Eric Bernstein serves as the Director of Curriculum Advancement for the University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine. He holds appointments as an Assistant Professor in both the Division of General Dentistry of the School of Dental Medicine and in the Department of Educational Leadership at the Neag School of Education.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
EdD	University of Pennsylvania	Educational & Organizational Leadership
JD	University of Connecticut School of Law	Law

Name & Description	Category	Role	Type	Scope	Start Year	End Year
American Education Research Association	Professional/Scientific Organization			International
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development	Professional/Scientific Organization			International
National Association for Multicultural Education	Professional/Scientific Organization			National
American Dental Education Association	Professional/Scientific Organization			National

Dr. Bernstein’s primary research focuses on capturing the experiences of educators around problems of practice for the creation of scalable Peer-to-Peer Professional Development (P2P-PD) for practitioners through the use of online branching simulations. His other research and writing focuses on the schooling experiences of students from historically marginalized groups, research methods in education, and the quality of teaching and learning in professional dental education.

Journal Articles

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Instructional Systems and the Construction of Knowledge	Other	American Educational Research Association	2014	Philadelphia, PA
Online Multi-media Branching Simulations to Promote Professional Learning Among PK-12 Educational Leaders	Talk	Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning	2013	Orlando, FL
Hegemonic Mitigation and Racist Aggravation: Extreme Disparate Impact of K-12 Zero Tolerance Policies	Lecture	National Association for Multicultural Education Annual Meeting	2013	Oakland, CA
The Use of Online Simulations For Problem-Based, Context-Rich Leadership Development Across the Educational Leadership Career Lifespan	Talk	University Council for Educational Administration Annual Meeting	2013	Indianapolis, IN
Social Learning Through the Synchronous Use of Online Simulations	Other	Immersive Learning University Symposium	2013	San Antonio, TX
Increasing the Use of a Vignette Interview Technique in Qualitative Educational Research	Lecture	American Educational Research Association	2012	Vancouver, BC, Canada