The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education invites applicants for the fourth cohort of its Doctoral Fellows Program. This program provides intellectual and professional support to a small group of advanced doctoral students in North American and Israeli universities whose research is, in one form or another, related to Jewish education. The program has the following goals:
- Provide fellows with thought partners to workshop ideas, presentations, and their writing, in order to maintain momentum in their research and writing.
- Mentor fellows and connect them to intellectual resources that complement the strengths of their particular doctoral programs. This will be customized based on fellows’ needs.
- Engage fellows in conversations about the field of Jewish education and adjacent fields, as they plan for their next career steps.
- Support fellows’ research by providing a $1,500 award to be used for professional development, conference participation, or data collection.
To participate, you will need to commit to meeting with your group over Zoom every 2 weeks to workshop ideas, writing, and/or presentations. You will also need to commit to spending 1-2 hours every 2 weeks reading and commenting on other fellows’ work to provide feedback. We will determine dates based on fellows’ schedules. Fellows also will be expected to come together for an in-person workshop in June 2024 (travel costs will be paid for by MCSJE).
We welcome applicants from across disciplines and universities who are able to articulate how their research is related to or relevant for the field of Jewish education (broadly defined). Priority will be given to students who have already collected their data. Because fellows will be workshopping their writing and ideas together, we will be selecting fellows primarily based on the topics they study and the types of methodologies they use. You can learn more about previous cohorts of fellows here: https://www.brandeis.edu/mandel/programs/doctoral-fellows.html
The program will run from September 2023-July 2024. It will be led by Dr. Ilana Horwitz, Assistant Professor and Fields-Rayant Chair of Contemporary Jewish Life at Tulane University.