Retired & Emeritus Faculty
Galina Dobrynina
Dr. Galina Dobrynina is a clinical associate professor (retired) at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focused on developing innovative programs of teaching mathematics to future teachers.
Marcia Edson
Marcia Edson is a clinical assistant professor emerita in early childhood education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Ms. Edson’s research interests include science education in the preschool and primary grades. She has served as a lecturer and consultant to several school systems and professional organizations and is a regular presenter […]
Stephan Ellenwood
Dr. Stephan Ellenwood is associate professor emeritus of curriculum & teaching at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
Ellie Friedland
Dr. Ellie Friedland is a clinical associate professor emerita of early childhood education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she has taught a variety of undergraduate and graduate early childhood education courses. Her research and practice focus on education for social justice, anti-bias teaching, and teaching and learning through the […]
Charles L. Glenn
Dr. Charles L. Glenn is professor emeritus of educational leadership at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research in Europe and North America focused on urban schooling, parental choice, schooling of linguistic and racial minority pupils, religion and education, history and sociology of education, reconciling national standards with school autonomy and […]
Jay Halfond
Dr. Jay Halfond, professor of the practice emeritus, was the dean of Boston University’s Metropolitan College. He oversaw a large, multidisciplinary, innovative college, along with summer term, online distance learning, and various international initiatives for the University. He became a professor teaching full-time in 2013, and currently is a professor of the practice emeritus. He […]
Petra Hesse
Dr. Petra Hesse is clinical associate professor emerita of applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests are children’s emotional development and emotional education, children’s political socialization and political education, and children’s media and media literacy education. Trained in developmental and clinical psychology and international relations, Dr. […]
Robert J. Hoffmeister
Dr. Robert Hoffmeister is an associate professor emeritus of Deaf studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Hoffmeister focused his research on five principal areas: the acquisition of American Sign Language (ASL) by Deaf children; Deaf people as a bilingual/bicultural minority group; problems in the education of the Deaf; the […]
Lisa Ijiri
Dr. Lisa Ijiri is a clinical professor and senior advisor to the dean (retired) at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. 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. She […]
Carol Brennan Jenkins
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 […]