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Jessie DeGrado
Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies

jdegrado@umich.edu 202 South Thayer Street
3131 STB
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608 734.763.1594

Judaic Studies; Faculty; Antiquity; Cultural Studies; Mediterranean Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Race and Racism; Religion

Karla Goldman
Director, Jewish Communal Leadership Program, 2026-27 Co-Head Fellow

kargold@umich.edu 3810 SSWB, 1106 734.763.6583

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; Race and Racism; Faculty; Religion; History; Modern and Contemporary; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Fellows

Bryan Roby
Associate Professor

robyb@umich.edu 2111 Thayer, 1608 734.615.8563

Judaic Studies; Jewish Languages; Israel and Palestine; Mizrahi Studies; Middle East and North Africa Studies; Race and Racism; Cultural Studies; Faculty; Sephardic Studies; History; Modern and Contemporary; Gender and Sexuality Studies

Cara Rock-Singer
Assistant Professor

rocksing@umich.edu 2151 Thayer 734 763 9678

Judaic Studies; Faculty; American Jewish Studies; Anthropology; Gender and Sexuality Studies; History; Jews of the Americas; Modern and Contemporary; Race and Racism

Adi Saleem
Assistant Professor

abharat@umich.edu

Judaic Studies; Academic; Faculty; Cultural Studies; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Holocaust and Antisemitism; Jewish-Muslim Studies; Literary Studies; Modern and Contemporary; Race and Racism

Jeffrey Veidlinger
Joseph Brodsky Collegiate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, 2026-27 Co-Head Fellow

jveidlin@umich.edu

Judaic Studies; American Jewish Studies; European Jewry; Race and Racism; Faculty; Holocaust and Antisemitism; History; Modern and Contemporary; Fellows