Special Education
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. Ms. Kane has dedicated the last 12 years to advocacy and awareness, with a focus on family engagement and the intersection of public school, special education, and dyslexia. This includes […]
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 […]
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 […]
Julianne S. Masser
Dr. Julianne Masser is a research scientist and technical assistance provider at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her expertise is in educational assessment, intervention, and multitiered systems of support. She collaborates with local and state education agencies to provide training and on-site coaching to assist with implementation of evidence-based instructional practices. […]
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
Dr. Nancy J. Nelson 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 develop […]
Ola Ozernov-Palchik
Dr. Ola Ozernov-Palchik is a senior research scientist at Boston University 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 […]
Marissa Pilger Suhr
Dr. Marissa Pilger Suhr is a research assistant professor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. A former literacy intervention coordinator, Dr. Pilger Suhr’s research focuses on multitiered systems of support in reading and mathematics, including screening and identification of students with or at risk for learning disabilities, evidence-based instruction and intervention, […]