Special Education
Lindsey Kaler
Lindsey Kaler is a doctoral student in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a fellow in the Project LINC cohort and is federally funded by a training grant from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Her research explores the intersections of trauma, special education, and educational […]
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. […]
Ruchi Khanna
Ruchi Khanna is a doctoral student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. As a member of Project TEAMS, she identifies, supports, and advances equity in student mental health and well-being in schools. Ruchi has worked as a special education teacher and behavior analyst for over a decade. In addition, she has […]
Donna H. Lehr
Dr. Donna H. Lehr is an associate professor emerita in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Along with her work in the special education program, she served as the college’s associate dean of academic affairs for 10 years. Her expertise is in the design, implementation, and evaluation of educational […]
Jessica Markham-Anderson
Jessica Markham-Anderson is a doctoral student in the Educational Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a trained special and elementary educator and school psychologist and centers her work on systems-level change and implementation to improve outcomes and access to high-quality instruction for all students, especially those with […]
Lindsey McLean
Lindsey McLean is a research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She supports the work on a National Science Foundation-funded study in teacher preparation, in partnership with colleagues at University of Virginia and University of Delaware. The project focuses on preparing general education preservice teachers to work with students with […]
Kathryn Meyer
Kathryn Meyer is a doctoral student in educational studies with a specialization in special education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a research assistant on projects focused on improving special educators’ working conditions. Her research interests center around how social movements, grassroots organizing, and teacher activism can transform the working […]
Becky Muller
Becky Muller is a doctoral student in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research interests include internalizing mental health disorders, emotional behavioral disorders, and school-based policing. She has published several papers on the topics of emotional and behavioral disorders and school based policing. Becky began her teaching career […]
Nancy J. Nelson
Nancy J. Nelson, PhD, NCSP, is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Boston University and Deputy Director of the National Center on Improving Literacy and the Lead for Literacy Center. Dr. Nelson is a former special education teacher and school psychologist, and a principal investigator on more than a dozen federally funded projects to […]
Ola Ozernov-Palchik
Dr. Ola Ozernov-Palchik is a senior research scientist at BU’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development and a research scientist at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. Her research focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms of reading and language comprehension, with an emphasis on typical and atypical development. Dr. Ozernov-Palchik employs advanced cross-disciplinary […]