People

Director and Certificate Advisor

Rachel Kranson
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Jewish Studies
412-624-2279

Program Faculty

Christopher Drew Armstrong
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture
Jeff Aziz
Teaching Professor, Department of English
Brock Bahler
Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Religious Studies
Barbara Burstin
Part-Time Instructor
Frayda Cohen
Teaching Professor, Gender, Sexuality, & Women's Studies Program
Amy-Diana Colin
Associate Professor, Department of German
Vivian Curran
Distinguished Professor of Law
Haya Feig
Teaching Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Benjamin Gordon
Assistant Professor and Perlow-Rosenberg Fellow, Department of Religious Studies
Laura Gotkowitz
Associate Professor, Department of History
Keila Grinberg
Professor, Department of History
Lina Insana
Associate Professor, Department of French and Italian
Hannah Johnson
Professor, A&S Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Recruitment
Alissa Klots
Associate Professor, Department of History
Adam Lowenstein
Professor, Film and Media Studies
Melissa J Marks, EdD
Professor of Education
724-836-7073
Calum Matheson
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
Hilla Nehushtan
Israel Institute Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies,
Jörg Neuheiser
Part-Time Instructor, Department of History
Irina Reyn
Professor, Department of English
Adam Shear
Associate Professor, Department Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Jonathan Zisook
Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies

Program Affiliates

Eve Wider
Jewish Studies Liaison Librarian

Staff

Matt Ceraso
Administrative Officer
(412) 624-5897
Brian Deutsch
Megan Ponter
Program Coordinator

Emeritus Affiliates

Rebecca Denova
Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies
Seymour Drescher
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of History
Lucy Fisher
Distinguished Professor Emerita, Film & Media Studies
Bernard R. Goldstein
University Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies
Jonathan Harris
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
Irina Livezeanu
Associate Professor, Department of History
Clark S. Muenzer
Professor Emeritus, Department of German
Alexander Orbach
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies
Leonard Plotnicov
Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Oscar Swan
Professor Emeritus, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
Richard H. Weisberg
Professor Emeritus, Yeshiva University