Mary Churchill
Scholarly Accomplishments, April 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant award for April 2026. Awards Anthony Abraham Jack Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education, for Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price Articles Rob Martinelle and Lauren Funk Martinelle, R., Funk, L., & Lake, J. (2026). […]
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 […]
Leading Through Uncertainty
These are tumultuous times for higher education. Universities are under fire for being too expensive and offering majors with seemingly no real-world applications. Student protests have roiled campuses, and research is under attack. Higher education leaders could be excused if they feel despair—or even consider abandoning the field altogether for calmer waters. But BU Wheelock […]
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, […]
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 April 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for March 2025. Awards Anthony Abraham Jack For Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the PriceProse Book Award for Education Theory and Practice2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Finalist for Education by Foreword Reviews Books Mary Churchill Churchill, M. L. […]
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 […]
Churchill Named BU Wheelock Interim Dean
Boston University named Mary Churchill, associate dean of strategic initiatives and community engagement, as interim dean of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, effective July 1. She will assume the role after Dean David Chard steps down at the end of June until a new dean is named. In a memo to the BU […]
Building a Lasting Legacy
As Dean David Chard prepares to say farewell to his role as dean of BU Wheelock, he sat down for a final Conversations with the Dean webinar—but this time, he was the one being interviewed. Chard, who will step down as BU Wheelock dean at the end of June, was interviewed by Mary Churchill, associate […]
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 […]