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Caryn Tamber-Rosenau is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Modern & Classical Languages at the University of Houston, where she directs the Jewish Studies program and is affiliated with the Religious Studies program in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Religion (Hebrew Bible/Ancient Israel) from Vanderbilt University (2015), an M.A. in Jewish Studies from Towson University/Baltimore Hebrew Institute (2010), and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania (2003).
Her research focuses on women in the Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature, early Jewish biblical interpretation, and feminist/queer critical approaches. She has published widely on topics such as gender performativity, queer temporality, and intersections of biblical texts with contemporary culture. Key works include Women in Drag: Gender and Performance in the Hebrew Bible and Early Jewish Literature (2018) and articles analyzing figures like Judith, Esther, and Susanna through feminist/queer lenses.
Rosenau serves as Book Review Editor of The Bible & Critical Theory, on the steering committee for the LGBTI/Queer Interpretation section of the Society of Biblical Literature, and on the editorial board of Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa. She received the Lence Award for teaching excellence in 2019. Her current projects include a monograph Queering History in Second Temple Jewish Literature under contract with Oxford University Press.
Courses taught span biblical studies, Jewish cultural history, and gender/queer theory, including Introduction to Jewish Studies, Women in the Hebrew Bible, and Goddesses and Other Divine Women. She actively engages in pedagogical innovation and interfaith dialogue initiatives.
Rosenau’s work bridges ancient texts and modern critical frameworks, emphasizing marginalized voices and queer methodologies. Her lab/program, the Jewish Studies initiative, fosters interdisciplinary exploration of Jewish cultural heritage and contemporary issues.
