Dr. Katja Vehlow comes to us from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she has been a Weinstein Post-Doctoral Fellow and concurrently, an Honorary Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities, UW-Madison. Dr. Vehlow studied theology and Jewish and Islamic Studies in Germany, the UK, and Israel. She received her Ph.D. from New York University. She has published "The Swiss Reformers Zwingli, Buhger and Bibliander and their Attitude to Islam (1520-1560)" in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations (1995), and has two books forthcoming. She is currently working on an analytical edition of the historical writings of the Jewish Iberian philosopher Abraham ibn Daud (d. c. 1180).

In addition, she is the recipient of a number of honors and fellowships, including: The Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, 2005-2006; Fellow at the Center for Jewish Learning and Leadership (CLAL), 2003-2004; Andrew Sauter Fellowship for Predoctoral Students in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003; Antonia S. Ranieri International Scholars Fellowship, 2003; Golda Meir Scholarship for Women Leadership, International Rothberg School, 1997-1998.

She will be teaching the following courses:
Introduction to Religious Studies
Holy Women in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Jews and Christians Throughout History
From Jesus to the Rebbe: Jewish Messianism through the Ages