Faculty
Leslie Dietiker
Dr. Leslie Dietiker is the associate dean for research at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development and an associate professor of mathematics education. Her research focuses attention on the curricular perspectives of mathematics teachers and their use of mathematics curriculum materials. Dr. Dietiker is the recipient of the Boston University Metcalf Award for Excellence […]
Christina L. Dobbs
Dr. Christina L. Dobbs is an associate professor and director of the English Education for Equity & Justice program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include adolescent writing development in the disciplines, supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students in secondary classrooms, disciplinary literacy, and teacher beliefs and professional […]
Tina M. Durand
Dr. Tina M. Durand is a clinical associate professor of applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is the program director of the PhD in Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development. Dr. Durand is a developmental psychologist with a background in community-based programming for families, and a former […]
Lana Edwards Santoro
Dr. Lana Edwards Santoro is a research professor in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She has presented extensively on how to apply evidence-based instructional strategies in the classroom. She has also coauthored multiple reading programs for elementary-grade students who struggle with reading, including Early Reading Intervention […]
Ellen E. Faszewski
Dr. Ellen Faszewski is the associate dean for student affairs and a clinical professor in the Science Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a cell and developmental biologist whose primary research interests are amphibian development and sponge immunology. As associate dean for student affairs, Dr. Faszewski has […]
Raul Fernandez
Dr. Raul Fernandez is a senior lecturer in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where he studies, writes, and teaches about inequities in education. Previously, he served as associate dean for equity, diversity & inclusion. He is also an appointee to the Racial Imbalance […]
Hank Fien
Dr. Hank Fien is the Nancy H. Roberts Professor of Educational Innovation in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He is also the director of the Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE) and the National Center on Improving Literacy. Dr. Fien’s research is focused […]
Edson Filho
Dr. Edson Filho is an associate professor of sport, exercise & performance psychology at Boston University, where he is also the director of the Performance, Recovery & Optimization (PRO) Lab. Dr. Filho’s research centers on performance optimization in individual and team settings. He studies the individual and shared zones of optimal functioning as well as […]
Elena Forzani
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 […]
Katherine Frankel
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 […]