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Chontel Syfox is an Assistant Professor of Classical Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She earned her PhD from Notre Dame in 2019. Syfox's research primarily focuses on the reception and interpretation of the Hebrew Bible and Temple Jewish literature, particularly through gender-nuanced interpretative methods. Her monograph, 'Constructing Femininity in the Book of Jubilees', examines the construction of gender in the depiction of biblical matriarchs. Beyond her academic work, she is also an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence, and she teaches courses on sexual violence in antiquity. Syfox is committed to training new generations of teachers and scholars in her field.
Department: Department of Computer Sciences