Brandeis University

Brandeis University is a small, private university in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, 14 miles west of Boston.

Current and Former Notable faculty

All faculty may be found in the Brandeis Faculty Guide.

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• Teresa M. Amabile: Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit, and Faculty Chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. Also hosted/instructed PBS's 1998 Glimpse into the World of Statistics in: Against All Odds: Inside Statistics
• Leonard Bernstein: Composer
• Stephen Cecchetti: Economist
• Jacob "Jerry" Cohen: expert on conspiracy theories (particularly the assassination of JFK)
• Timothy J Hickey: Computer Scientist
• Anita Hill: Former colleague of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
• David Hackett Fischer: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and notable author
• Benny Friedman: Hall of Fame Quarterback
• Ray Jackendoff: Linguist
• Paul Jankowski: Historian.
• William Kapelle: Medievalist & historian.
• Martin Levin: Public Policy expert.
• Herbert Marcuse: social theorist and member of the Frankfurt School
• Pauli Murray: Feminist and Civil Rights expert.
• Irene Pepperberg: Noted for her studies in animal cognition particularly in relation to parrots.
• James Pustejovsky: Linguist, Proposer of Generative Lexicon Theory
• Robert Reich: The 22nd United States Secretary of Labor from 1993 - 1997
• Margret Rey: Author and illustrator
• Eleanor Roosevelt: Former First Lady
• Marion Smiley: J.P. Morgan Chase Chair in Ethics
• Gina Turrigiano: Neuroscientist, winner of the 2000 MacArthur "Genius" Award
• Stephen J. Whitfield: expert on American Jewish history