Naomi Brenner
Associate Professor
(PhD, University of California, Berkeley)1
Modern Hebrew Literature
Lúcia Helena Costigan
Professor
(PhD, University of Pittsburgh)
Literatures and Cultures of Latin America and Portugal
Harriet Fertik
Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Michigan)
Roman Literature and Political Thought,
Classical Reception Studies
Ben Folit-Weinberg
Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Cambridge)
Intellectual History,
Early Greek Epic
Daniel Frank
Associate Professor
(PhD, Harvard University)
Medieval Jewish History and Literature,
Judeo-Arabic Karaitica
Joseph Galron
Professor
(MLS, Hebrew University)
Jewish Studies Librarian
Steven Glaser
Professor
(MM, University of Michigan; BM, Juilliard)
Piano Performance
Matt Goldish
Professor, Samuel M. and Esther Melton Chair in Jewish History
(PhD, Hebrew University)
Early Modern Jewish History, Messianism
J. Albert Harrill
Professor
(PhD, University of Chicago)
Early Judaism, Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Robin Judd
Professor
(PhD, University of Michigan)
Modern Jewish History, Gender History and Theory
Hannah Kosstrin
Associate Professor, Director, Melton Center for Jewish Studies
(PhD, The Ohio State University)
Gender and Jewish Studies in Dance
Gabriella Modan
Professor
(PhD, Georgetown University)
Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis
James D. Moore
Assistant Professor
(PhD, Brandeis University)
Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near Eastern Scribal Culture
Paul Reitter
Professor
(PhD, University of California, Berkeley)
Modern German Jewish Literature
Stewart Shapiro
Professor
(PhD, SUNY at Buffalo)
Philosophy of Mathematics
Suzanne Silver
Associate Professor
(MFA, The Ohio State University)
Painting and Drawing, Jewish Art
Michael Swartz
Professor
(PhD, New York University)
Rabbinic Literature, Jewish Mysticism
Adena Tanenbaum
Associate Professor
(PhD, Harvard University)
Medieval Jewish Literature and Thought, Modern Hebrew Literature
Isaac Weiner
Professor
(PhD, University of North Carolina)
American Religions, Material and Sensory Cultures of Religions
Ori Yehudai
Associate Professor, The Saul and Sonia Schottenstein Chair in Israel Studies
(PhD, University of Chicago)
Jewish History, Power, Culture and the State, Race, Ethnicity, and Nation
Retirements
Lori Botnick Fireman
Program Coordinator/Community Outreach Analyst
Lori Fireman retired after nearly 20 years of dedicated service with the Melton Center. She worked tirelessly with four directors to expand programming and transform the center into what it is today. During her time at the Melton Center, Lori developed, planned and executed a wide range of cultural and academic programs on and off campus, including concerts, lectures, exhibits and conferences. She built strategic partnerships with community leaders and organizations, significantly boosting engagement and visibility for the center’s initiatives. In addition to managing all marketing and public relations efforts, Lori played a pivotal role in securing financial support through targeted fundraising, contributing directly to the center’s sustainability and growth. To her work at the center she brought meaningful optimism, reliability and perspective, especially and even when events did not go as planned. Her experience helped support the Melton Center get through the year following Oct. 7. We will be forever thankful for her work at Ohio State, and we wish her all the best in her next chapter!
