Faculty & Staff

Bios and contact information can be found by clicking on the name of the staff person listed below.

Name
Title
Sharon Feiman-Nemser Director – on leave 2009-2010
Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis
Jon A. Levisohn Acting Director
Assistant Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis
   
Sarah Birkeland Senior Research Associate
Allison Cook Project and Research Associate
Jacob Cytryn Research Assistant
Janna Rogat Dorfman Assistant Director of Communications and Development
Susan Fendrick Senior Research Associate
Karen Hammerness Senior Researcher
Galit Higgins Executive Assistant
Elie Holzer Senior Research Associate
Bethamie Horowitz Senior Researcher
Kavida Kapadia Senior Researcher
Orit Kent Senior Research Associate
Deb Laufer DeLeT Program Coordinator
Katie Light Research Assistant
Stacie Martinez Office Manager
Gevelyn McCaskill Associate Director of Finance and Administration
Nili Pearlmutter Director of Field Studies
Renee Rubin Ross Visiting Scholar
Israel Scheffler Affiliated Scholar
Victor S. Thomas Professor of Education and Philosophy Emeritus at Harvard University
Susan Shevitz Affiliated Scholar
Cindy Shulak-Rome DeLeT/MAT Alumni Coordinator
Rebecca Silvera Sasson Jewish Teacher Education Specialist
Eran Tamir Senior Research Associate
Vivian Troen Senior Education Specialist
Serene Victor Faculty Leader of the DeLeT/MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) program

In addition to the Mandel Center staff, the Center also benefits from the work of a group of talented teacher educators:


Ellen Alt
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Lauren Ayzenburg Mentor, Metrowest
Leslie Bazer Field Instructor, JCDS Boston
Michelle
Cicchitelli
Mentor, JCDSRI
Brenda Dolan
Mentor, JCDS Boston
Leandra Elion
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Betty Goldberg
Field Instructor, Metrowest
Ingrid Goldfein
Mentor, Metrowest
Leila Joseffer
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Kathy Kanigsberg Mentor, SASSDS
Elaine Kohen Field Instructor, JCDSRI
Yehuda Kurtzer
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Lesley Litman
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Jared Matas
Mentor, JCDS Boston
Susan Mayer
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Rhonda Mills
Mentor, JCDSRI
Tali Mugg
Mentor, Metrowest
Joe Reimer
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Faye Ruopp
Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Jocelyn Segal
Mentor, Cohen Hillel
Eliana Seltzer
Mentor, JCDSRI
Fran Sharpe
Mentor, Cohen Hillel
Marcia Shimshak Mentor, SASSDS
Francesca Stark Instructor, DeLeT/MAT Program
Jamie Woods
Mentor, JCDSRI