Lindsey Chapman
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 […]
Inclusive Education Faces an Uncertain Future
With the creation of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 50 years ago, inclusive classrooms were established to support learning for students with disabilities. How do recent changes to federal funding impact IDEA and all the protections it stands for? In this Conversation with the Dean, Dean Penny Bishop is joined by BU Wheelock’s Elizabeth Bettini, an associate professor […]
Five BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted
Five faculty members were recently promoted for their significant contributions to BU Wheelock and Boston University. Naomi Caselli and Christina Dobbs received the rank of associate professor with tenure. Pipier Smith-Mumford was promoted to master lecturer, and Lindsey Chapman and William Rodriguez to senior lecturer. Together, these five faculty members represent BU Wheelock’s Deaf Studies, […]
Bringing Disability Rights and Justice to Special Education
Lindsey Chapman became aware of the importance of disability justice early in her career as a teacher educator. “One of my light-bulb moments was when I was working with grad students—all special educators—who had no historical, legal, or cultural context of disability in society,” she says. “They think that disability is over there and special […]
BU Wheelock Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2022
This fall, BU Wheelock welcomed 11 new faculty members who bring a mix of scholarly interests, including play therapy, the experiences of LGBTQ language learners, young people’s relationship to their ethnic and cultural background, and psychological interventions for perfectionistic athletes. Through their work, they question inequitable structures of power, support through teaching and learning, promote […]