Scholarship and Biography

I study reading comprehension from a sociocultural perspective, focusing on how children develop interpretations of the Hebrew Bible as a case of student reading development. I use a variety of qualitative methods including ethnographic observation, stimulated recall interviewing, and think-aloud interviewing. These investigations connect my research to the worlds of biblical hermeneutics, both contemporary and rabbinic, as well as literary theory and criticism.

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Student-Centered Religious Learning and Literacy Lab (SCRoLL Lab)

Honors

Sylvia and Moshe Ettenberg Research Grant
Network for Research in Jewish Education, 2016
Research Award
Network for Research in Jewish Education, 2017
Article of the Year Award, Journal of Jewish Education
Network for Research in Jewish Education, 2018
Theodore and Jane Norman Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2020-2022
Provost’s Teaching Innovation Grant
Brandeis University (United States, Waltham), 2021-2022

Organizational Affiliations

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Education, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, Brandeis University

Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Associate Professor of Jewish Education, Interdepartmental Program in Education, Brandeis University

Affiliated Faculty, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Brandeis University

Education

Stanford University
Ph.D.
Brandeis University
M.A.
New York University
B.A.