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2026 Teaching and Mentoring Awards

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Faculty Awards

Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching
  • Chandler R. Rosenberger
    Associate Professor of International and Global Studies and Sociology
Faculty Service Award
  • Rosalind E. W. Kabrhel
    Associate Professor of the Practice of Legal Studies
Graduate Mentoring Award
  • Brian A. Horton
    Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • Umrao Sethi
    Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer ’69 and Joseph Neubauer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring
  • Angela Gutchess
    Professor of Psychology
Michael L. Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching
  • Katherine Shulenberger
    Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Professor Mark A. Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards
  • Cameron Anderson
    Barbara Sherman ’54 and Malcolm L. Sherman Associate Professor of Theater Arts
  • Darlene Brooks Hedstrom
    Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian Studies
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Teaching Award
  • Michael Doonan, GSAS PhD’02, Heller PhD’02
    Professor
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Mentoring Award
  • Joseph Caldwell
    Senior Research Scientist II
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Staff Service Award
  • Wendy Peverill-Conti
    Department Administrator
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Teaching Assistant Award
  • Allie Frances Silverman
    SSSP PhD Candidate
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Robert L. Dunigan Award
  • Joanne Nicholson
    Professor of the Practice
Heller School for Social Policy and Management Early Career Research Investigator Award
  • Jennifer Wicks, GSAS PhD’23
    Senior Research Associate I
Brandeis Business Awards for Excellence in Teaching
  • Ahmad Namini
    Professor of the Practice of Business Analytics
  • Gizem Nemutlu
    Assistant Professor of Data Analytics
Rabb School Outstanding Teacher Award
  • Anna Shebanow
    Instructor in the Rabb School of Continuing Studies, Division of Graduate Professional Studies
Nahum Glatzer Teaching Scholar Award
  • Stephen Dowden
    Professor of German
  • Elizabeth Emma Ferry
    Professor of Anthropology

Staff Awards

Lou Ennis Award
  • Jane Theriault
    Academic Administrator for Molecular and Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Biotechnology
Louis and Helen Zirkel Award
  • Tre Alexander
    Department Coordinator of Biology and Neuroscience