Language & Literacy Education
Mary E. Hughes
Dr. Mary Hughes is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Hughes’ research and teaching interests include linguistics, first and second language acquisition, multilingualism, language education, and language revitalization. Her first language acquisition research focuses on the interaction of syntactic and discourse–pragmatic […]
Davena Jackson
Dr. Davena Jackson is an assistant professor of urban education in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on English education, language, and literacy, building on over 20 years of experience as an English Language Arts (ELA) teacher. Through research-practice partnerships, she centers Blackness […]
Brenda LeBlanc Jaster
Brenda Le Blanc Jaster is a doctoral student in educational leadership & policy studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work is at the intersection of teacher development and critical literacy. Brenda is a special education teacher at Somerville High School, Massachusetts, where she teaches English and reading. Brenda is […]
Laura M. Jiménez
Dr. Laura M. Jiménez is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also the director of the Center for Educating Critically. As a white-presenting Latina lesbian, her scholarship and activism center the multiple ways teaching has always been a political […]
Franklin Jones, Jr.
Franklin Jones, Jr., is a lecturer in Deaf Studies at BU Wheelock. His primary role involves instructing students in American Sign Language (ASL) at various proficiency levels. His research interests include Black American Sign Language (BASL) and its historical origins, linguistic intricacies, and cultural significance, as well as the resilience of Black Deaf males in […]
Yasuko Kanno
Dr. Yasuko (“Yasko”) Kanno is a professor of language education and chair ad interim of the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is an applied linguist who specializes in immigrant English learners’ access to postsecondary education. A multilingual speaker who has lived in four different […]
Kathy MinHye Kim
Dr. Kathy MinHye Kim is a clinical assistant professor and director of the Language Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Kim’s work specializes in understanding how adult learners encode and retain second language (L2) knowledge. She examines how L2 learners develop implicit and explicit knowledge and factors that […]
Cassandra Kobelski
Cassandra Kobelski is a doctoral student in educational studies with a focus on language and literacy at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Cassandra’s research centers on teacher education for educators of bilingual and multilingual learners. Her work aims to explore how teachers’ beliefs and practices impact student learning and what steps […]
Amy M. Lieberman
Dr. Amy Lieberman is an associate professor in the Language & Literacy Education Department and serves as the director of doctoral studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Lieberman’s research explores how deaf children acquire American Sign Language (ASL), with a focus in how children learn to perceive language and […]
Anna Lim
Dr. Anna Lim is a lecturer in Deaf studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, where she teaches various topics in deaf studies and Deaf education including the dynamics of diversity, oppression, and social justice in deaf communities and sign language structure. Her research interests encompass multilingualism of deaf people of […]