Faculty

Henry Bial
Henry Bial
  • Professor of Theatre
  • Chair of Theatre and Dance
  • Performance Theory, Religious Performance, Jewish Popular Culture
Sam Cooper
Dr. Samantha M. Cooper
  • Robert M. Beren Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
  • American Jewish history and culture | Jewish music and sound studies | cultural history | Jews and opera | Jews and popular music | Jewish humor | archival history | critical theory
Ari Linden
Dr. Ari Linden
  • Director of Jewish Studies
  • Associate Professor, Department of Slavic, German, and Eurasian Studies
  • German Jewish thought and literature | Marxism, the Frankfurt School, and Critical Theory | 20th c. German and Austrian literary and visual culture | Literatures and philosophies of exile | Theories of comedy and satire
Antonio Luciano Tosta
Antonio Luciano Tosta
  • Director, Center for Global & International Studies
  • Associate Professor, Spanish & Portuguese
  • RESEARCH INTEREST: Brazil's transnational movements in literature, music, & cinema
  • REGION: Brazil and other Lusophone countries
Rami Zeedan
Rami Zeedan
  • Associate Professor
  • Founding Editor in Chief, Druze Studies Journal (DSJ)
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish Studies