Lauren Strauss
Senior Professorial Lecturer, Dir. of Undergraduate Studies for Jewish Studies
History
Degrees
PhD, Modern Jewish Studies, Jewish Theological Seminary MA, International Relations, Yale University BA, Politics and English, Brandeis University
Languages Spoken
Hebrew
Bio
Dr. Lauren B. Strauss is a professor of modern Jewish history, specializing in American Jewish cultural and political history. She has taught for twenty years at universities in the Washington, D.C. area. She holds a Ph.D. in Modern Jewish Studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale University, and a B.A. from Brandeis University. Dr. Strauss teaches courses on American Jewish politics, popular culture, and women’s history, and on Yiddish culture, post-Emancipation Jewish history, and modern Jewish travel. She is a frequent community lecturer and has taught many adult education classes in the D.C. area.
