Applied Human Development

Pei Wang

Pei Wang 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 the social-emotional development of adolescents within diverse social, economic, and cultural contexts. She aims to develop culture-based strategies to support the positive development of adolescents from […]

Samuel Williams

Sam Williams is a part-time instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. He has been in the nonprofit sector for over twenty years. Mr. Williams is the founder of One Circle Health and Wellness, LLC. He has been instrumental in various local, statewide, and national initiatives, including historical racial injustice, racial […]

Jingyi Xu

Jingyi Xu is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. She works in the Social Learning Lab, which is directed by Dr. Kathleen Corriveau. Her research centers on culture and social cognitive development. She is interested in studying how cultural and religious values […]

Nina Ye

Nina Ye is a doctoral student in the Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research broadly focuses on children’s social-cognitive development. Specifically, she investigates how children make use of intentions to learn and share information. The questions that guide her research are 1) What constitutes a reliable […]