Doctoral Students
Ya Su
Ya Su is a doctoral student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Currently, Ya serves as the associate director of International Alumni Networks at Boston University, where she cultivates essential relationships with alumni across Asia through diverse programs and communications. Ya’s previous roles include serving as an international project manager at […]
Mitali Temurnikar
Mitali Temurnikar is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and a research assistant at the VOICE (Valuing Openness, Inclusion, and Critical Education) Lab. Her research examines psychological safety in schools, the role of identity in fostering belonging, and strategies to expand equitable access to mental […]
Noah Veloz
Noah Veloz is a doctoral student in the Language & Literacy Education program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Their focus is on adult immigrant and refugee education, focusing on the nonprofit sector and language acquisition for adults with limited or interrupted formal education. This was also the subject of their master’s […]
Pei Wang
Pei Wang is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on the social-emotional development of adolescents within diverse social, economic, and cultural contexts. She aims to develop culture-based strategies to support the positive development of adolescents from […]
Emily Wu
Emily Wu is a doctoral student in counseling psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a research member of the ARISE Lab under the advisement of Dr. Grace Kim. Her research aims to uncover the risk and resilience trajectories linked to racial trauma in ethnically minoritized youth. By identifying […]
Jingyi Xu
Jingyi Xu is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. She works in the Social Learning Lab, which is directed by Dr. Kathleen Corriveau. Her research centers on culture and social cognitive development. She is interested in studying how cultural and religious values […]
Yan Yan
Yan Yan is a doctoral student in Language & Literacy Education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her areas of research include pedagogy-focused applied linguistics on writing research, deficiencies in TESOL teacher training, and applications to college academic writing instruction. Before joining BU, she taught practical English at Penn Graduate School of […]
Nina Ye
Nina Ye is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research broadly focuses on children’s social-cognitive development. Specifically, she investigates how children make use of intentions to learn and share information. The questions that guide her research are 1) What constitutes a reliable […]
Yunee H. Yoon
Yunee H. Yoon is a doctoral student in the Educational Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores how career and technical education (CTE) and STEM education affect student educational and labor market outcomes. Before joining BU Wheelock, Yunee worked directly with the governments of Korea, Zambia, […]
Xi “CiCi” Yu
Xi “CiCi” Yu is a doctoral student in Educational Studies/Math & Science Education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests focus on power, identity, and race in US K–12 mathematics classrooms. CiCi is a graduate student researcher on the STEM Cascades project through the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. […]