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  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 […]
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  Luna Hwang

  Doctoral Student

  Luna Hwang is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program. Luna's research interests include special education, early childhood education, elementary education, math education, reading education, social justice in education, and teacher preparation. During her time at UMass Amherst, Luna was a teaching assistant for Bob Malloy and taught […]
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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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  Andrew Johnson

  Postdoctoral Associate

  Andrew Johnson is a postdoctoral associate in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies department at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Working in collaboration with Dr. Jerry Whitmore, Dr. Johnson conducts research on higher education financial aid and student loan forgiveness policies. Andrew also serves as an affiliate researcher with the Wheelock […]