Ellen E. Faszewski
Clinical Professor
Dr. Ellen Faszewski is a clinical professor in the Science Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a cell and developmental biologist whose primary research interests are amphibian development and sponge immunology.
Dr. Faszewski is an environmental advocate with experience organizing annual events, including the Colleges of the Fenway Muddy River Symposium and Muddy River clean-up. Her work has been recognized by the Maintenance and Management Oversight Committee of the Muddy River Restoration Project and Colleges of the Fenway. She is currently a member of the Muddy Water Initiative Advisory Board. She also uses her passion for STEM education by collaborating with Massachusetts General Hospital’s Youth Scholars STEM Program for rising 10th graders.
As BU Wheelock’s associate dean for student affairs, Dr. Faszewski has examined the impacts of mergers in higher education on academic engagement and performance, interpersonal relationships, and psychological well-being. Passionate about addressing food insecurity on college campuses, she worked in collaboration with the executive director of the University’s Well-Being Initiative to obtain funding from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts/Department of Education to centralize and expand food pantry access and education at Boston University.
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Education
PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
MA, Mount Holyoke College
BA, Elms College
Selected Presentations
Durand T., Faszewski, E. E., Murphy, K., Villegas-Reimers, E. (2023). Thriving as an indicator of student and institutional success during a higher education merger. Annual meeting of NASPA, Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Boston, MA.
Durand T., Faszewski, E. E., Murphy, K., Villegas-Reimers, E. (2023). “It wasn't what I expected": Students’ Perspectives and Experiences on a Higher Education Merger. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Chicago, IL.