Research Affiliates
Jenna Alton
Jenna Alton is a research scientist in the Social Learning Lab at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She studies how a child’s social world influences their thinking, learning, and behavior as a child and into adulthood. Recent News
Daphne Babrow
Dr. Daphne Babrow has more than 25 years leading and working in the field of early childhood systems. She is currently a research scientist at Boston University, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development: Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED). In this position she leads project teams, facilitates professional development, conducts qualitative and […]
Sidrah Baloch
Sidrah Baloch is the assistant director of policy at the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC). She manages WEPC’s research–practice partnerships with state and local education agencies around the country in support of the center’s mission of conducting and disseminating rigorous, policy-relevant research to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for underserved students. Before joining WEPC, Sidrah […]
Amelia Becker
Dr. Amelia Becker is a postdoctoral researcher at the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on the linguistics of American Sign Language, with a particular interest in phonetics, phonology, iconicity, and how these properties interact with one another. She is currently studying how deaf children with hearing, nonsigning caregivers learn American […]
Taylor Boyd
Taylor Boyd is a research fellow at CEED working on the ACSES Project and Racial Literacy Project. She is excited to continue collaborating with researchers and practitioners to promote equitable learning experiences and outcomes for all students. Before joining CEED, Ms. Boyd worked in New York City at a language research lab at NYU, then […]
Johana Chaparro-Moreno
Dr. Johana Chaparro-Moreno is a postdoctoral research associate at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research integrates theories, advanced statistical methods, and technological advances from the fields of child development, literacy, and engineering to design culturally and linguistically sensitive methodologies to […]
Kyle DeMeo Cook
Dr. Kyle DeMeo Cook is a Research Assistant Professor with the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Department. Her research focuses on using quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches to better understand early childhood policy topics, […]
William Delgado
Dr. William Delgado is a research assistant professor at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Department. His overarching goal is to understand and address inequality in opportunities and to foster human potential. His current research studies teacher quality and human decisionmaking, with a focus on parents. […]
Maliki Ghossainy
Maliki Eyvonne Ghossainy is a senior research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. A psychological scientist and statistician, she integrates social, cognitive, cultural, and biological mechanisms into a model of belief formation across the early childhood years. Using mixed-methods designs, Dr. Ghossainy studies the sophisticated ways in which children judiciously evaluate […]
Kristin Kane
Kristin Kane is a senior research scientist with the National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She previously served as the senior advisor for the Office of Early Childhood Development in the Administration of Children and Families for the US Department of Health and Human Services. […]