David Biale, a leading expert on Jewish intellectual and cultural history, has won the 2011 U.C. Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement.
Biale, a U.C. Davis professor who holds the Emanuel Ringelbaum chair in Jewish history and chairs the history department, founded the university’s Jewish studies program. The author and editor of 10 books and 74 articles over a 33-year career, he is also a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award and has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biale is the 24th recipient of the $40,000 award. He will receive the prize May 12 at a gala dinner in his honor at the Conference Center Ballroom on campus.