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  Lisa Ijiri

  Clinical Professor
  Senior Advisor to the Dean

  Dr. Lisa Ijiri is a clinical professor and senior advisor to the dean at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a senior academic administrator with over 30 years of experience in higher education leadership. Her lifelong focus has been on student access, diversity and inclusion, new program development, and educational effectiveness, […]
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  Anthony Abraham Jack

  Faculty Director, Newbury Center
  Associate Professor

  Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack is the inaugural faculty director of the Newbury Center and associate professor of higher education leadership at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Jack's research documents the overlooked diversity among lower-income undergraduates: the "doubly disadvantaged"—those who enter college from local, typically distressed public high schools—and the "privileged […]
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  Davena Jackson

  Assistant Professor

  Dr. Davena Jackson is an assistant professor of urban education in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on English education, language, and literacy, building on over 20 years of experience as an English Language Arts (ELA) teacher. Through research-practice partnerships, she centers Blackness […]
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  Pelin Jackson

  Doctoral Student

  Pelin Jackson is a doctoral student in educational studies with a specialization in mathematics and science education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests focus on designing math curricula that instill students with an affection for mathematics, increasing accessibility to productive struggle, culturally responsive teaching, and equity issues in math […]
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  Dylan James

  Associate Director, Finance & Administration
  Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education

  Dylan James is the associate director of finance and administration at the Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE) at Boston University's Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. As a key member of WISE’s leadership team, he manages budget and operational systems to ensure efficiency and compliance. Before joining Boston University, Dylan was […]
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  Reggie Jean

  Director, Upward Bound & Upward Bound Math/Science

  As director of Boston University Upward Bound (UB), Reggie Jean oversees the Upward Bound program, a federally funded TRIO college preparatory program for potential first-generation college and low-income Boston Public High School students. Mr. Jean began a connection with Upward Bound as a tutor. He served as a tutor for two years until he earned […]
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  Carol Brennan Jenkins

  Associate Professor Emerita

  Dr. Carol Brennan Jenkins is an associate professor emerita at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Jenkins worked in the field of literacy as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and teacher educator. She taught courses in literacy and coordinates the elementary education program. In addition to presenting at local and national […]
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  Laura M. Jiménez

  Senior Lecturer
  Director, Center for Educating Critically

  Dr. Laura M. Jiménez is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also the director of the Center for Educating Critically. As a white-presenting Latina lesbian, her scholarship and activism center the multiple ways teaching has always been a political […]
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  John Njikem

  Doctoral Student

  John Njikem is a doctoral student in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education. Njikem's research focuses on the use evidence-based classroom interventions such as computer-assisted instruction and explicit/systematic instruction for supporting students with specific learning disabilities in elementary schools. As a master's student at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Njikem completed […]
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  Heather Johnson

  Assistant Dean, Executive Affairs

  Heather Johnson is the assistant dean of executive affairs at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she provides strategic and executive leadership throughout the college, overseeing and managing matters of institutional importance on behalf of the dean. Before joining BU Wheelock, Dr. Johnson served as vice president of programs, […]
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  Nathan Jones

  Associate Professor

  Dr. Nathan Jones is an associate professor in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He is affiliated faculty with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC) and is a founding member of the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences. Beginning on September 1, 2023, Dr. Jones is on […]
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  Franklin Jones, Jr.

  Lecturer

  Franklin Jones, Jr., is a lecturer in Deaf Studies at BU Wheelock. His primary role involves instructing students in American Sign Language (ASL) at various proficiency levels. His research interests include Black American Sign Language (BASL) and its historical origins, linguistic intricacies, and cultural significance, as well as the resilience of Black Deaf males in […]