Faculty and Staff


Tel:(415) 422-5167
pjbirnbaum@usfca.edu

Paula Birnbaum

Associate Professor

Paula Birnbaum is Director of the Art History and Arts Management program and Associate Professor in the Department of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco.

Tel:(415) 422-5184
lorentzen@usfca.edu

Lois Lorentzen

Professor

Lois Lorentzen is a Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. Her areas of specialization include religion and immigration, social ethics, environmental ethics, and gender and violence. Additionally, Lois has published or edited numerous books including, Religion on the Corner of Bliss and Nirvana: Faith, Politics and Identity in New Migrant Communities. She has served as Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, Director of the Center for Latino/a Studies in the Americas, and Chair of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies. Professor Lorentzen received a Ph.D. from the School of Religion at the University of Southern California and came to USF in 1991.

Tel:(415) 422-6411
neamane@usfca.edu

Elliot Neaman

Professor

Elliot Neaman received his B.A. from the University of British Columbia, his M.A. from Freie Universitat Berlin, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include European intellectual history, especially late modern (nineteenth and twentieth centuries); German conservatism and rightwing politics; The Holocaust; European foreign policy and transatlantic relations.

Tel:415 422 6650
skloot@usfca.edu

Esti Skloot

Adjunct Professor

Adjunct Professor, grew up in Israel where she studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and received her teacher's credentials from the Hebrew Teachers' Seminary. She received her BA in music from Sonoma State University, and her MA in creative writing at the University of San Francisco. Prof. Skloot also directs Ulpan San Francisco, an intensive three-week, multi-level Hebrew-immersion program that is offered to the community each summer.

Tel:(415) 422-2378
ajhahntapper@usfca.edu

Aaron Tapper

Assistant Professor

Aaron J. Hahn Tapper is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Francisco. His interdisciplinary interests are American Jews, American Muslims, comparative religions, history of religions, the interplay between politics and religion and the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Additionally, Professor Hahn Tapper recently co-edited the volume Muslims and Jews in America: Commonalities, Contentions, and Complexities. He is the Director and Chair of the SWIG Program in Jewish Studies and Social Justice. Dr. Hahn Tapper earned his Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara and came to USF in 2007.

Tel:(415) 422-6981
zunes@usfca.edu

Stephen Zunes

Professor

Stephen Zunes has been at USF since 1995, teaching courses on the politics of Middle East and other regions, nonviolence, conflict resolution, U.S. foreign policy, and globalization for the Politics department, the International Studies major, and the Peace & Justice Studies minor, as well as the Middle Eastern Studies minor, for which he serves as program director.