Title
Associate Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and Women's and Gender Studies
Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Russian and East European Studies
Expertise
East European Jewish history.
Degrees
Brandeis University, Ph.D.
Brandeis University, M.A.
University of California, Irvine, B.A.
Awards and Honors
Alan M. Stroock Fellow For Advanced Research in Jewish Studies, Harvard University (2007)
Bernstein Faculty Fellowship, Brandeis University (2002 - 2003)
Salo W. Baron Prize for the best first book in Jewish Studies for the year 2002 by the American Academy for Jewish Research. (2002 - 2003)
Michael L. Walzer "5 Award for Teaching (internal) (2001 - 2002)
Harry Starr Fellowship, Harvard University (1996 - 1997)
Laurie Foundation Grant, "Sex and the Shtetl: Jewish Sexuality, Gender, and Family in Imperial Russia" (1996 - 1997)
NEH Collaborative Grant: "Everyday Jewish Life in Imperial Russia" (1996)
Courses Taught
| NEJS | 141a | Russian Jewish History, 1917 to the Present |
| NEJS | 166a | Carnal Israel: Exploring Jewish Sexuality from Talmudic Times to the Present |
| NEJS | 166b | Who is a Jew? Identity, Conversion, and Citizenship |
| NEJS | 167b | Jewish Women and Gender in Europe |
| NEJS | 231a | Current Trends in Jewish Studies |
| NEJS | 236b | Russian-Jewish History to 1917 |
| USEM | 28b | The Jewish Family: Past and Present |
| WMGS | 5a | Women and Gender in Culture and Society |
Scholarship