Judaic Studies at FIU draws upon the resources and expertise of faculty and departments across the university and beyond, offering students a broad and diverse range of perspectives and a multidisciplinary approach.

Judaic Studies Core and Advisory Faculty

Director, Judaic Studies Program
Oren Stier (University of California, Santa Barbara). Jewish Religion and Culture, Dept. of Religious Studies, 305-348-6729, stiero@fiu.edu

Schlomi Dinar. Middle East and International Affairs, Dept. of International Relations, 305-919-4839, dinars@fiu.edu

Stephen M. Fain, (Columbia University). Jewish education
Dept. of Policy Studies, 305-348-3225, fains@fiu.edu

Paul Green, School of Music, 305-348-2896

Nathan Katz, (Temple University). Jews of India, Comparative Religions
Dept. of Religious Studies, 305-348-3909, katzn@fiu.edu

Frederick Kaufman, (Manhattan School of Music). Jewish music, School of Music, 305-348-2896, kaufmanf@servms.fiu.edu

Erik Larson, (New York University). Dead Sea Scrolls, Rabbinic Judaism, Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Arabic, Dept. of Religious Studies, 305-348-3518, larsone@fiu.edu

Abe Lavender (University of Maryland), Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology, 305-919-5923, Abraham.Lavender@fiu.edu

Asher Z. Milbauer, (University of Washington). American Jewish literature. Yiddish literature, Holocaust literature, Dept. of English, 305-348-2259, milbauer@fiu.edu

Neil Reisner, Journalism and Broadcasting, 305-919-5677, neil.reisner@fiu.edu

Meri-Jane Rochelson, (University of Chicago). American and British Jewish literature, Dept. of English, 305-919-5922, rochelso@fiu.edu

Howard Rock, (New York University). Jeffersonian US, labor, Dept. of History, 305-348-2329, rockh@fiu.edu

Mark D. Szuchman (The University of Texas), Latin America, ethnicity and
immigration, Department of History, 305-348-2038, szuchman@fiu.edu

Zion Zohar, (New York University), Director and Chair, Sephardic Studies, 305-919-5610, Zion.Zohar@fiu.edu

Affiliated Faculty

Majid Al-Khalili, Department of International Relations, 305-348-2556, Majid.Al-Khalili@fiu.edu

Peter Craumer, Department of International Relations, 305-919-5818, Peter.Craumer@fiu.edu

Mario Diament, School of Journalism and Broadcasting, 305-919-5601, Mario.Diament@fiu.edu

Joel Heinen, Department of Environmental Studies, 305-348-3732, Joel.Heinen@fiu.edu

Russell Lucas, Department of Political Science, 305-348-2227, Russell.Lucas@fiu.edu

Charles Macdonald, Co-Director, Middle East Studies Center; Dept. of International Relations, 305-919-5958, macdonal@fiu.edu

Mohiaddin Mesbahi, (University of Miami). Co-Director, Middle East Studies Center; International relations of the Middle East and Central Asia, Dept. of International Relations, 305-348-1857, mesbahim@fiu.edu

Aisha Musa, (Harvard University). Islam and Classical Arabic studies, Department of Religious Studies, 305-348-7098, amusa@fiu.edu

Ben Smith, Department of International Relations, 305-348-2556, Benjamin.Smith1@fiu.edu

Camelia Suleiman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 305-348-2247, Camelia.Suleiman@fiu.edu

Hannibal Travis, College of Law, 305-348-8371, Hannibal.Travis@fiu.edu