Zantker Professor of Jewish Literature, Culture and History
Contact Information
sjelen@uky.edu
1475 Patterson Office Tower
7-7557
Education
BA at the University of Michigan in Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies (1993)
PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in Comparative Literature (2001).
Research Interests
Gender and Jewish literature
Popular Ethnography and American Jewish Identity
Post-Holocaust Jewish Identity
Hassidic Narratives and Secular Culture
Documentary Photography and Post-Holocaust Identity