Faculty and Staff

Faculty

Arnold Dashefsky, Ph.D. Minnesota, arnold.dashefsky@uconn.edu
Professor of Sociology (American Jewry)
Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life

Stuart S. Miller, Ph.D. NYU, stuart.miller@uconn.edu
Professor of Hebrew, History and Judaic Studies (History and Literature of Talmudic Palestine)
Associate Director, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life

Nehama Aschkenasy, Ph.D. NYU, nehama.aschkenasy@uconn.edu
Professor of Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies (Biblical and Modern Hebrew Literature)
Director, Center for Judaic and Middle Eastern Studies, Stamford

Sara R. Johnson, Ph.D. Berkeley, sara.johnson@uconn.edu
Associate Professor of Classics (Hellenistic Jewish Literature)

Nechama Tec, Ph.D. Columbia, nechama.tec@uconn.edu
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Stamford (Holocaust Studies)

T. A. Perry, Ph.D. Yale, taperry@sbcglobal.net
Professor Emeritus of Modern and Classical Languages (Biblical and Sephardic Literature)

Adjunct Faculty

Jay Berkovitz, Ph.D. Brandeis, jrb@judnea.umass.edu
Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Massachusetts (European Jewish History)

Jonathan M. Elukin, Ph.D. Princeton, jonathan.elukin@trincoll.edu
Associate Professor of History, Trinity College (Medieval History, Christian-Jewish Relations)

Richard Freund, Ph.D. Jewish Theological Seminary, freund@mail.hartford.edu
Professor of History, University of Hartford (Biblical Studies) Director, Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies

Samuel D. Kassow, Ph.D. Princeton, samuel.kassow@trincoll.edu
Professor of History, Trinity College (European Jewish History, Yiddish Culture)

Ronald C. Kiener, Ph.D. Pennsylvania, ronald.kiener@trincoll.edu
Professor of Religion, Trinity College (Kabbalah, Medieval Judaism)

Berel Lang, Ph.D. Columbia University, blang01@wesleyan.edu
Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Wesleyan University (Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Holocaust Studies)

Lecturer

Sherry P. Shamash, M.S. Lecturer in Hebrew (Language and Literature)

Staff

Sandra Gallup, sandra.gallup@uconn.edu
Library Liaison for Judaic Studies, University Libraries

Frank Gifford, fgifford@foundation.uconn.edu
Development Consultant, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Lorri Lafontaine, judaicstudies@uconn.edu
Program Assistant, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life

Joan Seliger Sidney, jssidney@gmail.com
Writer-in-Residence, Center for Judaic Studies and Contemporary Jewish Life