Staff

Steve Roeder

Steve Roeder is the executive assistant to the dean at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, acting as the liaison between the dean’s office and the faculty, staff, partners, and community at large. He is responsible for scheduling the dean’s activities, coordinating projects, preparing correspondence, and prioritizing activities that require the dean’s […]

Sofia Romero

As senior director of marketing & communications at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Sofia Romero directs the creation and execution of strategic, comprehensive, and multi-platform communications to support the College’s recruitment and programmatic goals. She works closely with the Dean’s Office to promote priority areas of focus, collaborate with key stakeholders, […]

Carla Romney

Dr. Carla Romney is the director of research for CityLab, a pre-college biomedical sciences program that develops and implements laboratory-based curriculum supplements that are intended to inspire young people to pursue STEM and health professions careers. As a principal investigator on CityLab’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award grants, she is responsible […]

Barry Rosenwasser

Barry Rosenwasser is a program supervisor in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He supervises and mentors students seeking their teaching licensure in their pre-practicum and full practicum placements. In addition, he supports students doing a field placement for their special education minor. Mr. Rosenwasser has been in the […]

Emily Saunders

Dr. Emily Saunders is a postdoctoral research associate in the Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab at BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Her research centers on the dynamics of visual attention between deaf children and their signing caregivers, with a particular focus on early literacy activities such as shared book reading. […]

AnneMarie Schiller

As senior administrative coordinator, AnneMarie Schiller supports the associate dean for academic affairs, including BU Wheelock’s Professional Preparation Office and Undergraduate Program, while coordinating with Human Resources/Payroll, Summer Term and BU Virtual. She also supports the associate dean for student affairs while coordinating with the Data & Enrollment Management Office. She organizes and prepares all […]

Matthew Snyder

Matthew Snyder is an administrative coordinator in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He previously worked as a senior program coordinator in Faculty Services at the Boston University Law School. Prior to that, Matthew worked on a horse farm. In his spare time, he is an […]

Lauren Somers

Lauren Somers is the human resources administrator at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she supports the college’s human resources needs across employee groups, including faculty, staff, researchers, and temporary workers. Ms. Somers comes to BU Wheelock with a background in HR operations and talent acquisition, and serves as […]

Annabel Stoler

Dr. Annabel Stoler is a postdoctoral research associate in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She works with Dr. Meghan Shaughnessy to explore collaborative pedagogical reasoning between mentor and novice teachers. Her research focuses on the relational aspects of teaching math and science, and she seeks […]

Emily Stolz

Emily Stolz is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University. Her research interests center on the ways in which schools support the ethnic-racial identity development of young children. She approaches this topic from a strengths-based, ecological lens by considering the messages that children receive about their […]