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Eran Tamir (PhD) is a senior research associate and lecturer in education at Brandeis University. A sociologist and an educational policy scholar, his research focuses on the social context of educational policy, teacher certification policy, teacher careers and labor markets, the politics of education reform, and program evaluation.

Eran's scholarly work has focused on policy debates regarding the future of teaching and teacher education including in-depth analysis of the education policy debates in New Jersey during the 1980s which led to the creation of the first alternate route to teacher certification in the U.S. Additional works on the politics of teacher education include works with Suzanne Wilson on accreditation of teacher education and analysis of the current debates over teacher education policy in the U.S.

Eran has directed the Choosing to Teach Study, a collaborative research project comparing new teachers’ decisions to teach in urban public, Catholic, and Jewish schools, and the DeLeT Longitudinal Project which tracks Jewish teachers focusing on the personal, social, and organizational factors that shape their career commitments and choices. He has published multiple works on teacher commitments, careers, and support of beginning teachers, and studies the impact of mission driven teacher education on teachers' commitments, careers, leadership and effectiveness.

His recent line of research includes a focus on principals support for beginning, teacher leadership, and evaluation of teacher preparation.