Director
Sarah Pessin, Director of the Center for Judaic Studies, Emil and
Eva Hecht Chair in Judaic Studies and Associate Professor of
Philosophy,
Ph.D., Ohio State University, Columbus.
spessin@du.edu
303.871.7731 (Philosophy)
Web Page
Full-Time Faculty
Jeanne Abrams, Director Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
and Associate Professor, Penrose Library, Ph.D.,University of
Colorado, Boulder
jabrams@du.edu
303.871.3016 and .2977
(Penrose) Web Page
Caryn Aviv, Posen Lecturer in Secular Jewish Culture,
Ph.D.
Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, IL
caviv@du.edu
303.871.3020
Web Page
Adam Rovner, Assistant Professor of English and Judaic
Studies,
Ph.D., Indiana University, Indiana.
adam.rovner@du.edu
303.871.3020 (CJS)
Alison Schofield, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and
Judaic Studies,
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
aschofie@du.edu
303.871.2752 (Religious Studies)
Web Page
Associated Faculty
Pamela M. Eisenbaum, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies and
Christian Origins
Ph.D., Iliff School of Theology
peisenbaum@iliff.edu
303.765.3167 (Iliff)
Amy Erickson, Instructor of Hebrew Bible, Iliff School of
Theology
PhD Candidate, Princeton Theological Seminary
aerick26@du.edu
303-744-1287
Shaul Gabbay, Director of ISIME, Graduate
School of International Studies
Ph.D., Columbia University. Post
Doctorate Program, University of Chicago
sgabbay@du.edu
303.871.2560
Web Page
Allison Horsley, Assistant Professor of Dramatic Literature,
Department of Theatre
MFA in Dramaturgy
and Dramatic Criticism, Yale University
Allison.Horsley@du.edu
303.871.3161 Web Page
Elizabeth Campbell Karlsgodt, Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., New York University
elizabeth.karlsgodt@du.edu
303-871-2947
Lydia Gil Keff, Lecturer, Languages and Literatures
Ph.D.,
Spanish/Latin American Literature, University of Texas at Austin
Lydia.Gil@du.edu
303.871.7844
Web Page
G. Kristian Miccio LL.M, J.S.D. Associate Professor, Sturm
College of Law
Fulbright Scholar 2007-2008.
kmiccio@du.edu
303.871.6361
Gregory A. Robbins, Associate Professor, Religious
Studies
Ph.D., Duke University.
grobbins@du.edu
303.871.2751
Web Page
Eliana Schonberg, Senior Lecturer & Director of Writing and
Resource Center
Writing Program, Penrose Library.
Eliana.Schonberg@du.edu
303.871.7431
Web
Page
Adjunct Faculty
Julie G. Lieber, Adjunct Professor in Judaic Studies and History
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
mailto:JLieber4@du.edu
303.871.3020
Staff
Amy Berkowitz Caplan, Assistant Director of the Holocaust
Awareness Institute
M.S.W., University of Southern California,
MAJCS, Hebrew Union College – Jewish
Institute of Religion
aberkow3@du.edu
303.871.3013
Jamie Polliard, Marketing & Communications Director of the
Center for Judaic Studies
B.S. (International Business and
Marketing) University of Colorado, Boulder
mailto:polliar@du.edu
303.871.2343
Marlene Tolman, Assistant Director of the Center for Judaic
Studies.
B.A. (Education) Arizona State University
marlene.tolman@du.edu
303.871.4633
Thyria K. Wilson, Archives Specialist/ Assistant to the Director
of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and Beck
Archives,
J.D., M.L.I.S., University of Denver.
twilson@du.edu
303.871.3012
Web Page