Commencement

2025 Teaching and Mentoring Awards

Faculty Awards

Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  • Toni Shapiro-Phim
    Associate Professor of Creativity, the Arts, and Social Transformation
School of Arts and Sciences Faculty Service Award
  • Sarah Mayorga
    Professor of Sociology
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Mentoring Award
  • Bradford Garvey
    Assistant Professor of Music
  • Amy Singer
    Sylvia K. Hassenfeld Chair in Islamic Studies and Professor of History
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer ’69 and Joseph Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
  • Klaus Schmidt-Rohr
    Professor of Chemistry
Michael L. Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching
  • Constantine Lignos
    Assistant Professor of Computational Linguistics
Professor Mark A. Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards
  • Tory Fair
    Sidney and Ellen Wien Professor of Fine Arts
  • Caren Irr
    Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Teaching Award
  • Marji Erickson Warfield, Heller PhD’91
    Senior Research Scientist
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Mentoring Award
  • Mary Poor
    Deputy Director, Global Programs
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Staff Service Award
  • Joanne Beswick, Heller MS GHPM’12
    Executive Administrator and Assistant to the Dean
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Teaching Assistant Award
  • Samuel Siaw, Heller MA SID’25
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Robert L. Dunigan Award
  • Paulina Campos, Heller MPP’25
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Early Career Research Investigator Award
  • Miriam Heyman
    Research Scientist
Brandeis International Business School Awards for Excellence in Teaching
  • Daniel Bergstresser
    Associate Professor of Finance in the Brandeis International Business School
  • JC Tshizubu Makolo, IBS MA’10, MA’14, PhD’16
    Senior Lecturer in Finance in the Brandeis International Business School
Rabb School Outstanding Teacher Award
  • Robert L. Thomas
    Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies

Staff Awards

Lou Ennis Award
  • Christine DiBlasi
    Associate Director, Pre-Award Services, Office of Research Administration
Louis and Helen Zirkel Award
  • Armine Avetisyan
    Program Manager, Global Community Engagement (COMPACT)
    Program Manager, Program in Peacebuilding and the Arts
    Academic Administrator, CAST, COML, FTIM, LACLS, REL