Michal Shapira-Junger
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Michal Shapira-Junger is a Jewish education researcher specializing in teachers' professional identity and pedagogical practices across diverse contexts. Her research focuses on teachers' personal and professional identity and teaching practices at multicultural intersections, such as teaching emissaries in the Jewish diaspora and bi-national schools in Israel. Currently, she is conducting postdoctoral research at Brandeis University under the supervision of Professor Hassenfeld, focusing on teaching Biblical Hebrew as a second language. Alongside her Hebrew teaching research, Dr. Shapira-Junger continues her studies on educational emissaries.