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