Assistant (Teaching) Professor of Clinical Education
Ed.D., University of Pennsylvania; J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law
Concentration: Teacher Education
Expertise: Teacher education, educational leadership, online learning, high-needs educational environments, racial microaggressions in public schools, and school law.
E-Mail: eric.bernstein@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 438-9516
Curriculum Vitae & Publications
Eric Bernstein is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Education at the USC Rossier School of Education. Eric teaches courses in the Master of Arts in Teaching program.
Eric is currently involved in a research collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education focused on capturing the experiences of school leaders around problems of practice for the creation of scalable Peer-to-Peer Professional Development (P2P-PD) for education leadership practitioners. His other research and writing focuses of the schooling experiences of students from historically marginalized groups, qualitative methods of research in education, and contemporary legal issues in education.
Prior to his appointment at Rossier, Eric was the principal of two urban Connecticut high schools and served as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Hartford. Eric has also taught mathematics and social studies at the secondary level. Eric earned a J.D. with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, an Ed.D. in Educational and Organizational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut.