Administrative Directory
For a detailed, searchable listing of BU Wheelock faculty and staff, visit the website directory.
Leadership
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Linda Banks-Santilli
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor -
Mary L. Churchill
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
Professor of the Practice -
Meagan Comb
Assistant Dean, Executive Affairs
Executive Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center -
Kathleen Corriveau
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Professor -
Leslie Dietiker
Associate Dean, Research
Associate Professor -
Ellen E. Faszewski
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Clinical Professor -
Ryan Lovell
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs
Director, Professional Preparation -
Matthew Sullivan
Assistant Dean, Administration & Finance
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Bobbi Woldt
Assistant Dean, Development
Academic Department Chairs
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Katherine Frankel
Chair, Language & Literacy Education
Associate Professor -
Grace S. Kim
Chair, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
Clinical Professor -
Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Chair, Teaching & Learning Department
Clinical Professor -
Marcus A. Winters
Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Professor
Faculty Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Academic Program Directors
Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development
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Bobby Hiep Bui
Program Director, EdM in Counseling
Senior Lecturer -
Tina M. Durand
Program Director, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development PhD
Clinical Associate Professor -
Michael A. Medina
Program Director, Applied Human Development
Assistant Professor -
Claire White
Program Director, Child Life & Family-Centered Care
Senior Lecturer
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
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Mary L. Churchill
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
Professor of the Practice -
Sherri Hughes
Program Director, Executive EdD in Higher Education Leadership
Senior Lecturer -
Jalene Tamerat
Director, Carol Johnson Leadership Fellowship
Senior Lecturer -
Ariel Tichnor-Wagner
Program Director, MA in Educational Policy Studies
Lecturer -
Jeffrey M. Young
Program Director, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Master Lecturer
Language & Literacy Education
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Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano
Program Director, TESOL Multilingual Learner Education (Licensure)
Lecturer -
Andrew R. Bottoms
Program Director, Deaf Studies
Senior Lecturer -
Elena Forzani
Program Director, Literacy Education
Assistant Professor -
Kathy Minhye Kim
Program Director, Language Education
Clinical Assistant Professor
Teaching & Learning
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Aaron Brakoniecki
Program Director, Mathematics Education
Senior Lecturer -
Jennifer Bryson
Program Director, Elementary Education
Program Director, Reading Education
Faculty Director, Educator Preparation
Senior Lecturer -
Lindsey Chapman
Program Director, Special Education
Senior Lecturer -
Felicity Crawford
Program Director, Education for Equity & Social Justice
Clinical Associate Professor -
Christina L. Dobbs
Program Director, English Education
Associate Professor -
Peter Garik
Program Director, Science Education
Clinical Associate Professor -
Rob Martinelle
Program Director, Social Studies Education
Senior Lecturer -
Karen Murphy
Program Director, Early Childhood
Clinical Associate Professor -
Catherine Ritz
Program Director, Curriculum & Teaching and World Language Education
Clinical Assistant Professor
Doctoral Studies
Undergraduate Program
Department Administrative Coordinators
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Tiana Batista
Administrative Coordinator, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
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Charlotte Kaufman
Senior Administrative Coordinator, Language & Literacy Education Dept and
Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Dept -
AnneMarie Schiller
Senior Administrative Coordinator, Academic Affairs & Student Affairs
Administrative Contacts
Administration & Finance: wheops@bu.edu
Data & Enrollment Management Office: wherec@bu.edu
Dean’s Office
Steve Roeder
Events
Maryellen Madaio
Graduate Admissions & Recruitment: whegrad@bu.edu
Rosie Norman
Graduate Financial Aid: wheaid@bu.edu
Brian Boman
Marketing & Communications: MarCom contact form
Sofia Romero
HR & Payroll
Linda Rhodes
Professional Preparation: Field-Based Experiences
Paul Akoury
Professional Preparation: Licensure
Zara Nizami-Azadzoi
Research Office: wheoor@bu.edu
Strategic Planning & Community Engagement (SPACE) Office: buspace@bu.edu
Student Services, Graduate: whestu@bu.edu
Eric Crumrine
Student Services, Undergraduate: whestu@bu.edu
Liz Vassallo
Wheelock Study Abroad
Jennifer Bryson
Affiliated Units
College Access & Student Success
Michael Dennehy
Donald Durrell Literacy Collaborative
Eve Manz
Journal of Education
Zachary Rossetti
Jumpstart
Kerry Fargnoli
Pickering Educational Library
Daniel Benedetti
Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science
Reggie Jean
Centers, Institutes & Labs
For more information about all of BU Wheelock’s centers, institutes, and labs, visit Centers, Institutes & Labs.
AI & Education Initiative
Director: Naomi Caselli
Center for Character & Social Responsibility
Director: Hardin Coleman
Center on the Ecology for Early Childhood Development (CEED)
Director: Stephanie Curenton
Center for Educating Critically
Director: Laura Jiménez
Center for Future Readiness
Directors: Kimberly Howard and Scott Solberg
CERES Institute for Children & Youth
Director: TBD
Deaf Center
Director: Naomi Caselli
Earl Center for Learning & Innovation
Director: Beth Warren
Institute for Athletic Coach Education (IACE)
Director: John McCarthy
Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being
Director: Dina Castro
Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab
Director: Amy Lieberman
Lex Lab
Director: Naomi Caselli
National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL)
Director: Hank Fien
Performance Recovery & Optimization (PRO) Lab
Director: Edson Filho
Social Adjustment & Bullying Prevention Lab
Directors: Jennifer Greif Green and Melissa Holt
Social Learning Lab
Director: Kathleen Corriveau
Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC)
Faculty Director: Marcus Winters
Executive Director: Meagan Comb
Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE)
Director: Hank Fien