Social Studies Education
Mary Carney
Mary Carney is a doctoral student pursuing an EdD in curriculum & teaching with a specialization in social studies education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include justice-oriented social studies and practitioner research. Mary is also a secondary social studies teacher and chair of the history and social […]
Kerry Dunne
Dr. Kerry Dunne has been a history teacher, department head, and director in Massachusetts public schools for over 25 years and is currently the Social Studies Department Head at Lexington High School. She is an adjunct instructor at Framingham State University, Boston College, and Boston University. Dr. Dunne has also engaged in contract-based work in […]
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 […]
Peter Gibbon
Dr. Peter Gibbon is the director of a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar, “Philosophers of Education: Major Thinkers from the Enlightenment to the Present.” The seminar draws teachers and administrators from all over the country for three weeks in residence at BU Wheelock. Dr. Gibbon has taught “The Intellectual Foundations of Education” to graduate […]
Alina Lingley
Alina Lingley is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock pursuing a degree in educational leadership & policy studies. She studying history curriculum, diversity, and multiculturalism in history curriculum, and how history curriculum can improve through leaders in education. Previously, Alina worked as a high school history teacher, teaching world history and art history for five […]
Rob Martinelle
Dr. Rob Martinelle is a senior lecturer in social studies education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He teaches both foundational courses and social studies method courses to undergraduate and graduate students, while his research focuses on reflective teaching, social studies teacher preparation, and the self-study of teacher education practices (S-STEP). […]
Maria C. Olivares
Dr. Maria Olivares is a research assistant professor in the Language & Literacy Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is affiliated with the Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. She is an artist, poet, and research scientist whose work explicitly acknowledges and challenges the role of race and […]
Sarah Parker
Sarah Parker is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy program at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Sarah’s research explores teacher preparation and mentorship, particularly in smaller private and public institutions. In addition, she is interested in exploring how those preparation and mentor programs increase teacher retention. Sarah is the […]
Kaylene Petrin Stevens
Dr. Kaylene Stevens is the program director and a clinical assistant professor for social studies education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a faculty affiliate with Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research. Her research interests lie in how to best include marginalized groups in the social studies classroom and […]
Amine Yakine
Amine Yakine is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development in the Educational Policy & Leadership Studies program. Amine’s research focus is on curriculum decolonization, culturally relevant pedagogies, the historical conscientization of teachers, student agency, and truth and reconciliation in the humanities curriculum. Amine joined Boston Public Schools as a […]