Technology
Aaron Brakoniecki
Dr. Aaron Brakoniecki is a senior lecturer and program director for the Mathematics Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He currently teaches mathematics education courses to prospective and practicing middle and high school mathematics teachers. His research focuses on preservice teachers’ mathematics knowledge for teaching and the impacts of […]
Nermeen Dashoush
Dr. Nermeen Dashoush is a clinical assistant professor of early childhood at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on leveraging media and technology to provide access to high-quality STEM education. Her research interests include enhancing discourse between adults and children, elevating classroom quality, and STEM informal learning spaces. Dr. […]
Elena Forzani
Dr. Elena Forzani is an assistant professor in literacy education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Forzani’s research centers on using multiple and mixed methods to understand and support digital literacies practices across the elementary and secondary levels. In particular, her work investigates the cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational dimensions of […]
Maliki Ghossainy
Dr. Maliki Eyvonne Ghossainy is a senior research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. A psychological scientist and statistician, she integrates social, cognitive, cultural, and biological mechanisms into a model of belief formation across the early childhood years. Using mixed-methods designs, Dr. Ghossainy studies the sophisticated ways in which children judiciously […]
Joshua Goodman
Dr. Joshua Goodman is an associate professor of education and of economics at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where he works on the economics of education policy. His research applies causal inference methods to large quantitative data sets, to provide rigorous evidence on the impacts of education policies. His work focuses […]
John Njikem
John Njikem is a doctoral student in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education. Njikem’s research focuses on the use evidence-based classroom interventions such as computer-assisted instruction and explicit/systematic instruction for supporting students with specific learning disabilities in elementary schools. As a master’s student at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Njikem completed […]
Maria C. Olivares
Dr. Maria Olivares is a research assistant professor in the Language & Literacy Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is affiliated with the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. She is an artist, poet, and research scientist whose work explicitly acknowledges and challenges the role of race and […]
Carla Romney
Dr. Carla Romney is the director of research for CityLab, a pre-college biomedical sciences program that develops and implements laboratory-based curriculum supplements that are intended to inspire young people to pursue STEM and health professions careers. As a principal investigator on CityLab’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science Education Partnership Award grants, she is responsible […]
Katelyn Suchyta
Katelyn Suchyta is a doctoral student in educational leadership & policy studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Her research focus is on elementary mathematics practices, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Katelyn works as the hospital teacher/school liaison at the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center […]
Eli Tucker-Raymond
Dr. Eli Tucker-Raymond is a research associate professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Tucker-Raymond’s research focuses on ways to connect learning spaces to youth culture and to the human experience as a relational phenomenon more broadly, particularly for young people who come from groups that are disproportionately affected negatively […]