Publications

Scholarly Accomplishments, April 2026

BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant award for April 2026.

Awards

Anthony Abraham Jack

Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education, for Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price

Articles

Rob Martinelle and Lauren Funk

Martinelle, R., Funk, L., & Lake, J. (2026). Back then, over there, never here, never now: Fascism according to K–12 social studies standards. Theory & Research in Social Education, 1–30. https://doi.org/10.1080/00933104.2026.2640231

White Papers

Naomi Caselli

Jackson, S. (Ed.). (2026). Building inclusive science classrooms: Bringing inclusive design to life (J. Balash, N. Caselli, S. Coxon, D. Hanuscin, & D. Wilson, Contributors). LEGO Education. 

Presentations

Jennifer Bryson and Andrea Bien

Bryson, J., & Bien, A. (2026, March 13). Connecting universities and K–12 schools to prepare literacy leaders [Paper presentation]. Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Sturbridge, MA.

Cara Mattaliano and Mary Churchill

Mattaliano, C., & Churchill, M. (2026, March 17). High school internships as models of reciprocal learning on university campuses [Poster presentation]. Campus Compact 2026 Conference, Chicago, IL.

Mary Churchill and Irene Dennison

Churchill, M., & Dennison, I. (2026, March 17). Moving Boston forward together: Aligning university, school district, and city [Conference poster presentation]. Campus Compact Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

Raul Fernandez

Fernandez, R. (2025). Understanding our context: An update on policies impacting postsecondary transitions [Conference presentation]. Seamless Advising Summit. https://sites.google.com/ezmayconsulting.com/resourcelibrary/seamless-advising-summit/2025-Summit

Yasuko Kanno

Li, K., & Kanno, Y. (2026). Habitus adaptation across fields: Late-arriving multilingual learners’ cultural capital from K–16 education to the workforce [Paper presentation]. American Association for Applied Linguistics Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Kanno, Y. (2026, February). Las charlas: A case study of culturally sustaining family engagement. In D. Castro (Convener), Research on Tap: The well-being of children in immigrant families—Research on policy and practice [Conference presentation]. Boston University.

Appointments

Sen Wang

Selected mentee, SRCD emeritus mentorship program, Society for Research in Child Development. 

Raul Fernandez

Advisory Board, National Partnership for Educational Access (NPEA)

Grants

Kyle DeMeo Cook & Genevieve Guyol

From the NICU to ECE: Exploring Inequities in Early Care and Education Access for Low-Income Families with Children Born Preterm
PI: Kyle DeMeo Cook (Boston University)
Co-PI: Gen Guyol (Boston University School of Medicine; BU Wheelock)
Funder: Boston University Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being (University-Community Partnerships Research Award)