Research Affiliates
Dede Addy
Dr. Dede Addy is a research scientist at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her primary research interests are language and literacy learning and issues of racial, ethnic, and linguistic diversity in early childhood. Her training and expertise span the fields of […]
Sara Ahmed
Sara Ahmed is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include identifying effective ways to foster mental well-being and resilience among at-risk youth. Ms. Ahmed recently published a paper on the effects of mothers’ growth mindsets […]
Jenna Alton
Jenna Alton is a research scientist in the Social Learning Lab at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She studies how a child’s social world influences their thinking, learning, and behavior as a child and into adulthood.
Scott K. Baker
Dr. Scott K. Baker is a senior research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research interests are developing and testing academic interventions for use in the elementary grades. Recent News
Amelia Becker
Dr. Amelia Becker is a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on the linguistics of American Sign Language, with a particular interest in phonetics, phonology, iconicity, and how these properties interact with one another. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship award from the National Science Foundation’s […]
Johana Chaparro-Moreno
Dr. Johana Chaparro-Moreno is a postdoctoral research associate at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research integrates theories, advanced statistical methods, and technological advances from the fields of child development, literacy, and engineering to design culturally and linguistically sensitive methodologies to […]
Azaria Cunningham
Dr. Azaria Cunningham is a postdoctoral research associate at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. As an interdisciplinary teacher educator rooted in critical STEM education, her research agenda focuses on examining the dynamic interplay between pre-service teachers and teacher educators learning experiences within authentic environments, specifically through teacher-driven mechanisms like real-time coaching, mentoring, […]
Sara Feit
Sara Feit is an environmental educator who is currently serving as project manager and research scientist on the GLOBE Mission Earth project at BU Wheelock. She uses her background in early childhood education and passion for environmental science to aid teachers throughout the Greater Boston area as those educators bring data-driven science to their learners. […]
Morgan Fleming
Morgan Fleming is a predoctoral research assistant at the Wheelock Educational Policy Center, working primarily with Professor Olivia Chi on a research partnership with Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Before joining WEPC, Ms. Fleming worked as a research assistant at Trinity College Dublin, focusing on a project about neighborhood-level effects of short-term rentals […]
Ben Freeburn
Dr. Ben Freeburn is a research scientist on the Simulations for Learning and Assessing in Teacher Education (SimulaTE) project team at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research centers on mathematics teaching practices and how teachers learn to teach mathematics. Dr. Freeburn collaborates with researchers to design and study the use […]