Kaylene Stevens
BU Wheelock Celebrates 2026 Faculty Awards
Each year, BU Wheelock honors several faculty members whose work exemplifies excellence in scholarship, research, and teaching. Two of the awards offer funding to support full-time faculty in pursuing major research projects, while a third recognizes exceptional contributions across teaching, research, and service. Award recipients are chosen through a competitive peer-review process and demonstrate BU […]
Scholarly Accomplishments, May 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following publications, presentations, honors, and research grant awards for May 2026. Honors Yasuko Kanno Recognition for “Top Cited Article in 2025”: Kanno, Y., Rios-Aguilar, C., & Bunch, G. (2024). English learners? Emergent bilinguals? Multilingual learners?: Goals, contexts, and consequences in labeling students. TESOL Journal, 15(3), e797. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.797 Articles Amelia Becker and Naomi Caselli […]
Scholarly Accomplishments, February 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for February 2026. Honors Beth Warren Elected to National Academy of Education Read more Books Franklin Jones, Jr. Jones Jr., F. R. (2026). Learn Black American Sign Language: A history and complete beginner’s guide with over 200 words and phrases. Wellfleet Press. Book […]
Scholarly Accomplishments October 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for October 2025. Articles Aaron Brakoniecki Brakoniecki, A. (2021). One task, multiple proportional reasoning strategies. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12. (Reprinted 2025, in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12, 118(7), 506–514). https://pubs.nctm.org/view/journals/mtlt/118/7/article-p506.xml Kyle DeMeo Cook Fisk, E., Lombardi, C. M., & Cook, […]
Shifting the Narrative on Middle School Youth
It’s a stage of adolescent development that’s marked by rapid change and challenges. Youth ages 10 to 15 are often overlooked in conversations about education and development. But it’s a time that’s also rich with potential for growth, identity formation, and resilience. The 2025 BU Wheelock Forum—Thriving in the Middle School Years—explored issues related to […]
Scholarly Accomplishments May 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for March 2025. Awards Jennifer Bryson MACURE Celebrate Literacy Award, from the Massachusetts Association of College and University Reading Educators Tina Durand Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, from Boston University Anthony Jack Massachusetts Book Award longlist for Class dismissed: When colleges ignore […]
Scholarly Accomplishments February 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for February 2025. Books and Book Chapters Felicity Crawford Crawford, F., Coleman, F. T., & Wiehe, E. (Eds.). (2024). Contemporary issues in equity, democracy, and public education: Multidisciplinary perspectives from education, social science, and health. Routledge. Chapter 5: Incentivizing equity in education (co-authored by William […]
Promoting Equity and Diversity in the Classroom
School- and university-based initiatives designed to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) have faced increased scrutiny and outright hostility over the past several years. Across the United States, laws restricting teachers’ freedom to discuss issues like race, gender identity, or sexuality, book banning efforts that disproportionately remove books representing the experiences of individuals from marginalized […]
Study Explores Impact of Massachusetts Social Studies Materials
Kaylene Stevens and Rob Martinelle, BU Wheelock lecturers in social studies education, will work with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to study the impact of Investigating History, new social studies curricular materials for grades 5 through 7 being developed by the Department. As part of the Investigating History project, Stevens and […]
Educators, You Can Lead the Charge for Change
As a public school teacher for the last 15 years, I have seen quite a bit. I was fortunate enough to spend the majority of my career taking in these experiences in a truly beautiful place, Framingham High School (FHS), which sits within a wonderfully diverse urban district. “It’s a school that really looks like […]