Teaching & Learning

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 […]

Nancy Harayama

Dr. Nancy Harayama is a senior lecturer in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on the assessment and instruction of students with significant cognitive disabilities, more specifically, the adaptations for access to the general education curriculum, augmentative and alternative communication, and positive behavioral supports. […]

Mary E. Hughes

Dr. Mary Hughes is a senior lecturer in the Language & Literacy Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Hughes’ research and teaching interests include linguistics, first and second language acquisition, multilingualism, language education, and language revitalization. Her first language acquisition research focuses on the interaction of syntactic and discourse–pragmatic […]

Luna Hwang

Luna Hwang is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock in the EdD in Educational Leadership & Policy Studies. Luna’s research interests include special education, early childhood education, elementary education, math education, reading education, social justice in education, and teacher preparation. During her time at UMass Amherst, Luna was a teaching assistant for Dr. Bob Malloy […]

Davena Jackson

Dr. Davena Jackson is an assistant professor of urban education in the Teaching & Learning Department, where she focuses on English education, language, and literacy. A veteran English educator of more than 20 years, her research-practice partnerships have sought to disrupt anti-Blackness, anti-Black racism, and white supremacy in secondary English education and classrooms. Her research […]

Franklin Jones, Jr.

Franklin Jones, Jr. is a lecturer of Deaf Studies at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His primary role involves instructing students at various proficiency levels in American Sign Language (ASL). His research interests focus on Black American Sign Language (BASL), exploring its historical origins, linguistic intricacies, cultural significance, and the resilience […]

Kathy MinHye Kim

Dr. Kathy MinHye Kim is a clinical assistant professor and director of the Language Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work specializes in understanding how adult learners encode and retain second language (L2) knowledge. In particular, she examines how L2 learners develop implicit and explicit knowledge and factors […]

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 […]

Eve Manz

Dr. Eve Manz is an associate professor of science education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. The core motivation of her work is supporting teachers and young people to engage in learning that builds from their capabilities toward new ways of seeing themselves, each other, and the world. Most of her work has […]