Early Childhood Education

Manuel Ramirez

Manuel (Manny) Angel Ramirez is a doctoral student in educational studies with a specialization in special education at BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. A first-generation Latino graduate student, Manuel’s research interests focus on equity in Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and families’ linguistic and cultural comprehension of special education laws. In particular, Manuel […]

Alejandra Salinas

Dr. Alejandra Salinas is a clinical associate professor of mathematics education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She teaches both mathematics content and methods courses, as well as acting as the field experience coordinator for the program. Her scholarship and teaching are aimed at training highly qualified math teachers to teach […]

Amber B. Sansbury

Amber B. Sansbury is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses focuses on centering parent voice in collective advocacy, program evaluation of early care and education, and research partnerships through a racial equity lens. She works […]

Emily Stolz

Emily Stolz is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University. Her 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 their […]

Sen Wang

Dr. Sen Wang is a research assistant professor at Wheelock Institute for the Science of Education (WISE) in Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Wang specializes in investigating the influence of environmental factors on children’s language and literacy development and exploring interventions that can enhance children’s language and literacy development. Dr. Wang’s particular […]

Allison Williams

Dr. Allison J. Williams is a postdoctoral research associate at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She works in the Social Learning Lab and is a core team member of the Developing Belief Network. Dr. Williams’ research interests focus on children’s thinking and learning. She examines how children identify who (or what) […]