Teaching Faculty

Hermann Beck

Hermann Beck

Professor
Cooper Fellow

(305) 284-5947
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Hermann Beck is a historian of Germany and modern Europe, with particular interests in political, intellectual, and diplomatic history, the history of anti-Semitism, and the histoire des mentalités.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles after studying Germanistik and ancient and modern history at...
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Kineret Ben-Knaan

Kineret Ben-Knaan

Librarian Associate Professor

(305) 284-3077
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Kineret Ben Knaan is the Director of Technical Services at the University of Miami Libraries.  In this role, Kineret provides the direction and strategic management of library staff engaged in acquiring, describing, and ensuring access to materials in all formats, languages, and disciplines.  This includes overseeing the...
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Dexter E Callender

Dexter E Callender, Jr.

Assoc. Professor

(305) 284-3695
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Dexter E. Callender, Jr. , has taught at the University of Miami since 1995 and is the author of Adam in Myth and History (Harvard Semitic Studies, Eisenbrauns, 2001). A recipient of the 2000 Provost's Excellence in Teaching Award, he was also named "Professor of the Year" by the Pan-Hellenic Association in 2001. With research...
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Shai Cohen

Shai Cohen

Lecturer

(305) 284-2288
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Henry A. Green

Henry A. Green, Ph.D.

Professor

(305) 284-4375
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Henry A. Green has taught at the University of Miami since 1984. He received his Ph.D. from St. Andrews University (Britain) after postgraduate work in Canada, at the Sorbonne (France) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). He is the author or co-author of four books, including Research in Action (education of at-risk...
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William Scott Green

William Scott Green

Professor

(305) 284-4733
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William Scott Green, Professor of Religious Studies, Fain Family Endowed Chair in Judaic Studies. William Green has written widely on ancient Judaism, the study of religion, and higher education. He has held fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Andrew Mellon...
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Bradford R McGuinn

Bradford R McGuinn

Senior Lecturer
Director of MAIA Program

(305) 284-4015
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Dr. McGuinn is a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Political Science and Director of the MAIA program. He holds a PhD in International Studies, with concentration in Middle Eastern studies, from the University of Miami. His fields of research and teaching include international security, Middle Eastern studies, civil-military relations and...
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Golda Retchkiman

Lecturer

(305) 213-3099
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Ira M. Sheskin

Ira M. Sheskin

Professor

(305) 284-6693
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Professor Sheskin is widely recognized for his work on the geography and demography of the American Jewish community. In 2023, he won the Sklare Award from the Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry for lifetime achievement in research on contemporary Jewry. His areas of expertise involve the collection, analysis, and presentation...
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