Career Readiness
Jennifer Ash
Dr. Jennifer Ash is the director of the Policy-Aligned Research Agenda Building Lab (PARABL) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. PARABL builds partnerships with state education agencies across the country, working with education systems leaders to develop roadmaps of research questions aligned with large-scale systems change. Through this work, Dr. Ash […]
Annie Bell
Annie U. Bell is a research fellow at the Wheelock Center for Future Readiness, where she focuses on national and international career exploration program development, iteration, and continued support. Her role includes curriculum development and refinement, coordination of a national network of district leaders, maintaining the center website, working with undergraduate students, and generally helping […]
Zhouyan Bu
Zhouyan Bu is a doctoral student in applied human development at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research focuses on promoting early career development in children and shaping their career outlooks. He aims to develop strategies that foster early social-emotional experiences to support career development and readiness in youth. Zhouyan works […]
Francois Fils-Aime
Francois Fils-Aime is a doctoral student in the Education Leadership & Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Francois is an alumnus of the Lead Boston Program and the Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program at Tufts University, and the co-founder of the Brunch and Ball Mentoring Program. He is […]
Kimberly A. S. Howard
Dr. Kimberly A. S. Howard is a professor and chair of the counseling psychology & applied human development department at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Howard’s research interests include the career development process of children and youth, particularly as it is shaped by social class, gender, and race/ethnicity. She is interested […]
Mei Huang
Mei is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock in the Educational Studies program with a concentration in Education Policy. She is interested in K12 education within the U.S. and is currently conducting research on middle school math policy. Prior to starting her PhD, Mei was a Quantitative Research Analyst at MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research […]
Jennifer Lillis
Dr. Jennifer Lillis is a research scientist at the Wheelock Education Policy Center at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she investigates the roles and working conditions of special educators, aiming to improve support systems and instructional quality. Her research also focuses on enhancing college and career readiness, and […]
Nampeera Lugira
Nampeera Lugira is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research examines the leadership practices and organizational conditions that support sustained improvement in urban high schools. Nampeera is particularly interested in Ubuntu, the African philosophy expressed as “I am because we […]
Gabriela Martinez Berio
Gabriela Martinez Berio is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Originally from Puerto Rico, Gabriela has built her career around helping students navigate the transition from college to the world beyond it. Gabriela currently serves as associate director of career […]
Maria Pokrovskaya
Maria Pokrovskaya is a doctoral student in higher education leadership at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Maria’s research is dedicated to bridging global talent and higher education, designing strategies that scale innovative programs, drive educational equity, and harness global creative economies to strengthen regional workforce development. Her work combines case studies, […]