Eric Caplan, Associate Professor and Chair
Areas of Interest: Jewish social activism, Mordecai Kaplan, American Judaism, Jewish education
Education: B.A. (Tor.), M.A. (Hebrew.U.), PhD.(McG.)
Carlos Fraenkel, Professor
Areas of Interest: Jewish Thought; Medieval Philosophy
Education: B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Freie Univ. Berlin)
Gershon D. Hundert, Professor
Area of Interest: European Jewish History
Education: B.A.(Col.), M.A.(Ohio St.), Ph.D.(Col.)
(Leonor Segal Professor of Jewish Studies)
Yael Halevi-Wise, Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Jewish and Hebrew Literature
Education: B.A.(Hebrew U.), MA (Georgetown), Ph.D.(Princeton)
Lawrence Kaplan, Associate Professor
Areas of Interest: Rabbinics, Jewish Law and Philosophy
Education: B.A.(Yeshiva), M.A., Ph.D.(Harv.)
Ula Madej-Krupitski, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
Modern Jewish and European history, Eastern Europe, popular and material culture, youth movements, nationalism
Education: B.A. and M.A. (Jagell., Warsaw), PhD.(Berkeley)
Christopher Silver, Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Areas of Interest: Modern Jewish history, 20th century North Africa and Middle East, popular culture and music
Education: B.A. (University of California, Berkeley), M.A. (University of California), Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 2017.
(Segal Family Assistant Professor in Jewish History and Culture)