Center on the Ecology of Early Development
BU Wheelock Scholarly Accomplishments March 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for March 2025. Books and Book Chapters Anna Lim Lim, A. (2024). Immigrant deaf students of color: On the axes of accommodation, acculturation, and racialization. In C. M. Leider, C. L. Dobbs, & E. Nerlino (Eds.), Preparing antiracist teachers: Fostering antiracism and equity in teacher […]
The Impact of Racism in the Early Years
While much of what we know about racism is from the vantage point of adults, not children, a new supplemental issue of a top early childhood research journal, Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ), aims to raise awareness—among researchers, policymakers, advocates, and health and education practitioners—about the effects of racism on the development of infants, toddlers, […]
Shaking Up The System
When voters in Multnomah County, Oregon, approved a measure in 2020 directing the government to provide a free preschool education to every three-and four-year-old in Greater Portland, officials had their work cut out for them. If the county’s Preschool for All program failed to deliver, local children—many from low-income backgrounds whose families rely on its […]
Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education
An expert in early childhood education policy and practice, Kyle DeMeo Cook has years of experience studying early education programs across the country. Cook, a senior research scientist at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) is the project director of the Multnomah County Preschool for All Research & Evaluation Partnership, which investigates the implementation of a […]
Three BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Three BU Wheelock faculty members were recently promoted to full professor. Stephanie Curenton, Jennifer Greif Green, and Marcus Winters represent the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, Applied Human Development, and Special Education programs at BU Wheelock. “We recognize Drs. Curenton, Green, and Winters for their outstanding contributions to the college, university, and their fields,” says […]
Stephanie Curenton Joins Board of Massachusetts DEEC
Stephanie Curenton, an associate professor at BU Wheelock, recently joined the board of the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC), which manages early childhood programs that include daycares, group homes, and foster care and adoption agencies. Along with the 10 other members of the board, Curenton will help set policies and guidelines for […]
CEED Fellow Hernandez Receives Early Childhood Policy Fellowship
Kaeleigh Hernandez, a research fellow at BU Wheelock’s Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED), was recently invited to become an Early Childhood Policy Fellow at the Bank Street College of Education. The yearlong remote fellowship equips BIPOC scholars with the tools and support they need to promote equity in early childhood education, understand […]
Jacqueline Sims Awarded Grant to Study Black Maternal Depression
Jacqueline Sims, a research scientist in educational leadership & policy studies at BU Wheelock, has received a research grant from the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) National Science Foundation Research Grants program to support her study, “Prospective Links Between Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Children’s School Readiness Skills and Well-Being among Black/African American Families: Early Care […]
New Center Supports Racial Justice and Equity for Children
A new center at BU Wheelock will support racial justice and equity for children in Boston and beyond. The Center on the Ecology of Early Education (CEED) will conduct applied equity-focused research to inspire policy leaders and practitioners to cultivate opportunities that optimize Black children’s well-being and ability to thrive. The new center will be […]
Stephanie Curenton Joins National P-3 Center Advisory Board
Stephanie M. Curenton, BU Wheelock associate professor of educational leadership & policy studies, has joined the advisory board of the National P–3 Center. Curenton will work with colleagues on the advisory board to focus on organizational and systemic change at the intersection of early childhood education and K–12. At BU Wheelock, Curenton studies the social, […]