Yasuko Kanno
Professor of Language Education, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
Dr. Yasuko Kanno is a professor of language education in the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She specializes in English learner (EL) education and works closely with local schools in the Greater Boston area to expand educational opportunities for multilingual learners, particularly their access to college. Dr. Kanno’s most recent book, English Learners’ Access to Postsecondary Education: Neither College nor Career Ready (Multilingual Matters, 2021), is an ethnographic case study that follows seven ELs through their last two years of high school, examining how their access to postsecondary education was systematically reduced. More recently, Dr. Kanno has been exploring the Massachusetts Early College Initiative as a potential policy lever to increase ELs’ college enrollment.