Dr. Christian Brady

Dean of the Lewis Honors College

Dr. Christian Brady came to the University of Kentucky in July 2017 when he was named the Inaugural Dean of the Lewis Honors College. He served as the Interim Dean of the University of Kentucky’s College of Arts & Sciences from 2020-2022. Prior to joining UK, Brady was the Dean of the Schreyer Honors College at Penn State for 10 years and spent 9 years at Tulane as Director of Jewish Studies followed by a tenure as the Director of their Honors Program. 

Brady is a Professor of Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Literature and a scholar of Targumic literature, the ancient Aramaic renderings of the Hebrew Bible. The author of dozens of articles and book chapters, Brady has written three books, the most recent of which is Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle, with Suffering, Grief, and Hope, (Westminster John Knox Press, 2020).

Brady received his baccalaureate degree from Cornell, a masters degree from Wheaton College, and a Graduate Diploma and his doctorate from the University of Oxford.