Center for Future Readiness
Three Faculty Members Promoted to Full Professor
Three BU Wheelock faculty members were recently promoted to full professor. Kimberly Howard, Melissa Holt, and Yasuko Kanno represent the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development and Language & Literacy Education programs at BU Wheelock. Melissa Holt, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Melissa Holt is a counseling psychologist whose work focuses on the experiences […]
The Machines Are Coming
lgorithm-informed machines learn what we like to buy and look at on the internet, feeding us more of that. Smart “assistants” greet us on our favorite websites to answer questions and point us in the right direction. Robots assemble almost everything we own, from our cars to our televisions to our clothing. Artificial intelligence (AI) […]
Career-Ready Latinx Youth
Can teaching Latinx middle-schoolers network science and career development steer more of them toward careers in science, technology, engineering, and math—also known as STEM? That’s the hypothesis of a joint study between researchers at BU Wheelock’s Center for Future Readiness and Boston-based nonprofit Sociedad Latina. Using new and previously developed curricula, the collaborative project team facilitates after-school […]