Rebecca Egger

Rebecca Egger Portrait

Rebecca Egger

Associate Director
Phone Number
510-643-6229

Rebecca Egger has principal responsibility for implementing all programs at the Townsend Center. She serves as the Center’s liaison with campus departments and faculty members engaged in humanities-related projects, as well as with off-campus constituencies. After earning her PhD in English from Cornell University, she was Assistant Professor of English at the University of Michigan, specializing in modernist literature and visual culture. She has been at UC Berkeley since 2001; prior to joining the Townsend Center, she was Director of Academic Administration for the Division of Arts and Humanities.