Applied Human Development
Tanya Songtachalert
Tanya Songtachalert is a doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on mental healthcare accessibility for Asian and Asian American individuals, and how food and shared mealtimes can be used to increase access and efficacy of group therapy […]
Emily Stolz
Emily Stolz, MEd, is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University. Emily’s research interests center on the ways in which schools support the ethnic-racial identity development of young children. She approaches this topic from a strengths-based, ecological lens by considering the messages that children receive about […]
Sarah Suárez
Dr. Sarah Suárez is a postdoctoral associate in the Social Learning Lab at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She studies children’s conceptual development, causal learning, and critical thinking in informal learning contexts, with an interest in understanding the nature and development of individual differences. Pronouns: she/her Recent News
Samuel Williams
Sam Williams is a part-time instructor at Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. In spring 2023, he taught SED YJ 380 Youth Work and Advocacy and, and in fall 2023, he is teaching YJ 360 Positive Youth Development. He has been in the nonprofit sector for over twenty years. Mr. Williams is the founder […]
Jonathan F. Zaff
Dr. Jonathan F. Zaff is a research professor in applied human development at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He is also director of the CERES Institute for Children & Youth, which conducts, supports, and promotes community-engaged, applied research and evaluations on the positive development for today’s children and youth. Using a positive youth development […]