Applied Human Development
Jennifer Hurley
Jennifer Hurley, LMHC, is a part-time instructor in the Counseling Psychology program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Outside teaching graduate-level courses in counseling psychology, she is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Hopkinton, Mass. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy for children, adolescents, and adults. Ms. Hurley has […]
Grace Kim
Clinical professor Dr. Grace S. Kim is the chair of the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Kim was trained in clinical psychology and researches social justice education and Asian American psychology. She explores how students understand the meanings of diversity; how to […]
Soe Young Lee
Soe Young Lee is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests lie in positive youth development, critical consciousness, teaching and parenting practices, and ethnic-racial identity development. Following her passion to empower youths in minority populations, she hopes to identify ways to […]
John McCarthy
Dr. John McCarthy is a clinical associate professor of applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He oversees the coaching specialization in the physical education, health, and coaching graduate program. He is also the director of the Institute for Athletic Coach Education, which offers training and education for coaches […]
Michael A. Medina
Dr. Michael A. Medina is an assistant professor and director of the Applied Human Development program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. As a Latino first-generation college graduate, Dr. Medina is interested in the systems and contexts that support student success. His research examines the benefits of ethnic-racial identity development and diversity […]
Emily Miller
Emily Miller is a research assistant with the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include the impact of trauma on mental health and the roles that social drivers of health and relational health play in promoting well-being. She has experience […]
Jenny Nissel
Dr. Jenny Nissel is a postdoctoral research associate in applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores the imagination across cultures and development. In her primary line of work, she investigates developing possibility conceptions, with a particular focus on how theories about the way the world works—both […]
Ola Ozernov-Palchik
Dr. Ola Ozernov-Palchik is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and core faculty at the AI & Education Initiative. She is also a research scientist at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik’s multi-disciplinary research centers on the cognitive neuroscience of language and literacy development, with […]
Chong Myung Park
Dr. Chong Myung Park is a research scientist in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on the examination of career development in K–12 and post-secondary settings and as a lifelong learning process. Specific areas of research include college and career […]
Manuel Ramirez
Manuel (Manny) Angel Ramirez is a doctoral student in educational studies with a specialization in special education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. A first-generation Latino graduate student, Manuel’s research interests focus on equity in Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and families’ linguistic and cultural comprehension of special education laws. In particular, Manuel […]