View

Research Interests

Affiliations

Departments

Programs

343 result(s) found.

  • Petra Hesse

    Clinical Associate Professor Emerita
    Dr. Petra Hesse is clinical associate professor emerita of applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests are children’s emotional development and emotional education, children’s political socialization and political education, and children’s media and media literacy education. Trained in developmental and clinical psychology and international relations, Dr. […]
  • Photo of Destiny Ho

    Destiny Ho

    Research Fellow
    Destiny Ho is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. At CEED, she works on the Reimagining Childcare Study and serves as the RISER Network coordinator. Before joining CEED, Ms. Ho worked as a graduate research assistant to Dr. […]

  • Robert J. Hoffmeister

    Associate Professor Emeritus
    Dr. Robert Hoffmeister is an associate professor emeritus of Deaf studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Hoffmeister focused his research on five principal areas: the acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) by Deaf children; Deaf people as a bilingual/bicultural minority group; problems in the education of the Deaf; the […]

  • Melissa K. Holt

    Director, Kilachand Honors College
    Arvind and Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Professor
    Professor, Counseling Psychology
    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. Dr. Holt's research explores how adolescents’ exposure to violence—particularly bias-based harassment […]
  • Headshot of Ashley Houston King

    Ashley Houston King

    Doctoral Student
    Ashley Houston King is a doctoral student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development studying language and literacy in education. Her research interests include studying the intersections of identities, race, and Blackness in education. She currently works in public middle and high schools where she is interested in studying in- and out-of-school […]
  • Kimberly Howard

    Kimberly A. S. Howard

    Chair, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
    Professor
    Dr. Kimberly A. S. Howard is a professor and chair of counseling psychology & applied human development department at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Howard’s research interests include the career development process of children and youth, particularly as it is shaped by social class, gender, and race/ethnicity.  She is interested in […]
  • Headshot of Mei Huang

    Mei Huang

    Doctoral Student
    Mei is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock in the Educational Studies program with a concentration in Education Policy. She is interested in K12 education within the U.S. and is currently conducting research on middle school math policy. Prior to starting her PhD, Mei was a Quantitative Research Analyst at MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research […]

  • Yawei Huang

    Doctoral Student
    Yawei Huang is a doctoral student in applied human development at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a research assistant at CERES Institute for Children & Youth. Her research interests focus on the role of supportive social networks in promoting optimal developmental outcomes in adolescents, such as academic motivation, academic […]
  • Headshot of Pierre Huberson.

    Pierre Huberson

    Doctoral Student
    Pierre Huberson is a doctoral student in higher education leadership at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research interests center on the affordability of higher education, with a particular emphasis on how financial pressures affect access, equity, and student success. Pierre currently serves as assistant vice president of media technologies and […]
  • Photo of Mary Hughes

    Mary E. Hughes

    Co-program director, EdM in TESOL Applied Linguistics and TESOL Certificate
    Senior Lecturer
    Dr. Mary Hughes is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and co-director of the EdM in TESOL Applied Linguistics and TESOL graduate certificate programs. Dr. Hughes' research and teaching interests include linguistics, first and second language acquisition, multilingualism, language education, and […]
  • Shows Sherri Hughes, who has short gray hair and is wearing blue rimmed glasses, a blue shirt, and a multicolored scarf

    Sherri Hughes

    Program Director, Executive EdD in Higher Education Leadership
    Senior Lecturer
    Dr. Sherri Lind Hughes is a senior lecturer in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is the program director for the Executive EdD in Higher Education Leadership. Before coming to BU Wheelock, Dr. Hughes was the interim provost and senior vice president at […]

  • Alisa Hunter

    Part-time Instructor
    Alisa Hunter is a part-time instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she teaches positive youth development. In the classroom, Ms. Hunter guides students through adolescent developmental systems, social contexts, and evidence-based practices that center equity and cultural responsiveness. She emphasizes applied learning, integrating students’ professional interests into coursework and […]