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Academic Positions

• 2020 - Department Chair & Associate Professor (with tenure),  Department of Mathematics Education 

• 2018-2020 Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics Education, University of Haifa

• 2016 - 2018 Professor, Department of Education, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York

• 2009-2016 Associate Professor with tenure, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York 

• 2003-2009 Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York 

Education

• 2002 Ph.D. Mathematics Education Research, Teachers College, Columbia University

• 1996 M.A.  Mathematics Education Research, Tel Aviv University (with honors)

• 1995 7-12 Teaching Certification, Tel Aviv University

• 1992 B.Sc. Mathematics & Computer Science, Haverford College (with honors)

Research Grants

• 2020-2023 Gender & Mathematics Education, Israel Science Foundation

• 2017-2020 Equity in Mathematics Education for Women Arab Israelis, Spencer Foundation 

• 2016-2017 Beyond Word Problems: Real World Contexts for Mathematics in Community College, CUNY

• 2013-2017 City Digits: Learning Mathematics Of the City In the City, US National Science Foundation

• 2008-2014 CAREER Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth, US National Science Foundation

• 2006-2008 Centering the Teaching of Mathematics on Urban Youth, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation

Awards

• 2017  Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, United States Department of State

• 2015  Distinguished Fellow, Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center

• 2014  Tow Distinguished Fellowship, Brooklyn College CUNY ($25,000)

• 2007  Excellence in Teaching Award, Brooklyn College CUNY ($5000)

• 2008 CAREER Award, United States National Science Foundation 

• 2006  Young Scholar Award, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation