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Department Staff

ChaeRan Yoo Freeze

Frances and Max Elkon Chair in Modern Jewish History

781-736-2987 cfreeze@brandeis.edu Lown Center for Judaica Studies, 312

Pronouns: she/her

Expertise: Jewish history, women's, gender and sexuality studies

Yuri Doolan

Undergraduate Advising Head

Associate Professor of History, and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Chair, Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies Program

781-736-2350 yuridoolan@brandeis.edu Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 216

Pronouns: he/him

Expertise: Asian American studies, transnational U.S. history, modern Korea, women’s history, gender and sexuality, oral history, critical mixed race studies

Sabine von Mering

Chair

Director, Center for German and European Studies (CGES)

781-736-3227 vonmerin@brandeis.edu Shiffman Humanities Center, 209

Center for German and European Studies
Pronouns: she/her

Director of Graduate Studies (Fall 2025)

Expertise: Climate Activism, German Action on Climate Change, Antisemitism on Social Media, Jewish-German Dialogue, German as a Foreign Language, German and European Culture