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Deborah Kerdeman Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Member of Jewish Studies Program 303B Miller, Box 353600 College of Education, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-3600 kerdeman@u.washington.edu

Education Publications Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Kerdeman's teaching and research centers on the philosophy of understanding and interpretation (hermeneutics) and its implications for educational purposes, practices, and inquiry. She has published in a variety of journals in philosophy of education, including Educational Theory, Philosophy of Education Society Annual Yearbook, Journal of Philosophy of Education (Great Britain), and Educational Philosophy and Theory (Australia). Other work appears in venues such as Educational Researcher, Review of Educational Research, Journal of Aesthetic Education, Journal of Jewish Education (formerly Religious Education), and the International Encyclopedia of Education.

Dr. Kerdeman teaches introductory and advanced courses in philosophy of education, as well as teacher education and educational research. In addition to her faculty position in the College of Education, Dr. Kerdeman is a member of the Jewish Studies Department at the University of Washington. She is a recipient of a Post-doctoral Fellowship from the Spencer Foundation and the National Academy of Education and holds an Honorary Doctorate from Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles.

Education

Ph.D., Stanford, 1991