Elizabeth Bettini
Dr. Elizabeth Bettini is an associate professor in the Special Education program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Bettini’s research examines factors shaping the special education teacher workforce, particularly how working conditions contribute to the shortage of special education teachers and to inequities in access to skilled, committed special education teachers, […]
Margaret Carroll
Margaret Carroll is a doctoral student at Boston University studying special education with a focus on teacher mental health and well-being. She is also a member of Project LINC. She previously earned a Master of Education in Special Education and Bachelors degrees in both History and Social Studies Education from Boston University. Margaret spent five […]
Mary Churchill
Dr. Mary L. Churchill is the Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Community Engagement at Wheelock College. In this role, she manages strategic partnerships, including the college’s relationship with Boston Public Schools where she represents the college at BPS Equity Roundtable convenings. She currently serves on several local advisory boards: Boston Universal Pre-K, BU’s Initiative […]
Kathya Correa Almanza
Kathya was the 2024-2025 Menino Fellow. Passionate about mental health, education, and public policy, Kathya aims to create a more equitable world for youth. Originally from San Francisco, she has been actively involved in community organizing, addressing immigration, gentrification, and educational inequality. She is an advocate who believes in the power of art, policy, and […]
Stephanie Curenton
Dr. Stephanie M. Curenton is a professor in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and the director of the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED). She is also a senior fellow at the Harvard University Center on the Developing Child and is a nonresident […]
Gary DeYoung
Gary DeYoung is originally from the Boston area and worked in education in Mississippi and Arkansas for a number of years after graduating from college. He returned to Boston for graduate school, first earning a Master’s in Psychology, and now wrapping up a PhD in Applied Human Development from BU Wheelock College—what he calls a […]
Genelle Diaz-Silveira
Genelle Diaz-Silveira is a doctoral student in the math and science education specialization of the Educational Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She believes that preparing students to solve 21st-century environmental problems requires engaging them in critical examinations of the value judgments and assumptions made by dominant science and […]
Raul Fernandez
Dr. Raul Fernandez is a senior lecturer in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where he studies, writes, and teaches about inequities in education. Previously, he served as associate dean for equity, diversity & inclusion. He is also an appointee to the Racial Imbalance […]
Jennifer Greif Green
Dr. Jennifer Greif Green is a professor in special education and a child clinical psychologist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on supporting student mental health and well-being. She conducts studies on teacher identification of students with mental health needs and reducing racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service […]
Melissa K. Holt
Dr. Melissa K. Holt is a professor of counseling psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and a licensed psychologist. She is also director of the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University and the Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor.