Teaching

Goldberg’s teaching repertoire ranges widely from history, Jewish Studies, and sociology courses for undergraduates to advanced seminars in politics, comparative and historical methods, and social theory for graduate students. He has received recognition for his teaching from students and colleagues at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including an Honored Instructor Teaching Award (2015), a Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching (2017), and a Distinguished Honors Faculty Award from the Letters & Science Honors Program (2018). He was nominated in 2021 for the Van Hise Outreach Award in recognition of the Wisconsin Idea course and public lecture series that he helped to develop and taught. His pedagogical contributions have also received wider recognition. The syllabus for his course “The Jews, States, and Citizenship” was included in The Sociology of Jewry: A Curriculum Guide and Critical Introduction, 3rd ed. (American Sociological Association, 2007). In addition, The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed him in 2016 about his role in developing a new course on the Wisconsin Idea in response to political attacks on higher education.

Goldberg’s teaching experience includes both undergraduate and graduate instruction, at private and public institutions, in the United States and abroad. He has taught in multiple formats, including lectures, seminars, tutorials, research practicums, and independent study. He has advised undergraduate and graduate students on theses that rely on a variety of methods. He also served as director of graduate studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2009–2011 and 2012–2013.