Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy is a high school teacher at the Marist School and has led student trips to Washington, DC and across Europe to visit concentration camps and other significant historical sites, and authored the comprehensive "Bearing Witness" guide for ACIS (the American Council for International Studies) on best practices in Holocaust education. Brendan is the recipient of many awards related to Holocaust studies including the Georgia Educator of the Year in 2009 and 2016, the Outstanding Educator Award from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, the Abe Goldstein Human Relations Award from the Anti-Defamation League, Teacher of the Year from the University of Notre Dame, and the Goizueta Chair of Excellence at Marist School.

Teaching students to bear witness

Brendan MurphyBrendan Murphy is a high school teacher at the Marist School and has led student trips to Washington, DC and across Europe to visit concentration camps and other significant historical sites,…

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