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MAT Faculty and Staff

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Faculty	Contact Information	Area of Expertise
	Cindy Ballenger cballeng@brandeis.edu	Dr. Cindy Ballenger is a Lecturer in Education. She teaches in the Elementary concentration of the MAT program: ED 107a - Teaching and Learning Reading in Elementary and Preschools.
	Leandra Elion lelion@brandeis.edu	Leandra is a Lecturer in Education. She received an MS in special education from Long Island University in New York and an MEd in Reading from Salem State College. She has consulted on special education issues to day schools and the Bureau of Education of Greater Boston.
	Helen Featherstone ASAC 220 (781) 736-8519 feather1@brandeis.edu	Helen is a visiting Professor in the Education Program. She has taught ED 165 - Reading (and talking back to) Research on Education, and ED 267 - Fundamentals of Teaching.
	Tom Heyman trheyman@brandeis.edu	Tom Heyman is a Lecturer in Education. He teaches Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning.
	Susan Mayer sjmayer@brandeis.edu	Susan Mayer is a Lecturer in Education. She teaches ED 157b: The Psychology of Student Learning. Susan’s K-12 experience has been primarily in secondary and alternative curriculum development. Her published articles focus on democratic pedagogical practice.
	Alexa Miller alexam@brandeis.edu	Alexa Miller is a Lecturer in the Education Department. Alexa has spent the last ten years working in the arts and education fields, with a focus on helping art museums reach new audiences through collaborations in education reform. She currently teaches Looking with the Learner: Practice and Inquiry.
	Susan Rauchwerk srauchwe@brandeis.edu	Sussan Rauchwerk is a Lecturer in Education. She teaches Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning.
	Joseph Reimer KUTZ 133a (781) 736-2996 reimer@brandeis.edu	Professor Joseph Reimer has been at Brandeis since 1986 where he has been director of the Hornstein Program and the Institute for Informal Jewish Education. Trained as a developmental psychologist at Harvard, he has written several books and many articles on moral education, kibbutz education and Jewish education. He is considered by many as a leading expert on experiential Jewish education.
	Dirck Roosevelt ASAC 219 (781) 736-2050 drooseve@brandeis.edu	Dirck Roosevelt (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Program and Associate Professor of Education. Before coming to Brandeis in 2004, he was on the Educational Studies faculty at the University of Michigan. He taught at the elementary level and was an administrator in public schools and at the Prospect School in Vermont for many years. He is on Sabbatical in 2012-13.
	Faye Ruopp fruopp@brandeis.edu	Faye Ruopp is a Lecturer in Education. She teaches ED 262a - Teaching Mathematics in Elementary Classrooms. She is also co-leader of Math and Mentoring, a cooperative project of Brandeis and the Waltham Public Schools.
	Kathryn Sillman ksillman@brandeis.edu	Kathy Sillman is a Lecturer in Education and Teacher Education Specialist (Elementary). She works with interns during their field placements, teaches ED 263b, and supports MAT graduates during the induction phase of their careers. She has experience teaching in public schools and working on curriculum development in Massachusetts and New York.
Staff	Contact Information	Area of Expertise
	Manuel Tuan ASAC 218 (781) 736-2022 mat@brandeis.edu tuan@brandeis.edu	Manuel Tuan is the MAT Program Coordinator. Prior to coming to Brandeis, he worked as a Research Assistant at Tufts Medical Center. He grew up in the Philippines where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy and completed his coursework in an MBA program.