Stephanie Curenton
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 […]
New Center Supports Racial Justice and Equity for Children
A new center at BU Wheelock will support racial justice and equity for children in Boston and beyond. The Center on the Ecology of Early Education (CEED) will conduct applied equity-focused research to inspire policy leaders and practitioners to cultivate opportunities that optimize Black children’s well-being and ability to thrive. The new center will be […]
Stephanie Curenton Joins National P-3 Center Advisory Board
Stephanie M. Curenton, BU Wheelock associate professor of educational leadership & policy studies, has joined the advisory board of the National P–3 Center. Curenton will work with colleagues on the advisory board to focus on organizational and systemic change at the intersection of early childhood education and K–12. At BU Wheelock, Curenton studies the social, […]
Stephanie Curenton Nominated for Provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award
Associate professor Stephanie M. Curenton, director of the Ecology of School Readiness Lab, and program director for educational policy studies at BU Wheelock, has been nominated for the Boston University provost’s Scholar-Teacher of the Year Award. The award, which is given annually to a full-time Boston University faculty member selected by the provost’s Faculty Teaching […]
Stephanie Curenton Receives Grant from Initiative on Cities
Associate Professor Stephanie Curenton received a grant from the Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) to study the impact of her Conversation Compass professional development course. Curenton developed Conversation Compass to enhance the quality of classroom conversations about early childhood developments for children ages 3–5. With this grant funding, she is modifying the Conversation Compass […]