http://jsis.washington.edu/jackson/faccv/a-e/barzilai/index.html
 

Jere Bacharach, PhD, Michigan (1967)
History. Teaching specialty: Islamic History.
Box 353650; (206) 543-5790
jere@u.washington.edu

 Richard Block, PhD., Northwestern University (1998)
Germanics. Teaching specialty: Jewish-German Studies.
340-C Denny Hall; Box 353130, (206) 543-8640
blockr@u.washington.edu  http://depts.washington.edu/uwgerman/faculty/rblockcv.pdf

Paul Burstein, PhD, Harvard (1974)
Sociology; Adjunct Professor, Political Science
Teaching specialty: The American Jewish Community.
228 Condon Hall, Box 353340, (206) 543-7088
burstein@u.washington.edu
http://www.soc.washington.edu/users/burstein/2007%20cv%20July.pdf

 


Joseph Butwin, PhD, Harvard (1971)
English. Teaching specialty: Jews in the literature of England, Jewish American immigrant literature, Modern Jewish Literature in Translation.
A419 Padelford; Box 354330; (206) 543-2173
joeyb@u.washington.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/engl/people/profile.php?id=10

Daniel Chirot, PhD, Columbia (1973)
Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of International Studies and Sociology
Teacing specialty: Ethnic and religious conflict, genocide, political sociology, tyranny.
201 Thomson; Box 353650; (206) 685-2412
chirot@u.washington.edu  http://jsis.washington.edu/jackson/faccv/a-e/chirot/index.html

Kathie Friedman, PhD, State University of New York at Binghamton (1991)
Jackson School of International Studies; Adjunct, Sociology and Women Studies.
Teaching specialty: Comparative immigration and ethnicity, contemporary Jewish American identities; Jewish women in contemporary America.
226 Thomson; Box 353650; (206) 543-1709
friedman@u.washington.edu  http://jsis.washington.edu/jackson/faccv/f-j/friedman/index.html

Susan A. Glenn, PhD, University of California, Berkeley (1983)
Professor, History.
Teaching specialty: Jews and Blacks, Antisemitism in America; Assimilation and Identity in the U. S.
316B Smith; Box 353560; (206) 543-9429
glenns@u.washington.edu  http://depts.washington.edu/history/faculty/glenn.html

Barbara Henry, D. Phil., University of Oxford (1998)
Associate Professor, Slavic Languages and Literature.
Teaching specialty: 20th Century Russian literature, theatre and drama, Modern Yiddish literature and drama.
M258 Smith Hall; Box 353580; (206) 543-7462
bjhenry@u.washington.edu

 

Martin S. Jaffee, PhD, Brown (1980)
Samuel and Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies.
Jackson School of International Studies; Adjunct, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. Teaching specialty: Post-Biblical and Rabbinic Judaism.
415 Thomson; Box 353650; (206) 543-9846  jaffee@u.washington.edu

http://jsis.washington.edu/jackson/faccv/f-j/jaffee/index.html 

 

Deborah Kerdeman, PhD, Stanford (1991)
Associate Professor, Education. Teaching specialty: philosophy of education, Jewish education.
303 Miller; Box 353600; (206) 221-3436
kerdeman@u.washington.edu education.washington.edu/areas/edlps/profiles/faculty/kerdeman.html

Levis A. Kochin, PhD, Chicago (1975)
Associate Professor, Economics.
Teaching specialty: Israeli economy.
319 Savery; Box 353330; (206) 543-5845
lakochin@u.washington.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/lakochin/

Joel S. Migdal, PhD, Harvard (1972)
Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies; Adjunct, Political Science.
Teaching specialty: politics and society in Israel, Israelis and Palestinians. 407 Thomson; Box 353650; (206) 543-6406
migdal@u.washington.edu faculty.washington.edu/migdal/personal_site/

 

Scott Noegel, PhD, Cornell (1995)
Professor and Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization; Adjunct History; Adjunct Comparative Literature.
Teaching specialty: Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew Bible, Near Eastern languages, literature, history, and religions.
Denny M 19; Box 353120; (206) 543-3606
snoegel@u.washington.edu   http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/

Noam Pianko, PhD, Yale (2004)
Assistant Professor, Jewish Studies, Jackson School of International Studies.
Teaching specialty: American Jewish History, History of Jewish Nationalism, Modern Jewish thought.
Thomson Hall 218; Box 353650; (206) 543-4854
npianko@u.washington.edu


Michael Rosenthal, PhD, University of Chicago (1996)
Associate Professor, Philosophy.
Teaching specialty: Spinoza and Jewish Philosophy.
Savery M252; Box 353350; (206) 685-2655
rosentha@u.washington.edu


Naomi B. Sokoloff, PhD, Princeton (1980)
Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization and Department of Comparative Literature; Adjunct, Women Studies.
Teaching specialty: Hebrew language and literature; The Holocaust and Literature, modern Jewish literature, Hebrew and Israeli culture.
Denny 229A; Box 353120; (206) 543-7145  naosok@u.washington.edu    
http://faculty.washington.edu/naosok/

Robert Stacey, PhD, Yale (1983)
Professor, History.
Teaching specialty: Medieval Jewish history.
Smith 218 B.; Box 353765; (206) 543-9190
bstacey@u.washington.edu  http://depts.washington.edu/history/faculty/stacey_robert.html

Joan Ullman, PhD, Bryn Mawr (1963)
Professor Emeritus
Teaching specialty: History; Jews in the History of Spain.

Visiting Faculty 

Hannah Pressman, PhD candidate New York University. Affiliate Instructor. pressman@u.washington.edu

Julia Nieburh Eulenberg, PhD, University of Washington (1996). Visiting Scholar. American Jewish history. eulenbrg@u.washington.edu

Hadar Horovitz
TA for Elementary Hebrew Language, NELC
hadarkh@u.washington.edu

Hazel D. Cole Fellow 2009-2010

Asya Vaisman,  PhD candidate, Harvard University (Yiddish program, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations). Vaisman@uw.edu, Thomson 035H, (206) 897-1665.

Staff

Jennifer Cohen, Assistant Director of Jewish Studies, jencohen@u.washington.edu,(206) 543-0138

Loryn Paxton, Program Coordinator, lpaxton@u.washington.edu, (206) 543-4835

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