Judith R. Baskin | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Faculty |
Title | Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities Associate Dean for Humanities Director of the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies |
Spouse | Warren Stuart Ginsberg |
Awards | 2010 National Jewish Book Award for Anthologies and Collections |
Academic background | |
Education | Antioch College, Yale University |
Thesis | Reflections of Attitudes towards the Gentiles in Jewish and Christian Exegesis of Jethro, Balaam, and Job[1] (1976) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Religion |
Institutions | University of Oregon University at Albany, SUNY University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
Main interests | Jewish women; Jewish history, religion and culture |
Judith Reesa Baskin (born 1950) is a religious studies scholar at the University of Oregon in the United States. She is Associate Dean for Humanities, Director of the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, and the Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities. She held positions at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Yale University, and State University of New York at Albany, prior to accepting a faculty position at the University of Oregon in 2000. She was appointed Associate Dean for Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences in July, 2009.