Ezra Cappell

Professor of Jewish Studies & English

Education
Ph.D., English Literature, New York University
M.A., Philosophy, New York University
M.A. City College in Creative Writing
B.A. Queens College in English and American Literature (Phi Beta Kappa)

Research Interest
Ezra Capell’s research interests are centered within the field of Jewish American Culture. He currently serves as editor of the SUNY Press book series in Contemporary Jewish Literature and Culture. His research focuses on 20th-Century and Contemporary Jewish American Literature, Jewish American Film, and Cultural Representations of the Holocaust.

Courses Taught

• JWST 330 - Representations of the Holocaust
• JWST 300 - Holocaust and Film
• JWST 300 - Jewish Comedy, Jewish Culture
• JWST 201 - Hollywood’s Chosen: The Jewish Experience in Film
• JWST 245 - Jewish American Literature
• Also regularly teaches a variety of courses for the Honors and First Year Experience Programs

• Book: American Talmud: The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction
• Co-editor of: Off the Derech: Leaving Orthodox Judaism
• Published widely in the fields of Holocaust writing and Jewish American culture.

• University of Texas Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award