Core Faculty

Manuela Achilles
Associate Professor of German and History; Director, European Studies Program; Director, Center for German Studies
434-924-7091
ma6cq@virginia.edu

Elizabeth Shanks Alexander
Professor of Religious Studies
434-924-6711
esa3p@virginia.edu
Andruss

Jessica Andruss
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
(434) 924-6714
jha9s@virginia.edu

Victoria Barnett
Frank Talbott, Jr. Endowed Distinguished Visiting Professor of Holocaust Studies

ygs8wp@virginia.edu

Asher Biemann
Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History (by courtesy)
434-924-3643
ab5j@virginia.edu
Geddes

Jennifer Geddes
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
(434) 924-6648
jlg2u@virginia.edu
Gilboa

Zvi Gilboa
Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew

zg7s@virginia.edu
Goering

Gregory Schmidt Goering
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
(434) 924-6721
goering@virginia.edu
Grossman

Jeffrey Grossman
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
(434) 924-6693
jg2t@virginia.edu

Martien Halvorson-Taylor
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
(434) 924-6723
maht@virginia.edu

Caroline Kahlenberg
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Israel Institute Faculty Fellow

maf2jh@virginia.edu

Daniel Lefkowitz
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures
434-982-3093
lefko@virginia.edu

James Loeffler
Ida and Nathan Kolodiz Director of Jewish Studies and Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History
(434) 924-6408
james.loeffler@virginia.edu

Vanessa Ochs
Professor of Religious Studies
434-924-6722
vanessa@virginia.edu
Personal Website

Caroline Rody
Professor of English
(434) 924-6628
cmrody@virginia.edu