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Pam Landau is professor emeritus, two time EMU alum, and Center for Jewish Studies advisory board member. Landau is a certified sex educator and therapist who taught classes in the Psychology Department from 1982 to 2023, and still serves as the faculty coordinator for the human sexuality minor. She is one of the earliest supporters of the Center for Jewish Studies and long-time board member, and is considered by founding director Marty Shichtman to be one of the program's anchors. In this interview, Landau talks about her career at EMU and most influential colleagues, what it was like when the Center was just beginning, and what she hopes their programming provides for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.
Interview Date
2-28-2025
Digital Media File Type
mp3
Keywords
EMU Center for Jewish Studies, EMU Center for Oral History Research, Jewish Studies, CJS, Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Judaism, Jewish identity, community engagement, emeritus faculty, Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, psychology department, advisory boards, human sexuality minor, Lawrence Smith, Holocaust, Beth Israel Congregation, college of education
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Permission to quote from this oral history should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).
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Recommended Citation
Hacanyan, Kat, "Pamela Landau, Oral History Interview, 2025" (2025). Oral Histories. 253.
https://commons.emich.edu/oral_histories/253