Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Director of the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture
- Ph.D., Cornell University
- B.A., Brown University
Marianne Tettlebaum received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University in 1992 and her doctorate from Cornell University in 2004, where she studied music history, German literature and philosophy. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to do research on Mozart in Vienna, Austria; a W.A. Mellon Fellowship for graduate study in the humanities; and a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship also for graduate study in the humanities.
Prior to coming to Hendrix, she served as a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Music and Comparative Literature as well as a Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Haverford College. She has published on music and philosophy; her current book project concerns the work of the Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor Adorno. She has also taught courses in Comparative Literature, English, German, Music and Philosophy.
Marianne grew up on a farm in a small town in central Missouri and was a member of the congregation of Temple Beth-El in Jefferson City, Missouri. Her mother’s family hails from Helena, Arkansas. Marianne is especially excited, therefore, about the opportunity to return to her Arkansas Jewish roots as she directs the Crain-Maling Center of Jewish Culture. Marianne and her husband Dorian Stuber live in Little Rock and are members of Temple B’nai Israel.
Academic Background
- Ph.D., Cornell University, 2004
- B.A., Brown University, 1992