In my work, I emphasize the medieval basis of modern Jewish thought, its interactions with contemporary theoretical interventions, and the intersection of religious studies and critical theory. My current book project, based on my dissertation, focuses on representations of family and kinship in major figures of modern Jewish thought. By using family as a frame of analysis, I examine how tropes of maternity, paternity, filiation, and fraternity particularly inform the works of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas. I consider how their philosophical approaches are shaped by the transcendence of erotic love and the effacement of gender difference. My next research project examines the nexus of sacrifice, embodiment and animality in post-Shoah ethics. I address the horizon of animality in testimony and Jewish literature, illustrating the role of the human/animal opposition in figuring modern Jewish identity as a liminal state of hybridity. In both my research and teaching, I demonstrate that the study of gender is a central method of analysis in Jewish studies, as it brings to light fundamental questions of subjectivity, embodiment, agency, hermeneutics, and ethics. My commitment to interdisciplinary research in the study of religion drives my approach to teaching religious studies. At UNC I teach courses on Introduction to Jewish Studies, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Judaism, and Philosophical Approaches to Religion.