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Dara Goldman
February 21, 1971 - May 13, 2022
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2025-01-21 17:41:40 View / Comment (0)
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2022-05-22 21:14:31 View / Comment (0)
Emily Maguire
Although she lived in Champaign rather than Chicago, Dara was one of the people who truly welcomed me when I began my job at Northwestern. Dara often came up to Chicago, and she and I frequently got together for a meal or a coffee when she was in town. Dara had an enthusiasm for life's pleasures -- good music, good food, good company -- that was infectious, and she lifted up those around her. I always came away from spending time with her feeling better than I had before our meeting. She was also incredibly generous. One of my first invited talks upon receiving tenure was an invitation I received from Dara to share my work at UIUC. In the last couple of years, she and I regularly exchanged written work, and I always looked forward to those conversations. Dara had such a warm, steady, positive presence that it is truly hard to believe she is gone. Holding her and her family and loved ones in the light.
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2022-05-20 17:02:15 View / Comment (0)
Eduardo Ledesma
I first met Dara in person (we had met on skype before) when she picked me up at the train station for my on campus job interview in 2012. I was pretty nervous about the interview process, and Dara must have sensed it. She was so welcoming and easy going, she made a few jokes and laughed and pretty soon I felt completely at ease with her, and with the rest of the interview. Dara also made me feel from the beginning as an integral part of the Latin American section in our department. She has been a great colleague and friend and I will miss her, and her ability to put people at ease no matter the situation...
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2022-05-20 04:42:23 View / Comment (0)
Carmen Gallegos Prez
I first met Dara as my professor in her classes “Shifting Currents: Fluidity, Movement, and Transcultural Intersections in Hispanic Caribbean Literature” in Fall 2015; and "Yo soy aquel… Gender and Alterity in Nineteenth-Century Spanish American Writing" in Spring 2017. Later, she helped me with my research projects and provided me with a lot of books to read. She was the kind of professor you'll never forget. She was smart but also super kind. Her laugh was a joy to hear. (Una risa contagiosa, como dicen) Coming from Peru, I didn't feel very confident at the beginning of my graduate program as an MA student. However, Dara's classes really made me happy and optimistic about the academic world. It took me some days to process that she is not here anymore but in some ways, she still is. She left a mark in our lives and our my hearts. I will always remember professor Dara Goldman.
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2022-05-19 23:36:24 View / Comment (0)
Lizy Mostowski
Professor Dara Goldman was a wonderful and generous mentor to me. I‘m still in disbelief that she is gone. I’ll always cherish the conversations that we would have in the middle of the quad when we’d run into one another after a class or a meeting (these conversations were one of the things I missed most when classes went remote), all of the wisdom that she imparted on me (she always had the best advice!), the way that she always made me feel welcome at Yom Kippur services at Hillel, lectures on campus, and parties at AJS. I’ll always be thankful for her time and support. I never thought that the conversation we’d had at AJS in December would be our last. I hope I’ll have the opportunity to pay forward the kindness and mentorship she showed me. May her memory be for a blessing.
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2022-05-19 19:18:14 View / Comment (0)
Ennio Nuila
During my first visit as a prospective graduate student I sat in one of Dara's class, I felt welcomed, even though at that moment I was a stranger to her. The following year I became her student and eventually she became my advisor. Whenever I met with her to talk about my progress or to talk about my writing, I always came out with renewed energy. I would tell her of my academic frustrations and difficulties I was encountering, she would always reaffirm and encourage me by saying that these moments were normal and that everyone goes through it. Our conversations will always ended with lighthearted memories of life experiences. I will remember her laugh, her Cuban accent, her kindness towards her students. I was fortunate that my mother had the opportunity to meet her as well. Dara we will miss you.
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2022-05-19 18:43:00 View / Comment (0)
Brenden Carollo
Just a few weeks ago at a distance I saw whom I thought was a student parking her e-bike. I noticed she looked my way and as I got closer I realized it was Dara. We had an enjoyable conversation about e-bikes. This is how it was with Dara. She could engage enthusiastically with practically anyone on so many topics. Like everyone, I felt better about life each time I ran into her. We came to UIUC at the same time. I will miss her terribly.
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2022-05-19 04:22:28 View / Comment (0)
Michael Jacobson
As an undergraduate student, Dara was a close mentor to me for the past year. I attended my first symposium at her invitation, had my first research assistantship under her, and have had several Shabbat dinners at the Hillel with her at my table, never mind seeing her around campus and at lectures. During our last session of class this semester, I stayed after to thank her for all of her help as I met with her several times over the past semester to practice my Spanish and discuss the class materials, and I knew that she always had her door open if I needed to meet for longer. I never would have taken a graduate-level Spanish class if she wasn't the professor teaching it and am beyond lucky that I had the opportunity because of her. I still remember when we left the classroom, she told me that if I ever wanted to do a Spanish honors thesis that she would be happy to help in any way she could, and I knew that she meant that; she was an extremely dedicated mentor who genuinely pushed her students towards success. I'm extremely glad that I had an opportunity to thank her the last time I saw her.
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2022-05-17 19:45:16 View / Comment (0)
Yarí Pérez Marín
I remain grateful to Dara for organizing one of the very first invitations to speak at another university that I received back when I was just starting out my career. Her support of a then very junior colleague made a difference and became for me a model to follow. My sincere condolences to her family and loved ones.
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2022-05-17 19:37:44 View / Comment (0)
Teresa Barnes
I will remember Dara's huge smile and how her whole body laughed when she laughed. Joy. I wish I had known her better, but I know she was linked to so many people with good strong networks of collegiality and cooperation. Rest in peace Dara. We will miss you at "girls night out" and so many other places. Thank you for sharing these times with us.
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2022-05-17 19:20:12 View / Comment (0)
Brett Kaplan
Many years ago, my former partner, Sasha, and my kids, Anya and Melia, and Dara and I drove to New York city from Champaign. It was summer and boiling hot. Dara and Sasha, both veteran drivers, took turns at the wheel and I stayed in the back between the kids. Dara turned to face the backseat and she said.. ‘I met someone, ballroom dancing…’ As she described Itai, her voice took on an excited tone, colorful, and full of mystery and hope. We arrived in Montclair, New Jersey, at her parents’ home quite late. The children were sleeping and we carried them upstairs and into bed. In the morning, my younger daughter, Melia had already risen and was downstairs in the kitchen: she had made a new friend—Dara’s father, Clifford, who she instantly re-named “Puddles.” One of my favorite things about Dara is that the name, Puddles, stuck. No one ever asked Melia why she named Clifford thusly. Henceforth, as Dara’s father came up in conversation—which he did, often—Dara was a devoted daughter and was extremely worried when Puddles was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer—whenever he came up, he was always Puddles. And Karen, Dara’s mom, was mamita. Several years after that excited hitch in her voice, Anya, Melia and I found ourselves at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago for the beautiful wedding of Dara and Itai. Dara looked stunning in her formal white dress and the wedding remains an enduring memory of pure joy: we all explored the opera house, visiting the boxes, shook off our heels and ran up and down the stairs for the sheer pleasure of it—we danced, of course, one of Dara’s favorite things. Years later—Dara and I have been friends and colleagues for twenty years or more—my husband Philip and I had a dance party to celebrate our marriage and, in her typical extremely generous and profoundly thoughtful way, Dara had made a playlist specifically for us—a fun and perfect dance list which we all enjoyed shaking our booties to immensely. Dara could not have been more generous as a colleague, too. This past spring, she volunteered to be present and help troubleshoot any zoom issues that might arise during the Holocaust, Genocide, Memory Studies, annual graduate conference. She spent the whole day helping out virtually. Dara was director of Jewish Studies—an immensely stressful, time-consuming job. It’s almost inconceivable that anyone in that position could give an entire day—from 8am until 5pm to a colleague. Her generosity was boundless. Dara ran the Program in Jewish Culture & Society flawlessly and through many challenges: she had no permanent staff multiple times as the office manager position seems to be a kaleidoscope of different people. During those times she took on not only her job, but theirs. She beautifully worked with the Provost’s office, the Chancellor’s office, and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to bring Mahmoud Darwish and Yossi Klein Halevi to campus for dialogue. She often thought outside the box and came up with brilliant solutions to complex problems. The last time I saw her, Monday May 2, 2022, she offered a moving and generous introduction to a talk I gave about Philip Roth. She was full of energy and life that day and, as always, had gone well beyond the call of duty to make sure everything went smoothly. Since word of this profound tragedy has spread numerous friends and colleagues have reached out to me via text, phone call, email, facebook, to share their grief, their sense of confusion and unreality, their utter shock and mourning. Dara was a lifeblood in this community and may her memory, as I know it will, be always for a blessing.
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2022-05-17 18:42:36 View / Comment (0)
Margarita Saona
I studied with Dara at Columbia University during the late 1990s. We will occasionally see each other at professional conferences. I will always remember her intelligence, her generosity, and her laughter.
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2022-05-17 15:06:20 View / Comment (0)
Silvina Montrul
Dara and I were hired the same year at the University of Illinois, in 1999. She was a great colleague: generous, a team player, humble. I will always remember her big heart and smile, and for being such a positive influence for all those who had the privilege to know her.
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