Udo J. Hebel (born 24 April 1956) is a German professor of American studies.

[2] He spent several years of study and research in the United States: at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, at Harvard University, at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester and as a visiting professor at a number of institutions, including Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

His term of office began on 1 April 2013 and has been extended until 31 March 2023 by the University Council in October 2016.

[3][needs update] His main research interests have been:[2] The list of publications by Udo Hebel comprised 13 books, several journal issues edited by him, and more than 60 papers from the interdisciplinary field of American studies.

From July 2010 to August 2013 Udo Hebel was project leader of the German Research Foundation project "Festreden zur Erinnerung an die koloniale Gründung Neuenglands als Ursprung der USA aus der Zeit 1770 bis 1865" (Speeches commemorating the colonial settlement of New England as the origin of the USA from the period of 1770 to 1865).