• Esther Lazar Raizen, Ph.D
  
• Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1951.
  
• In the United States since 1982.
  
• At the University of Texas at Austin since 1983.
  
• Daughter of the late Arye and Zippora Lazar, and mother of three children.
  

• 1982-1987. Ph.D. in Foreign Language Education awarded in 1987 by the University of Texas at Austin. (Supervisor: Aaron Bar Adon)
  
• 1976-1982. M.A. in Jewish History awarded in 1982 by Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel. (Supervisor: Anita Shapira)
  
• 1972-1976. B.A. in Jewish History and Hebrew Literature awarded in 1977 by Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

Modern and classical Hebrew language and literature, Jewish history and culture, teaching Hebrew as a foreign language, computer assisted instruction, computational linguistics, academic advising and student development.

• 2003-present: Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Associate Professor
• 1997-2003: Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, assistant professor, Hebrew language coordinator
  
• 1988-1989, 1991-1997: Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, lecturer (The Hebrew Program)
  
• 1983-1987: Department of Oriental and African Languages and Literatures, assistant instructor (The Hebrew Program)
  
• 1976-1982: Tel Aviv University, Department of Jewish History and the Institute for Zionist Research, teaching and research assistant

• IITAP II competition. The University of Texas at Austin, First in Category of Resource Development, with Jane Lippmann, 2002
  
• Liberal Arts ITS award. The University of Texas at Austin, 1999, 2000, 2001 (With Jane Lippmann), 2002 (With Jane Lippmann)
  
• IITAP II competition. The University of Texas at Austin, Honorable Mention, 2001
  
• FAST Tex award. The University of Texas at Austin, sponsored by Apple and Compaq, 1998, 1999, 2000 (with Jane Lippmann), 2001
  
• University Cooperative Society Subvention Grant for publication of Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students, 2001.
  
• IITAP II competition. The University of Texas at Austin, first place (with Yaron Shemer), 1999
  
• University Cooperative Society Subvention Grant for publication of Biblical Hebrew: An Analytical Introduction, 1997.
  
• The Liberal Arts Council Teaching Award. The University of Texas at Austin, 1996, 2000.
  
• The Eyes Of Texas Excellence Award. The University of Texas at Austin, 1994.
  
• Texas Excellence Teaching Award. The University of Texas at Austin, 1993.
  
• Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. The University of Texas at Austin, 1988.

• University of Texas Vision Plan, grant for the development of a Hebrew research branch at the University of Texas Linguistics Research Center and applied linguistics units, 1998-1999, 2002-2002.
  
• Faculty Research Grant, 1999-2000.
  
• Title VI Grant for development of Hebrew Multi-Media instruction packet, 1996-2002. (some with Yaron Shemer)
  
• The University of Texas Faculty Development Program, Summer Research Assignment award, 1998.
  
• The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature grant supporting publication of No Rattling of Sabers, 1996.
  
• Project Quest equipment grant for developing a multi-media Middle East instructional package, 1995 (with Robert Holz and Ian Manners).
  
• The Raymond Dickson Professorship, grant awarded for developing a computerized advising system for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, 1994.

• 2003-present: Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Assistant Chair
• 2003-present: College of Liberal Arts, Course and Curriculum Committee
• 2003-present: University of Texas Press, Faculty Advisory Committee
• 2002-present: National Association of Professors of Hebrew, Advisory Council Board member
  
• 2002-present: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Graduate Advisor
  
• 2001-present: Histadrut Iverit, Advisory Board member, representative of the Boris Shteinshleifer Memorial Fund
  
• 2001-2003: Faculty Council member
  
• 2000-2003: International Education Fee Scholarship Committee (Chair)
  
• 1999-2003: Provost Committee on Academic Advising
• 1993-2003: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Course and Curriculum Committee (Chair)
  
• 1993-2001: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Undergraduate Advisor, Honors Advisor
  
• 1997-1999: Texas Association of Middle East Scholars, President
  

• 2003-present: Jewish Federation of Austin, Jewish Education Think Tank
  

• 2000-2002: Austin Chamber Music Center, board of trustees member, chair of Education Committee
  

• National Association of Professors of Hebrew (NAPH)
  

• American Association of University Women
  

• Master's Thesis: Great Expectations: Moshe Smilansky as a Young Public Man. Tel Aviv University, 1982 (Hebrew).
  
• Dissertation: Romanization of the Hebrew Script: Ideology, Attempts and Failure. The University of Texas at Austin, 1987.

• Esther Raizen. Modern Hebrew for Intermediate Students. University of Texas Press, 2001
  
• Esther Raizen. Modern Hebrew for Beginners. University of Texas Press, 2000 (reprints 2001, 2002).
  
• W.P. Lehmann, Esther Raizen and H.J. Hewitt. Biblical Hebrew: An Analytical Introduction. San Antonio: Wings, 1999
  
• Esther Raizen. No Rattling of Sabers: Israeli War Poetry 1940-1990. The Center for Middle Eastern Studies and The University of Texas Press, 1996.
  
• Anita Shapira and Esther Raizen , editors, 1984. Berl Katzenelson's Letters (1930-1937). Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers. (Hebrew)
  
• Esther Raizen. 1989. "Romanization in Teaching Hebrew as a Second Language." Bulletin of Higher Hebrew Education, April 1989, pp. 20-28.
  
• Esther Raizen. "To Unravel the Mystery of Existence: on the Criteria of Selection in Soldiers of Water." Middle East Review, Fall 1989, pp. 54-57.

• Modern Hebrew Project, a site including Hebrew tutorials, originally-produced video clips, audio and video interviews with Hebrew speakers, Hebrew logic puzzles, tools for the study of Hebrew linguistics and more.
  
• Hebrewer-- a Hebrew lexicon generator (with Lane Foster Harrell)
  
• Foreign Language Teachers' Toolbox (with Jane Lippmann)
  

Esther Raizen
Department of Middle Eastern Studies
1 University Station F1500
Austin, TX 78712
Telephone: (512) 475-6654; (512) 471-3881
Fax: (512) 471-7834
e-mail: er@uts.cc.utexas.edu