Publications

Scholarly Accomplishments October 2025

BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for October 2025.

Articles

Aaron Brakoniecki

Brakoniecki, A. (2021). One task, multiple proportional reasoning strategies. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12. (Reprinted 2025, in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12, 118(7), 506–514). https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtlt/118/7/article-p506.xml

Kyle DeMeo Cook

Fisk, E., Lombardi, C. M., & Cook, K. D. (2025). Supporting prenatal families: Perspectives from Early Head Start staff. Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70041

Cook, K. D., & Guyol, G. (2025, September 18). Early childhood education matters for child, family and community health: A conceptual framework. Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being, Research in Progress, Boston University.

Jennifer Greif Green

Green, J. G., & Johnson, R. M. (2025). School mental health services: A source of hope, currently under threat. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(25)02040-4/abstract

Eve Manz

Manz, E., Ward, A., & Wells, A. (2025). Connecting design and experience: Tracing uncertainty through classroom science investigations. Science Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.70015

Kaylene Stevens

Stevens, K. M., Fife, E., & Martell, C. C. (2025). “It has a chilling effect”: How secondary social studies teachers across the country are navigating discriminatory censorship laws. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15505170.2025.2549839

Presentations

Mary Churchill

Churchill, M. (2025, July). Contemporary challenges of governance for women presidents in higher education [Conference paper]. 5th International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco. https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/157791

Churchill, M. (2025, July). Access to education and knowledge: Crucial shared spaces for creating understanding and building democracy [Conference presentation]. 5th International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco. https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2025/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/157817

Churchill, M. (2025, September 23). The Conversation on Higher Ed [Invited talk]. Boston Public Library, Boston, MA. https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68b05e17d7b6cc3d009b901d

Jalene Tamerat

Tamerat, J. (2025, August 13). Exploring reciprocity in global community engagement [Roundtable discussion]. International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE) Annual Conference, Durban, South Africa. https://www.iarslce.org/2025conference

Tamerat, J., & Adkins-Sharif, J. (2025, July 18). Breaking down hierarchies: Co-designing teaching and learning for educational transformation [Conference workshop]. ASCD Ghana International Educators’ Summit, Accra, Ghana. https://ghascd.org/event/ies2025/

Appointments

Mary Churchill

Appointed as co-chair of the Boston Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network

Grants

Eve Manz

Co-Design as a Strategy for Translation and for Scaling and Sustaining K–12 STEM Innovations
PI: William Penuel (University of Colorado Boulder) Co-PI: Eve Manz
Funder: National Science Foundation

Eve Manz and Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano

Designing School District Infrastructures that Support Elementary Science Learning through Leveraging Students’ Communicative Practices
Funder: National Science Foundation

Jennifer Greif Green

Project InSTEP: Intensive Support Training for Educators and Practitioners
Funder: Office of Special Education Programs