جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Hebrew Language
• Torah Studies
• Jewish Biblical Interpretation
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Shamai Leibowitz serves as an adjunct professor of Hebrew at a language institution catering to government agencies, military personnel, and private sector clients. He holds an LL.B. from Bar Ilan University and an LL.M. from American University Washington College of Law, blending legal expertise with religious scholarship. His academic focus includes: Hebrew language instruction methodologies Torah portion analysis and interpretation Development of midrashic traditions Historical evolution of biblical commentary Leibowitz's research examines how medieval interpretations transform into contemporary understandings of scripture, particularly regarding narrative patterns in the Torah. His work demonstrates careful textual analysis combined with historical perspective on exegetical traditions. He advocates for introducing nuanced approaches to Torah MiSinai concepts early in education to prepare students for engagement with modern scholarly perspectives. His teaching philosophy emphasizes building foundational understanding that accommodates both traditional and academic viewpoints on biblical texts.

Doreen Bechtolمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Theatre Performance
• Shakespeare Studies
• Devised Theatre
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Doreen Bechtol serves as Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Shakespeare and Performance program at Mary Baldwin University, concurrently managing the Master of Fine Arts Company and directing training initiatives. Her work bridges scholarly rigor with avant-garde performance practices rooted in ensemble creation. Her educational credentials include: MFA in Shakespeare and Performance from Mary Baldwin University BFA in Theatre and Education from Western Michigan University Professor Bechtol's research manifests through embodied practice rather than traditional publications, specializing in physical theater methodologies that synthesize Suzuki training, Viewpoints composition, acrobatics, and yoga. Her signature approach to Shakespearean performance emphasizes architectural awareness of early modern stages, developed through workshops examining spatial dynamics at the Blackfriars Playhouse. This work extends to devised theater creation via the Performers Exchange Project, where collaborative authorship forms the cornerstone of original productions. As Director of the MFA Company, she mentors graduate students in ensemble-based creation processes while previously shaping theatrical education for adolescents through the American Shakespeare Center's internationally acclaimed youth programs (2006-2011). Her pedagogical innovations include developing curricula that explore historical staging conditions through practical application. Her professional ecosystem encompasses leadership in the Performers Exchange Project and enduring contributions to the American Shakespeare Center, where she directed landmark productions including the institution's inaugural Greek tragedy ( Antigone ) and pioneered aerial techniques by performing as Puck on a circus hoop utilizing the Blackfriars' fly system.

• First language acquisition
• Social cognition
• Psycholinguistics
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Ditte Boeg Thomsen is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in functional-cognitive linguistics at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. She specializes in the interplay between language and cognition across multiple domains including children's language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and field linguistics. Her primary research areas include first language acquisition, social cognition, memory and attention, autism and language, atypical neurological development, semantic typology, linguistic fieldwork, and language endangerment. She investigates how language and cognition mutually affect each other, examining both typical and atypical development in children as well as crosslinguistic differences in indigenous languages of Mexico. Boeg Thomsen's recent research output demonstrates strong interdisciplinary connections between linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and education. Her work spans child language acquisition, particularly focusing on perspective-marking grammar and its relationship to social cognition, as well as field studies on spatial language and cognition in Nahuan languages. She also contributes significantly to research on Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome in children with brain tumors. She serves on the governing board of the Scandinavian Association for Language and Cognition (SALC) and is editor of the language journal Mål og Mæle. She is also a member of the Linguistic Circle's Committee for Support of Endangered Languages. Boeg Thomsen is actively involved in teaching, currently offering a course in Functional-Cognitive Linguistics, and has previously taught numerous linguistics courses covering typological analysis, language acquisition, psycholinguistics, and Mesoamerican linguistics. She supervises students in areas including children's language acquisition, viewpoint-marking language, language in autism, space and orientation, associated motion, semantic typology, and field linguistics.