Faculty
Center Faculty
Rachel N. Baum, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics &
Center for Jewish Studies Major Coordinator
Teaching and Research Interests:
Holocaust literature and film, Holocaust memory and memorials, post-Holocaust theology, post-Holocaust philosophy, contemporary American Jewish identity, modern Jewish thought, Jewish feminism, and Jews in popular culture
rbaum@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/faculty.html
Timothy Crain, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics &
Center for Jewish Studies Outreach Coordinator
Teaching and Research Interests:
Modern Jewish history, modern antisemitism, British and Irish history, conflict studies (Arab-Israeli and Northern Ireland), Holocaust, comparative religious history (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), modern Middle East, and modern Irish history
tcrain@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/faculty/crain.html
Lisa Silverman, Assistant Professor
Department of History & Center for Jewish Studies
Teaching and Research Interests:
Modern Jewish history, German and Austrian history, literature, and culture, Holocaust representation, Jewish cultural studies, gender studies, and antisemitism
silverld@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/silverman.html
Affiliated Faculty
Ellen Amster, Assistant Professor
Department of History
Teaching and Research Interests:
Islam, medieval Islamic history, intellectual history of the Middle East, women's history, Morocco/North Africa, history of Islamic and French medicine, traditional midwifery, and Islamic intellectual movements
eamster@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/amster.html
Sherry Blumberg, Lecturer
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Hebrew Bible, women, and New Testament
shb@uwm.edu
blumberg@teacher.com
David Brusin, Senior Lecturer
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Modern Jewish thought; Jewish mysticism, modern religion, Biblical and rabbinic thought, Holocaust studies, and politics of Zionism
dfbrusin@stritch.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/faculty/brusin.html
Rachel Buff, Associate Professor
Department of History
Teaching and Research Interests:
Ethnic and immigration studies, cultural history and studies, critical race theory, cultures of U.S. imperialism, gender, sexuality, and mapping the global Cold War
rbuff@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/buff.html
Michael Fountain, Senior Lecturer
Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature &
Holocaust Research and Information Project Coordinator
Teaching and Research Interests:
Comparative literature, Holocaust, modern antisemitism, and Catholicism
fountain@uwm.edu
http://www4.uwm.edu/cjs/holocaust.cfm
Shale A. Horowitz, Professor
Department of Political Science &
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Teaching and Research Interests:
International and ethnic conflict, politics of international trade and finance, politics of market transition and institutional change in post-Communist countries and East Asia, and politics of agricultural policy
shale@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Polsci/faculty/horowitz.html
Jennifer Jordan, Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Teaching and Research Interests:
Theory, urban sociology, sociology of culture, collective memory, and Europe
jajordan@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Sociology/faculty/jordan.html
Daniel Listoe, Lecturer
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Holocaust, memory, antisemitism, and politics of Holocaust memory
dlistoe@uwm.edu
Dana Margolis, Lecturer
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Hebrew language, ethics, Hebrew Bible, and Judaism
damargolis@sbcglobal.net
Yair Mazor, Professor
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Modern Hebrew literature, contemporary Israeli poetry, Biblical literature, and Israeli film
ymazor@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/FLL/faculty/mazor.html
Tasha G. Oren, Associate Professor
Department of English & Director of Film Studies
Teaching and Research Interests:
Film and media studies, media history, popular culture, globalization, Middle Eastern media history and film, and Asian American studies
tgoren@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/film/people/oren.html
Bruce Precourt, Senior Lecturer
Department of Foreign Language and Linguistics
Teaching and Research Interests:
Ancient Egyptian civilization
prec@uwm.edu
Ruth Schwertferger, Professor of German
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature
Research Interests: German Expressionism, German Exile and the Holocaust in German literature, The German Lyric of the 20th Century, Literature of the French internment camps, Deportations from Occupied France.
sword@uwm.edu
Marc Tasman, Lecturer
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication &
Digital Arts and Culture Certificate Program Coordinator
Teaching and Research Interests:
Art and technology practices, history of photography, performance and identity, and technological, interactive, end-user, autonomous, tactical, subversive, and transgressive parodies of media
mtasman@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/dac/
http://uwm.edu/~mtasman
