MCSJE Doctoral Fellows Program Application- Due August 15, 2023 at 5 pm EST

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.

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What is your name & email address? *
What is your institution/department and who is your advisor? *
What stage of your PhD are you in? When are you hoping to graduate? *
Please tell us about your dissertation research in 300-500 words. Make sure to specify your disciplinary approach (if relevant) and the kinds of methods you use. *
We take an expansive view of what it means for research to connect to Jewish education. Please tell us how your work is related to Jewish education (up to 300 words)?   *
A key feature of this program is receiving support from an experienced scholar of education, sociology, and Jewish Studies, and from other doctoral students. Please tell us what kind of support you most need at this stage in your work. For example, you might discuss what you feel you are missing in your training, skills you want to develop, connections you seek with other faculty, or accountability (up to 300 words).  *
A key component of being in the program is meeting virtually every two weeks to workshop Fellows' writing and ideas. In selecting Fellows, we try to bring together a group of Fellows whose skills complement each other, and who can offer each other valuable feedback on their work and how to situate it for different kinds of audiences within and beyond Jewish education. Please tell us what subjects or disciplines you have expertise in. Also, please tell us what research methods you are trained in and using for your research (up to 300 words) *
Fellows will need to commit to meeting virtually every two weeks from September 2023 to July 2024 for one hour. We understand that people live on different time zones, and have familial and professional responsibilities that can affect their availability. Please tell us about what hours you can generally meet and what time zone you work in.  *
Please email your CV to ihorwitz@tulane.edu with the subject "CV for MCSJE fellows program" and confirm here that you have done so. *
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