Reading Education
Mary Bready
Mary Bready is a project coordinator on the Evidence-Based AI in Learning (EVAL) Industry Collaborative. In this role, she is supporting the launch of the EVAL Competition by coordinating logistics, managing partner communications, and contributing to the design of evaluation and submission processes. Before coming to BU Wheelock, Ms. Bready earned a master’s in child […]
Allie Jane Bruce
Allie Jane Bruce is a doctoral student in the Language & Literacy program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research is located at the intersection of visual literacy, early childhood, and race & racism; she is interested in how young children process and make meaning of racial content and messaging in […]
Jennifer Bryson
Dr. Jennifer Bryson is a senior lecturer and director of the Elementary Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In her research, Dr. Bryson uses sociocognitive and sociocultural theories of learning to examine the role of family literacy projects as a tool to bridge home and school literacy. Her research […]
Erica Caasi
Dr. Erica Caasi is a clinical assistant professor in the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She prepares future educators and partners alongside practicing teachers and schools to support culturally responsive and community-engaged literacy practices. Her scholarly work explores representation in literature for youth and investigates […]
Katherine Frankel
Dr. Katherine K. Frankel is an associate professor of literacy education and chair of the Language & Literacy Education Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Frankel teaches graduate courses in literacy and qualitative methods. Her research focuses on adolescent literacy, broadly, including how to support adolescents’ literacy learning across […]
Amanda Gundlach
Amanda Gundlach is a research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she supports researchers in creating and implementing early elementary reading curriculum to better meet the needs of struggling readers. Before coming to BU Wheelock, Ms. Gundlach was an elementary school teacher for 10 years. Pronouns: she/her
Marissa Piligian
Dr. Marissa Piligian is a part-time instructor at Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she teaches graduate-level courses in the master of education in special education program and serves as a practicum supervisor for licensure-seeking teacher candidates. In addition to her work at BU, Dr. Piligian holds a full-time position at […]
Emily Saunders
Dr. Emily Saunders is a postdoctoral research associate in the Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab at BU Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Her research centers on the dynamics of visual attention between deaf children and their signing caregivers, with a particular focus on early literacy activities such as shared book reading. […]
Sarah Sayko
Dr. Sarah Sayko is an associate research professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, with an appointment in the Teaching & Learning Department. Her primary affiliation is within the Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE). She has extensive experience providing capacity-building technical assistance to state, regional, and local education […]
Sen Wang
Dr. Sen Wang is a research assistant professor in the Teaching & Learning Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE). Dr. Wang’s research explores how various types of language exposure, through books, multimedia, and social […]