Doctoral Students
Henry (Erning) Chen
Henry (Erning) Chen is a doctoral student in Language & Literacy Education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He is interested in international students’ socialization experience and academic development in US higher education. He is working on using ethnographic methods to study how Chinese international graduate students develop academic and social competences […]
Brittany Claiborne-Naranjo
Brittany Claiborne-Naranjo is a doctoral student in the Math & Science Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include developing the skills and beliefs preservice mathematics teachers need to lead equitable classrooms and sustain transformative teaching practices in the US education system. Before she joined BU Wheelock, […]
Caitlin Cooper
Caitlin Cooper is a full-time PhD student in Special Education and a recipient of the Glenn Fellowship at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. She researches how legal, social, and educational pressures affect meaningful participation in sex education among students with disabilities. Caitlin was raised in Manhattan, where she was lucky to receive an […]
Ethel Cruz
Ethel Cruz is a doctoral student in educational leadership & policy studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Her research explores child trauma, trauma-informed schools, and developing educators to implement strategies that support the unique needs of students. Ethel is also a school principal in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Pronouns: she/her Recent News
Deyanira Enriquez
Deyja Enriquez is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development program at BU Wheelock, where she specializes in sport and performance psychology. Before she joined BU Wheelock, she worked in labs studying microaggressions, race and ethnicity, and stereotyping. Her applied work has been within community juvenile justice services, an inpatient eating […]
Lauren Funk
Lauren Funk is a doctoral student in curriculum & teaching with a concentration in social studies education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include teacher decisionmaking, civic engagement, historical inquiry, trauma studies, and critical sociohistorical consciousness. She has taught social studies courses in various grades at the secondary level […]
Nicolina Fusco
Nicolina Fusco is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on bias-based harassment in adolescence through nationally representative sampled data. Her interests are related to identity formation in adolescence and bullying surrounding sexual orientation and identity. Before joining BU, Niki worked at […]
Meghan Graham
Meghan Graham is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores neurodiversity in education, with a focus on autistic girls and women. She is studying the autistic experience within the public school system and ways to best support students in […]
Ashley Houston King
Ashley Houston King is a doctoral student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development studying language and literacy in education. Her research interests include studying the intersections of identities, race, and Blackness in education. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Ashley taught in a public elementary school for five years, where she was […]
Yawei Huang
Yawei Huang is a doctoral student in applied human development at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is also a research assistant at CERES Institute for Children and Youth. Her research interests focus on the role of supportive social networks in promoting optimal developmental outcomes in adolescents, such as academic motivation, academic […]