Master Lecturer in Hebrew, Coordinator of Hebrew Language Program

Fall 2024 Office Hours: Monday 2:30-4:00, Wednesday 2:30-4:00

 

Professor Angrist is a Master Lecturer of Hebrew at Boston University and Coordinator of the Hebrew program since 2012.  She is currently serving as the CAS Language Liaison along with her colleague Sue Griffin from the Romance Studies department. In the past, Professor Angrist served as the part-time and full-time faculty coordinator.

Professor Angrist has been affiliated faculty at the Eli Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies since joining BU in 2008.

Professor Angrist has taught all proficiency levels of Hebrew and created various courses for advanced students, such as “Israeli Popular Music,” “Israeli Society through Israeli Media,” and “Food Culture in Israel.” In all her courses, Professor Angrist integrates authentic Israeli and Jewish cultural material and uses advanced technologies to stimulate classroom learning and help students achieve a higher level of proficiency.  “Food Culture in Israel” additionally integrates community based service learning, in which students research Israeli culinary businesses in Boston and meet local business owners and chefs.

Professor Angrist’s professional expertise includes integration of visual literacy into language and culture courses, designing and delivering gamified lessons, integration of technology with language pedagogy, using linguistic landscape in language and culture courses, and spiral curriculum development.

Professor Angrist is an active member of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH) and serves as a member of ACTFL and MLA. In June 2019, Professor Angrist hosted the NAPH international conference at BU, consisting of three days of workshops and lectures with 200 participants from all over the world.

Professor Angrist is an ACTFL OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) tester and a trained instructor in TCI (Teaching with Comprehensible Input).

Professor Angrist is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences and has published multiple articles on Hebrew education, including “Social Reading in L2” in the Hebrew Higher Education Journal and “Language for All: Teaching Graffiti for Intercultural Literacy” in the NECTFL Review.

A native-born Israeli, Professor Angrist is also a mosaics artist and an extensive traveler.

Mira Angrist’s CV