Miriam Raider-Roth
Professor
Professor
Teachers College
638G
CECH Educational Studies - 0022
Professional Summary
Dr. Miriam Raider-Roth is a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati where she serves as Professor of Educational Studies and Educational/Community-Based Action Research.She received her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, earned her masters at the Bank Street College of Education, and her BA from the University of Michigan. She teaches graduate courses in action research, feminist qualitative methodology, and relational theory. Founding co-director of the Center for Studies of Jewish Education and Culture at UC, she currently directs the Action Research Center, which serves as a hub at UC and in Cincinnati for the training and sharing of action research.
Dr. Raider-Roth is also the Director of Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI).MTEI is a 2-year program that strengthens the Jewish community by developing educational leaders–teachers of teachers–who are spearheading powerful and innovative professional development experiences for their institutions and communities. MTEI invites educators from around the country to share an immersive experience that intertwines best practices in teacher education and professional development with Jewish texts and “big ideas.”
Dr. Raider-Roth is author of Professional Development in Relational Learning Communities: Teachers in Connection(2017, Teachers College Press) and Trusting What You Know: The High Stakes of Classroom Relationships (2005, Jossey-Bass), co-editor of The Plough Woman: Records of the Pioneer Women of Palestine–A Critical Edition, with Mark A. Raider (2002, Brandeis University Press), and many articles and book chapters. Most recently, she coedited a special issue of the Journal of Jewish Education(2019, vol. 85, no. 2) focusing on practitioner research with MTEI participants and graduates. Her research interests include how relational learning communities contribute to teachers’ transformative learning in professional development settings. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Jewish Education; a research advisory committee of the Consortium for Applied Studies in Jewish Education (CASJE); AERA Division K awards committee, and an advisory team member of the Jim Joseph Foundation’s Professional Development Initiative.
Research Support
Grant: #JCDSN Grant Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2010 -06-30-2013 Covenant Foundation Jewish Court of All Time Role:PI $37,500.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #Mini Grant Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 09-01-2012 -08-31-2013 Covenant Foundation Jewish Court of all Time Role:PI $9,630.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #SRS 09323 Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 07-01-2014 -06-30-2015 Covenant Foundation JCAT: The Jewish Court of all Time Role:PI $14,000.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #Consulting Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2015 -12-31-2015 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Consulting Agreement Role:PI $40,000.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #2017 Service Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2017 -12-31-2017 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educators Institute (MTEI) Program - Yr3 Role:PI $41,000.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #2018 Service Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2018 -12-31-2018 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educators Institute program - Year 3 Role:PI $43,140.00 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #2019 Service Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2019 -12-31-2019 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Role:PI $44,158.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #AY20 Service Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2020 -12-31-2020 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Role:PI $47,411.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit
Grant: #2021 Service Agreement Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2021 -12-31-2021 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Role:PI $53,795.92 Active Level:Private Non-Profit
Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2022 -12-31-2022 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute Role:PI 51337.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
Grant: #JJM Mandel Fnd 2023 Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2023 -12-31-2023 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute AY22-23 Role:PI 51802.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
Grant: #MandelFoundation-RaiderRoth Investigators:Raider-Roth, Miriam 01-01-2024 -12-31-2024 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Mandel Teacher Educator Institute 2024 Role:PI 54728.00 Hold Level:Non Profit
Publications
Peer Reviewed Publications
Raider-Roth,M. (2005. ) Trusting what you know: negotiating the relational context of classroom life .Teachers College Record, , 105(7) ,587 -628
Raider-Roth,M. (2004. ) Taking the time to think: a portrait of reflection .Teaching and Learning: A Journal of Natural Inquiry and Reflective Practice, , 18(3) ,79 -97
Raider-Roth, M.;Albert, M.;Bircann-Barkey, I.;Gidseg, E.;Murray, T. (2008. ) Teaching Boys: A Relational Puzzle .Teachers College Record, , 110 (2 ) ,443-481
Rodgers C. and Raider-Roth, M. (2006. ) Presence in Teaching .Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, , 12 (3 ) ,265 -287
Raider-Roth, M. (2011. ) The Place of Description in Understanding and Transforming Classroom Relationships .The New Educator, , 7 ,274 -286
Raider-Roth, M and Holzer E. (2009. ) Learning to be Present: How Havruta Learning Can Activate Teachers' Relationships to Self, Other and Text .Journal of Jewish Education, , 75 (3 ) ,216-239
Raider-Roth, M., Stieha, V, & Hensley, B (2012. ) Rupture and Repair: Episodes of Resistance and Resilience in Teachers’ Learning .Teaching and Teacher Education, , 28 ,493 -502
Stieha, V. & Raider-Roth, M (2012. ) Presence in Context: Teachers’ negotiations with the relational environment of school .Journal of Educational Change, ,
Raider-Roth, M,Albert, M, Bircann-Barkey, I., Gidseg, E., Murray, T. Resisting Boys, Resisting Teachers (2012. ) Resisting Boys, Resisting Teachers .Thymos Journal of Boyhood Studies, , 6 (1 ) ,34 --54
Raider-Roth, M, Stieha, V., Turpin, C., Kohan, M. (2014. ) ‘The False Promise of Group Harmony:’ The Centrality of Challenging Practices in Professional Development .Journal of Jewish Education, , 80 (1 ) ,493 --502
Raider-Roth, M (2015. ) Presence in Double Vision .Occasional Papers, Bank Street College of Education, , (32 ) ,
Rector-Aranda, A & Raider-Roth (2015. ) ‘I finally felt like I had power:’ Student Agency and Voice in an Online Classroom-Based Simulation Experience .International Journal of Learning, Media and Technology, ,
Nicholas, M. & Raider-Roth, M. (2016. ) A Hopeful Pedagogy to Critical Thinking.International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, , 10 (2 ) ,1
More InformationStevens, D., Brydon-Miller, M., Raider-Roth, M. (2016. ) Structured Ethical Reflection in Practitioner Inquiry: Theory, Pedagogy, and Practice.Educational Forum, , 80 (4 ) ,430-443 More Information
Rector-Aranda, A., Raider-Roth, M., Glaser, N., Behrman, M. (2017. ) “‘I had to live, breathe, and write my character’ Character Choice and Student Engagement in an Online Role-Play Simulation.” .Journal of Jewish Education, , 83 (4 ) ,280 -309More Information
Raider-Roth, M. & Feiman-Nemser, S. (2019. ) Bringing practitioner action research in Jewish Education to life.Journal of Jewish Education , , 85 (2 ) ,221 -226More Information
Raider-Roth, M., Rector-Aranda, A., Kaiser, T., Lipinsky, L., Weikel, A., Wolkenfeld, S. and Zaidenberg, L. (2019. ) Shared power, risk-taking, and innovation: Participatory action research in Jewish education. 85(2) 187-208. .Journal of Jewish Education, , 85 (2 ) ,187 -208More Information
Raider-Roth, M., Gold, M., Brydon-Miller, M., Dorph, G.Z. (2021. ) Moving Toward a Utopian Future One Step at a Time: Taking Our Future Creating Workshop Online. .Journal of Participatory Research Methods., , 2 (1 ) ,
Gold, M., Raider-Roth, M., Holzer, E. (2021. ) Teachers learn and learners teach: Enacting presence in online havruta text study. .Journal of Jewish Education, , 87 (4 ) ,332 -364More Information
Raider-Roth, M. (2022. ) Relational awareness and Culturally Relevant/Sustaining Pedagogies—praxis and possibility. .Journal for Research & Practice in College Teaching., , 7 (2 ) ,
Other Publications
Raider-Roth, M. (2015. ) Relational images: How our past can shape our teaching presence .Independent School Magazine. , (Summer ) ,37-40 National Association of Independent Schools.
Published Books
Raider-Roth,M. (2005. ) Trusting what you know: the high stakes of classroom relationships .San Francisco , Jossey-Bass Publishers
Raider,M. (2002. ) The plough woman: records of the pioneer women of Palestine - a critical edition .Hanover and London , University Press of New England
Raider-Roth (2017. ) Professional Development in Relational Learning Communities .New York , Teachers College Press
Book Chapter
Raider-Roth,M. (2002 ) The plough woman: records of the pioneer women of Palestine - a critical edition The plough woman: Identities in the making .Hanover and London, University Press of New England
O'Toole,W.; Chen,J.; Raider-Roth,M. (1998 ) Project zero frameworks for early childhood education: vol. 2. project spectrum early learning activities Math activities .New York, Teachers College Press
Raider-Roth, M. (2011 ) Listening to the heartbeat of the classroom: Bringing the Listening Guide to School Essays for Pleasure .London, Seagull Books
Stieha, V. & Raider-Roth, M. (2011 ) Disrupting Relationships: A Catalyst for Growth Disrupting Pedagogies and Teaching the Knowledge Society: Countering Conservative Norms with Creative Approaches .Idea Group Pub
Rodgers, C & Raider-Roth, M. “Dimensions of Presence” International Handbook on Teacher and School Development .
Encyclopedia Article
Raider-Roth, M. (2006. ) Encyclopaedia Judaica, revised ed .Jerusalem and New York, Jerusalem Publishing House and Macmillan Press
Raider-Roth, M. (2014. ) Encyclopedia of Action Research .Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage {Publications
Raider-Roth, M. (2014. ) Encyclopedia of Action Research .Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications
Presentations
Invited Presentations
Raider-Roth, M.M. (2007. ) Using the listening guide: A feminist, qualitative, relational, voice-centered methodology .American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Raider-Roth, M. (2005. ) Teaching for Change .Annual Celebration of Teaching Conference, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, New York.
Raider-Roth, M. (2005. ) Teaching Boys: A Relational Puzzle .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Raider-Roth, M. (2004. ) Enhancing Boys .New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO) Annual Conference, Portsmouth, NH.
Raider-Roth, M. (2004. ) The Nature of Presence in Teaching and Teacher Education .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference, San Diego, CA.
Raider-Roth, M. (2003. ) Knowing Their Journey: Understanding the Complexities of Teaching Boys: A Documentary Account .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Raider-Roth, M. (2003. ) An Assessment of Action Research as Professional Development .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.
Raider-Roth, M. (2003. ) Using Descriptive Process as a Lens to Race and School Culture: A Work in Progress .Conference of the North Dakota Study Group on Evaluation, Cambridge, MA.
Raider-Roth, M. (2003. ) What is Evidence of Student Learning? .The Brown School, Schenectady, NY.
Raider-Roth, M. (2002. ) Learning to See Student Learning .Regional Conference of the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY.
Raider-Roth, M. (2002. ) Trusting Knowledge: Examining the Relational Complexities of Student Self-Assessment work .Distinguished Paper Session of Best Papers from Regional Affiliates, American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Raider-Roth, M. (2002. ) Heartbeat of the Classroom: A Method for Understanding the Relational Complexity of Learning .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Raider-Roth, M. (2002. ) The Romance and Price of Zionist Pioneering: The Plough Woman in Historical and Feminist Perspective .Center for Jewish Studies Colloquium, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY.
Raider-Roth, M. (2002. ) Reflective Practice and Professional Development: An Interactive Approach .Regional Conference of the Coalition for Alternatives in Jewish Education, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY.
Raider-Roth, M. (2001. ) Trusting Knowledge: Examining the Relational Complexities of Student Self-Assessment Work .New England Educational Research Organization Conference, Portsmouth, NH.
Raider-Roth, M. (2000. ) Where are They Now? .Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
Raider-Roth, M. (2008. ) The Place of Description in Understanding and Transforming Classroom Relationships .American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference, New York, NY.
Raider-Roth, M and Holzer, E. (2009. ) Juggling Multiple Identities: How Hevruta and Text Study Can Challenge Teachers Personal, Professional and Cultural Worlds .Israel Association for Research in Jewish Education, Jerusalem, Israel. Conference. . Level:International
Raider-Roth, M (2008. ) Memory, Relationship and Learning .American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Chicago. Conference. . Level:National
Paper Presentations
Raider-Roth, M (04-2009. ) Presence, Relationship and Learning .Philadelphia, PA.
Raider-Roth, M. (01-2009. ) Juggling Multiple Identities: How Havruta and Text Study Can Challenge Teachers’ Personal, Professional and Cultural Worlds .Tivon and Jerusalem, Israel.
Raider-Roth, M. (10-2008. ) Memory, relationship and learning .Chicago, IL.
Raider-Roth, M. (02-27-2010. ) Resistance and resilience in higher education: A relational and political stance .University of Pennslyvania. Conference.
Raider-Roth, M. (12-21-2009. ) Teaching, inquiry, and texts: New approaches to jewish education .Los Angeles, CA.. Conference.
Raider-Roth, M . (12-06-2012. ) Teachers' Resistance and Resilience in Professional Development-Panel Presentation. New York, NY.
Raider-Roth, M. (01-15-2012. ) Anne Frank Confronts Queen Isabella: Learning with Technology and Play in Middle School. Atlanta, GA. Conference.
Raider-Roth, M. (02-06-2012. ) Using the Listening Guide: A Conference Workshop .Beer Sheva, Israel. Conference.
Raider-Roth, M. (04-12-2012. ) Reconceptualizing Social Relations in the Analysis of Classroom Conversations Around Written Texts .Vancouver, BC Canada.
Raider-Roth, M. (04-12-2012. ) Anne Frank Confronts Queen Isabella: Learning Phenomena in Historical, Cultural and Social On-Line Simulation Games .Vancouver, BC Canada.
Raider-Roth, M., & DeNoyelles, A. (04-12-2012. ) Being an "Agent Provocateur": Utilizing Online Spaces for Teacher Professional Development in Virtual Simulatino Games .Vancouver, BC Canada.
Tyler, S., Killham, J., Raider-Roth, M. (04-12-2012. ) Mentoring in an Online Simulation: Shaping Pre-Service Teachers for Tomorrow's Roles. Vancouver, BC Canada.
Service
Center for Studies in Jewish Education and Culture CECH Director 06-2006 -To Present
Mandel Teacher Educator Institute (MTEI) Sponsored by Mandel Foundation Member 09-2008 -To Present
Professional Affiliation
2006 -To Present: Director Center for Studies in Jewish Education and Culture.
2006 -To Present: Advisory Board Member Robert C. Parker School. Wynantskill, NY.