Reading Education
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 […]
Katherine Frankel
Dr. Katherine K. Frankel is an associate professor of literacy education 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 disciplines in secondary (middle and high school) classrooms as […]
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
Jessica Neri
Jessica Neri is the lab manager for the Lexicon (Lex) Lab, and the Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she oversees research projects, recruitment, data collection, purchases, and day-to-day operations. Ms. Neri is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Language & […]
Sen Wang
Dr. Sen Wang is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is 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 interaction, contribute to early language development. She […]
Andrea Zayas
A nationally recognized leader in education policy and practice, Andrea Zayas envisions self-determined communities of color teeming with thinkers, doers, and makers who are inspired and prepared from youth to use their gifts in service to collective wellness. Across her career, she has leveraged her experience as a public school teacher and mother to build […]