Faculty
Amie Grills
Dr. Amie Grills is the associate provost for undergraduate affairs at Boston University and professor of counseling psychology & applied human development at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Grills is a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher whose work specializes in anxiety, trauma, depression, and behavioral difficulties (particularly in children), as well […]
Nancy Harayama
Dr. Nancy Harayama is a senior lecturer in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on the assessment and instruction of students with significant cognitive disabilities, more specifically, the adaptations for access to the general education curriculum, augmentative and alternative communication, and positive behavioral supports. […]
Ann Herzog
Ann Herzog is a clinical instructor in the Child Life & Family-Centered Care program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Recent News
Petra Hesse
Petra Hesse is an associate professor of human development. Trained in developmental and clinical psychology and international relations, she has been teaching courses on the human life cycle, social-emotional development, abnormal and counseling psychology, children and the media, and children’s political socialization. Her research interests are children’s emotional development and emotional education, children’s political socialization […]
Melissa K. Holt
Dr. Melissa K. Holt is an associate professor in counseling psychology at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and a licensed psychologist. She is also the director of the Kilachand Honors College at Boston University. Dr. Holt’s research explores how adolescents’ exposure to violence—particularly bias-based harassment (i.e. harassment based on one’s identity)—influences […]
Kimberly A. S. Howard
Dr. Kimberly A. S. Howard is an associate professor of counseling psychology & applied human development at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she serves as director of training of the Counseling Psychology PhD program. Dr. Howard’s research interests include the career development process of children and youth, particularly as it is […]
Mary E. Hughes
Dr. Mary Hughes is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Hughes’ research and teaching interests include linguistics, first and second language acquisition, multilingualism, language education, and language revitalization. Her first language acquisition research focuses on the interaction of syntactic and discourse–pragmatic […]
Lisa Ijiri
Dr. Lisa Ijiri is a clinical professor and senior advisor to the dean at BU Wheelock. She is a senior academic administrator with over 30 years of experience in higher education leadership. Her lifelong focus has been on student access, diversity and inclusion, new program development, and educational effectiveness, and she has presented nationally and […]
Anthony Abraham Jack
Dr. Anthony Abraham Jack is the inaugural faculty director of the Newbury Center and associate professor of higher education leadership at Boston University. Dr. Jack’s research documents the overlooked diversity among lower-income undergraduates: the Doubly Disadvantaged—those who enter college from local, typically distressed public high schools—and the Privileged Poor, or those who do so from […]
Davena Jackson
Dr. Davena Jackson is an assistant professor of urban education in the Teaching & Learning Department, where she focuses on English education, language, and literacy. A veteran English educator of more than 20 years, her research-practice partnerships have sought to disrupt anti-Blackness, anti-Black racism, and white supremacy in secondary English education and classrooms. Her research […]