Applied Human Development
Jenny Nissel
Dr. Jenny Nissel is a research assistant professor 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 possibility conceptions, with a particular focus on how theories about the way the world works—both natural and sociocultural—constrain developing beliefs […]
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 […]
Sejal Patel
Dr. Sejal Patel is a board certified clinical psychologist and certified group psychotherapist in private practice who specializes in the treatment of couples and families. She is the former group coordinator and staff psychologist at MIT Student Counseling Center. She is currently a faculty member at the Psychodynamic Couples and Family Institute of New England […]
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 […]
William Rodriguez
William Rodriguez is a senior lecturer at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He teaches primarily in the areas of youth justice and advocacy, juvenile law, and positive youth development. His pedagogical teaching approach is to integrate much of his experience as a practitioner to the theoretical foundations of knowledge that are […]
Justin Ruiz
Justin Ruiz is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research interests involve looking at how children learn from and trust both human and nonhuman sources, with a focus on media and technology. Justin is also interested in thinking about ways to […]
Rebecca Shangraw
Dr. Rebecca Shangraw is a senior lecturer in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on identifying and investigating recommended teaching practices to use when instructing physical education students or athletes who have specific learning disabilities, ADHD, or autism. Recent News
Tanya Songtachalert
Tanya Songtachalert is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on mental healthcare accessibility for Asian and Asian American individuals, and how food and shared mealtimes can be used to increase access and efficacy of group therapy […]
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 […]