Higher Education Administration
Linda Banks-Santilli
Dr. Linda Banks-Santilli is an associate dean for Academic Affairs and clinical associate professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, Dr. Banks-Santilli oversees the operations of the Data & Enrollment Management (DEMO) and Professional Preparation offices. She also serves as ex-officio on the Academic Affairs Committee, a committee that reviews […]
Mary Churchill
Dr. Mary L. Churchill is associate dean of strategic initiatives & community engagement at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where she is responsible for leading the college’s strategic initiatives. In addition, Dr. Churchill directs the Strategic Partnerships & Community Engagement Office, which sets the strategic direction for the college’s community engagement […]
Laura A. De Veau
Dr. Laura De Veau is an adjunct faculty member applying her three decades of experience college and university administration to her teaching in the Higher Education Administration program at BU Wheelock. Her expertise is in the areas of strategic planning, outcomes assessment, student engagement, and executive leadership. Dr. De Veau served as the vice president […]
Raul Fernandez
Dr. Raul Fernandez is a senior lecturer in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, where he studies, writes, and teaches about inequities in education. Previously, he served as associate dean for equity, diversity & inclusion. He is also an appointee to the Racial Imbalance […]
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 […]
Brenda Lopez De La Cruz
As program manager for Boston University Upward Bound (UB), Brenda Lopez De La Cruz provides college advising and other preparatory services to first-generation and low-income Boston Public high school students bound for postsecondary education. As a part of the UB team, she designs individualized program services, leads a yearlong senior workshop designed to educate students […]
Geraldine Muir
Geraldine “Gerry” Muir serves as the associate dean for student affairs at Boston University School of Law. Before joining the University administration, Dean Muir served as a higher education associate at Cooley LLP in Washington, DC, advising institutional clients on matters of federal financial aid compliance, accreditation standards and state licensure. Dean Muir started her […]
Laurie A. Pohl
Dr. Laurie Pohl is professor of the practice (retired) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Having worked at both public and private research universities at the senior leadership level, Dr. Pohl brings a unique perspective to issues of institutional mission and identity, leadership, organizational change, and governance. A longstanding advocate for […]
Jerry Whitmore, Jr.
Dr. Jerry Whitmore, Jr., is an assistant professor in higher education administration at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His scholarly work focuses on the scholarship of higher education, educational history, leadership, and sociology. Previously, Dr. Whitmore was a UW-Madison faculty associate who designed leadership and mentoring activities along with a course […]