Ash­ley Wal­ters is assis­tant pro­fes­sor of Jew­ish stud­ies and direc­tor of the Pearlstine/​Lipov Cen­ter for South­ern Jew­ish Cul­ture at the Col­lege of Charleston. She teach­es cours­es on mod­ern Jew­ish his­to­ry, Jews and the Amer­i­can South, and wom­en’s and gen­der studies.