Naomi Caselli, PhD
Associate Professor at Wheelock College;
Director, AI & Education Initiative;
Co-Director of the Deaf Center
- Education
- Ph.D. in Psychology and Cognitive Science, Tufts University
M.A. in Psychology, Boston University
Ed.M. in Deaf Education, Boston University
B.A. in Liberal Arts, The Evergreen State College - Office
- WED 501
- nkc@bu.edu
- Phone
- 617-358-3130
Naomi Caselli is an Associate Professor in the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University, Director of the AI & Education Initiative and Co-Director of the Deaf Center. She is hearing, and her first languages are American Sign Language (ASL) and English. She leads a research team that works to make research on language—across education, computer science, linguistics, psychology, and medicine—inclusive of sign languages, and to ensure all deaf children have access to language. Her research is centered on three questions:
- How does early language experience shape how deaf children learn language?
- How is the sign language lexicon structured, learned, and processed?
- How can we responsibly use AI to make the world more accessible to sign language users?
- Leadership
- Directors and Steering Committee
- Fields
- Hariri Faculty Affiliate