Manager, Civil and Environmental Engineering Communication Lab
Jared Berezin leads a team of graduate and postdoc Fellows in their efforts to strengthen written, oral, and visual communication across the CEE community. Jared also collaborates with CEE students, postdocs, faculty, and staff to identify communication goals and design meaningful learning opportunities. In addition, he teaches the first-year writing course, 21W.035 (Communicating Science to the Public), and is the communication instructor for the popular mechanical engineering course, 2.00b (Toy Product Design). Jared is also the Head of House for Random Hall, an undergraduate dorm at MIT, where he is committed to supporting student wellbeing with a team of Graduate Resident Advisors (GRAs).
Before joining the Comm Lab, Jared served for nine years as a lecturer in MIT’s Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication program, where he taught in a variety of subjects, including Environmental Chemistry, Nuclear Science, Chemical Engineering, and Product Design. In this role, Jared collaborated with faculty to design active communication experiences and assignments to help students explore rhetorical principles in a variety of contexts. Jared has presented and published research on team collaboration, disability studies, metaphorical explanation, and compassion pedagogy.
Prior to joining MIT, Jared was a science writer for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, where he wrote narrative reports to educate and solicit funding from public and philanthropic organizations. He holds a BA in English from Colby College, an MA in Literature from Boston College, and a PhD in Education from Lesley University.
Please contact Jared if you have any questions or suggestions about how the Comm Lab can support CEE undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs.