Contact Information
E-mail:
snemser@brandeis.edu
Telephone:
(781) 736-2946 - office
Fax:
(781) 736-5020
Faculty & Staff
Sharon Feiman-Nemser
Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis, Director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education
Sharon Feiman-Nemser is the Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis University and the founding director of the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. Before coming to Brandeis in 2001, she served on the faculties of the University of Chicago and Michigan State University where she directed innovative teacher education programs and did research on learning to teach. Sharon came to Brandeis because it offered a unique opportunity to combine her expertise in teacher education with her deep interest in Jewish education. This combination is reflected in the DeLeT/MAT program which she started and which prepares teachers for Jewish day schools. Sharon has written extensively about mentoring, new teacher induction, teacher education and the role of experience in learning to teach. Her recent book, Transforming Teacher Education: Lessons from the Field, was co-authored with colleagues at Michigan State. Sharon is currently working on a comparative study of beginning teachers in Jewish, Catholic and urban public schools and on a collection of her own writings on teacher learning.
• More information: Sharon's page in the Faculty Directory
• Sharon Feiman-Nemser's most recent publications