Faculty 2025– 2026

Naomi Brenner, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of California, Berkeley)
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, Associate 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

Laurie Katz, Professor
(PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
Teaching and Learning

Hannah Kosstrin, Associate Professor
Director, Melton Center for Jewish Studies
(PhD, The Ohio State University)
Jewish and Israeli Dance,
Migration, Diaspora, and Gender Histories

Gabriella Modan, Professor
(PhD, Georgetown University)
Sociolinguistics and Discourse Analysis

James D. Moore, Associate Professor
(PhD, Brandeis University)
Hebrew Bible, Ancient Near Eastern
Scribal Culture

Paul Reitter, Professor
(PhD, University of California, Berkeley)
Modern German Jewish Literature

Suzanne Silver, Professor
(MFA, The Ohio State University)
Painting and Drawing, Jewish Art

Michael Swartz, Professor
(PhD, New York University)
Rabbinic Literature, Jewish Mysticism

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