Faculty

Richard A. Cohen
Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Judaic Studies
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Modern Judaism; Levinas; philosophy of religion
richacohen@aol.com

Oscar Lansen
Senior Lecturer, Department of History
Ph.D., Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegin
Holocaust studies
oelansen@uncc.edu

John C. Reeves
Blumenthal Professor of Judaic Studies
Ph.D., Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Bible; Near Eastern languages & literatures; early & medieval Jewish literature
jcreeves@uncc.edu

Gregory Starrett
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Ph.D., Stanford University
Religion; Education; Middle East; anthropological theory
gsstarre@uncc.edu

James D. Tabor
Professor, Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Bible; Dead Sea Scrolls; Hellenistic Judaism
jdtabor@uncc.edu

Barbara Thiede
Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Holocaust; Women in Judaism; Bible
bthiede@uncc.edu

Paul Youngman
Assistant Professor, Department of Languages and Cultural Studies
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
19th & 20th century German culture
pyyoungma@uncc.edu