David Chard
Dean’s Message
Dear Alumni and Friends Over the past two years, we have faced a combination of challenges that have also tested our college and university community—COVID-19, a tumultuous presidential election, a deadly attack on the US Capitol, and the ongoing struggle for racial, economic, and environmental justice. And, of course, many members of our BU Wheelock […]
Partnership to Prepare Doctoral Students in Special Education and School Psychology
BU Wheelock’s special education faculty will collaborate with faculty from the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) on a new grant from the U.S. Department of Education to establish a cohort of doctoral students focused on advancing equity in the study of students’ mental health. The project, led by Jennifer Greif Green at Boston University […]
Dean David Chard Honored with Leadership Award
The Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children (MAAEYC) recognized BU Wheelock dean David Chard with the Gwen Morgan Leadership Award. The award is given to an individual that has demonstrated leadership in improving the quality of care for children and families or to advancing the workforce and professional development opportunities for early education […]
David J. Chard Appointed Dean of BU Wheelock
Boston University announced the appointment of David J. Chard as dean of BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Chard, a professor of special education, has served as dean ad interim of BU Wheelock since the BU School of Education merged with Wheelock College in June 2018. Chard “provided exemplary leadership during [BU Wheelock’s] […]
Dean’s Message
I write to you during what has been the most surreal and challenging start to an academic year that any of us have experienced. The COVID-19 global pandemic, and the consequences it will have on our society, will be felt for many years to come. Certainly, the personal tragedies that many have experienced in terms […]
Watch: Dean David Chard Joins “World After Coronavirus”
Dean David J. Chard joined Adil Najam, dean of the Pardee School of Global Studies and former director of the Pardee Center, to talk about the future on education on the latest episode of “The World After Coronavirus.” This video series, produced by Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the […]
Dean Chard Joins Delegation to International March of the Living
This week, BU Wheelock Dean ad interim David Chard will travel to Poland with a small delegation of deans from various institutions of education and law to attend the International March of the Living, an annual educational program that brings individuals from around the world to Poland and Israel to study the history of the […]