Holli Levitsky
Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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Biography
Dr. Holli Levitsky is the founder and Director of the Jewish Studies Program and Professor of English at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Her research and scholarship focus on Holocaust representation and questions of identity, especially as it relates to exile and displacement. In addition to dozens of essays, articles and book chapters, she is editor or co-editor of, Literature of Exile and Displacement: American Identity in a Time of Crisis (2013), Summer Haven: The Catskills, the Holocaust and the Literary Imagination ( 2014), Communist Poland: A Jewish Woman’s Experience (2022) and the forthcoming volume, Hyam Plutzik: American Jewish Poet: Memory. Loss and Time ((2024).In 2001-2002, Dr. Levitsky held the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Literature in Poland. She has participated in symposia, conferences, and study trips to Germany and to Poland to advance German-Jewish and Polish-Jewish understanding. She regularly leads workshops on teaching the Holocaust to secondary and college teachers locally, nationally and internationally.
Education (4)
University of California, Irvine: Ph.D., English and American Literature
University of California, Irvine: M.A., Comparative Literature
University of Michigan: M.A., English Language and Literature
University of Michigan: B.A., English Language and Literature
Areas of Expertise (10)
Jewish Studies
American Culture and the Holocaust
Holocaust Studies
Holocaust Pedagogy
Southern American Literature
Israel Studies
Literary Theory
Holocaust Literature
Jewish-American Literature
Exile Studies
Accomplishments (3)
2023 Leadership in Holocaust Education Award (professional)
Award from David Labkowski Project.
2023 Resolution to Commend for Leadership and Commitment to Holocaust Education (professional)
California Jewish Caucas
2022 Resolution to Commend for Leadership and Commitment to Holocaust Education (professional)
Awarded by Mayor Garcetti
Affiliations (7)
- Jewish American and Holocaust Literature Symposium Executive Board and Director
- Western Jewish Studies Executive Board
- Levantine Review Editorial Board
- Lund University RAvensbruck Archives Board
- Modern Language Association
- Association for Jewish Studies
- American Literature Association
