Walter Isaac shares his life experience and education with UT students across an array of course subjects, from African and African American studies to Jewish and religious studies and philosophy. A lecturer in the Department of Africana Studies, he brings to the university a unique background as a scholar and African American rabbi of Palestinian descent.
He also co-directs an ongoing research and education program, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), dedicated to the Gullah/Geechee culture of the southeastern US coast where he grew up. [Read the full article on the College of Arts and Sciences website]