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.
Daphne Babrow
Dr. Daphne Babrow has more than 25 years leading and working in the field of early childhood systems. She is a research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development in the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED). In this position, she leads project teams, facilitates professional development, conducts qualitative […]
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 is currently studying how deaf children with hearing, nonsigning caregivers learn […]
Taylor Boyd
Taylor Boyd is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. At CEED, she works on the ACSES project and the Racial Literacy project. Prior to joining CEED, Ms. Boyd worked in New York City at a language research lab […]
Erin Campbell
Dr. Erin Campbell is a postdoctoral researcher at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Campbell studies early language and cognition among children born deaf and/or blind. Her research focuses on (1) how perceptual experience (seeing, hearing, touch) and language input shape early language development, and (2) how children and adults learn […]
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 […]
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. […]