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  • Elena Forzani

    Program Director, Literacy Education
    Program Director, Reading & Literacies Education
    Assistant Professor
    Dr. Elena Forzani is director of the Literacy Education and Reading & Literacies Education programs and an assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Forzani’s research centers on using multiple and mixed methods to understand and support digital literacies practices across the elementary and secondary levels. In particular, her […]
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    Abigail Francis

    Doctoral Student
    Abigail Francis is a doctoral student in Educational Policy Studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a research assistant at the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC). Before starting her PhD, Abigail co-authored an article published in New Directions for Higher Education, presented her undergraduate honors thesis at the […]
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    Alba Franco

    Doctoral Student
    Alba Franco is a doctoral student in education with a focus on language and literacy at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a graduate research assistant at the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being. Her research examines the intersections of language, identity, and power dynamics in multilingual classrooms. She is […]
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    Katherine Frankel

    Chair, Language & Literacy Education Department
    Associate Professor
    Dr. Katherine K. Frankel is an associate professor of literacy education and chair of the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Frankel teaches graduate courses in literacy and qualitative methods. Her research focuses on adolescent literacy, broadly, including how to support adolescents’ literacy learning across […]
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    Ben Freeburn

    Research Scientist
    Dr. Ben Freeburn is a research scientist on the Simulations for Learning and Assessing in Teacher Education (SimulaTE) project team at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research centers on mathematics teaching practices and how teachers learn to teach mathematics. Dr. Freeburn collaborates with researchers to design and study the use […]
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    Cliff Freeman

    Doctoral Student
    Cliff Freeman, a PhD student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development studying mathematics and computer science education, is deeply committed to promoting access to STEM education among historically underrepresented and excluded populations of young people. His journey in this field began in the 10th grade at the Young People’s Project (YPP), […]
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    Ellie Friedland

    Clinical Associate Professor Emerita
    Dr. Ellie Friedland is a clinical associate professor emerita of early childhood education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate early childhood education courses. Her research and practice focus on education for social justice, anti-bias teaching, and teaching and learning through the […]
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    Jelonid Fuentes

    Program Coordinator
    Jelonid Fuentes is a program coordinator at the Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a data collector coordinator for the Nuestros Niños Program. In her role, she provides administrative and logistical support for both the institute and program. Her research interests include multilingual […]
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    Nicolina Fusco

    Doctoral Student
    Nicolina Fusco is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on bias-based harassment in adolescence through nationally representative sampled data. Her interests are related to identity formation in adolescence and bullying surrounding sexual orientation and identity. Before joining BU, Niki worked at […]

  • Carolyn Kurker Gallagher

    Clinical Instructor
    Carolyn Kurker Gallagher is a clinical instructor in child life & family-centered care at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She teaches both graduate and undergraduate child life classes and is also the child life field experience coordinator for current students who will be completing practicum and internship experiences in hospital and […]
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    Paris Gappmayr

    PhD Candidate
    Research Assistant
    Paris Gappmayr is a PhD candidate in the Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences program studying sign language perception and acquisition. She is affiliated with the Wheelock Deaf Center through her work as a research assistant in the Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab and is mentored by Dr. Amy Lieberman. Paris' dissertation investigates the […]