The Stroum Jewish Studies Program Faculty 2012-13

Gad Barzilai, 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@uw.edu

 Richard Block, PhD, Northwestern University (1998)
Germanics. Teaching specialty: Jewish-German Studies.
340-C Denny Hall; Box 353130, (206) 543-8640
blockr@uw.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. 
246 Savery 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@uw.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
Teaching specialty: Ethnic and religious conflict, genocide, political sociology, tyranny.
201 Thomson; Box 353650; (206) 685-2412
chirot@uw.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/chirot/

Kathie Friedman, PhD, State University of New York, 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@uw.edu
http://jsis.washington.edu/faculty/friedman.shtml

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.
218B Smith; Box 353560; (206) 543-9429
glenns@uw.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/history/directory/index.php?facultyname=G-39

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@uw.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@uw.edu
http://jsis.washington.edu/faculty/jaffee.shtml

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

Devin Naar, PhD, Stanford (2011)
Marsha and Jay Glazer Professor in Jewish Studies, Jackson School of International Studies; Department of History.  Modern European Jewish History, Sephardic Jewry. Thomson Hall 226; Box 353650; (206) 616-6202
denaar@uw.edu

 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@uw.edu
http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/

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

Robert Stacey, PhD, Yale (1983)
Divisional Dean, Arts and Humanities Divisions, Professor of History
050 CMU
Teaching specialty: Medieval Jewish history.
.Box 353765; (206) (206) 221-3491

bstacey@uw.edu http://depts.washington.edu/history/directory/index.php?facultyname=S-62

Sarah Stroup, PhD University of California-Berkeley (2000)
Assistant Professor, Classics. Latin prose literature of the republic and early empire; art. 
Denny 226; Box 353110

scstroup@u.washington.edu

                              Faculty Emeritus

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

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

Edward Alexander, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1963 Teaching Specialty: Romantic and Victorian literature

Julia Niebuhr Eulenberg, PhD, University of Washington (1996). Visiting Scholar. American Jewish history.
eulenbrg@uw.edu