She completed her A.B. at Trinity College, Hartford, CT, a M.T.S. at Harvard Divinity School, and, in 1989, a Ph.D. in Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Since then she has also held teaching positions at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX, the University of Frankfurt, and Case Western Reserve. From January to May 1996 she was visiting professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth.
In addition to her teaching she serves on the Editorial Board of Shofar: Journal of Jewish Studies, is a member of the Consultation of Jews, Christians and Muslims at Princeton's Center of Theological Inquiry, and was Co-director of the Study of Judaism Division of the American Academy of Religion, 1988-1991. Her services asa a scholar have in demand around the globe, bringing her invitations to present papers and lectures in North and South America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In 1992 she lectured on Judaism and the environement at a panel of religious leaders at the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and in 1994 lectured on Judaism and reproductive ethics at the UN Conference on Population and Development in Cairo.
Dr. Heschel's current research concerns Christian anti-semitism, particularly during the Nazi period.
November 1995