Administrative Directory
For a detailed listing of BU Wheelock faculty and staff, visit the directory.
Leadership
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Linda Banks-Santilli
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Clinical Associate Professor -

Gleny Burgos
Assistant Dean, Administration & Finance
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David J. Chard
Dean and
Professor -

Mary L. Churchill
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
Professor of the Practice -

Meagan Comb
Assistant Dean, Executive Affairs
Executive Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center -

Kathleen Corriveau
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Professor -

Leslie Dietiker
Associate Dean, Research
Associate Professor -

Ellen E. Faszewski
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Clinical Professor -

Laura M. Jiménez
Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Senior Lecturer -

Ryan Lovell
Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs
Director, Professional Preparation
Academic Department Chairs
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Katherine Frankel
Chair, Language & Literacy Education
Associate Professor -

Grace S. Kim
Clinical Associate Professor
Chair, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development -

Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Chair, Teaching & Learning Department
Clinical Professor -

Marcus A. Winters
Chair, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Professor
Faculty Director, Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Academic Program Directors
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Jennifer Altavilla-Giordano
Program Director, TESOL Multilingual Learner Education (Licensure)
Lecturer -

Andrew R. Bottoms
Program Director, Deaf Studies
Senior Lecturer -

Aaron Brakoniecki
Program Director, Mathematics Education
Senior Lecturer -

Jennifer Bryson
Program Director, Elementary Education
Program Director, Reading Education
Faculty Director, Educator Preparation
Senior Lecturer -

Bobby Hiep Bui
Program Director, EdM in Counseling
Senior Lecturer -

Lindsey Chapman
Program Director, Special Education
Lecturer -

Mary L. Churchill
Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Community Engagement
Program Director, Higher Education Administration
Professor of the Practice -

Christina L. Dobbs
Program Director, English Education
Assistant Professor -

Peter Garik
Program Director, Science Education
Clinical Associate Professor -

Nancy Harayama
Program Director, Undergraduate Program
Senior Lecturer, Special Education -

Kimberly A. S. Howard
Program Director, Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development (PhD)
Associate Professor -

Kathy Minhye Kim
Program Director, Language Education
Clinical Assistant Professor -

Amy M. Lieberman
Director, Doctoral Studies
Associate Professor -

Karen Murphy
Program Director, Early Childhood
Clinical Associate Professor -

Catherine Ritz
Program Director, Curriculum & Teaching and World Language Education
Clinical Assistant Professor -

Rebecca Shangraw
Program Director, Applied Human Development
Senior Lecturer -

Kaylene Petrin Stevens
Program Director, Social Studies Education
Clinical Assistant Professor -

Ariel Tichnor-Wagner
Program Director, MA in Educational Policy Studies
Lecturer -

Claire White
Program Director, Child Life & Family-Centered Care
Senior Lecturer -

Jeffrey M. Young
Program Director, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Master Lecturer
Administrative Coordinators
Administrative Contacts
Data & Enrollment Management Office
wherec@bu.edu
Dean’s Office
Stephen Roeder
Events
Maryellen Madaio
Graduate Admissions & Recruitment
Angela Coletta-Acevedo
Graduate Financial Aid
Brian Boman
Marketing & Communications
Sofia Romero
HR & Payroll
Linda Rhodes
Professional Preparation: Field-Based Experiences
Paul Akoury
Professional Preparation: Licensure
Zara Nizami-Azadzoi
Student Services, Graduate
TBA
Student Services, Undergraduate
Liz Vassallo
Wheelock Study Abroad
Jennifer Bryson
Affiliated Units
College Access & Student Success
Michael Dennehy
Durrell Reading & Writing Clinic
Eve Manz
Journal of Education
Jennifer Greif Green
Jumpstart
Kerry Fargnoli
Pickering Educational Library
Daniel Benedetti
Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math Science
Reggie Jean
Centers, Institutes & Labs
Center for Character & Social Responsibility
Director: Hardin Coleman
Center on the Ecology for Early Childhood Development (CEED)
Director: Stephanie Curenton
Center for Educating Critically
Directors: Laura Jiménez and Andrea Bien
Center for Future Readiness
Directors: Kimberly Howard and Scott Solberg
CERES Institute for Children & Youth
Director: Jonathan Zaff
Earl Center for Learning & Innovation
Director: Beth Warren
Institute for Athletic Coach Education (IACE)
Director: John McCarthy
Institute for Early Childhood Well-Being
Director: Dina Castro
Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab
Director: Amy Lieberman
Lex Lab
Director: Naomi Caselli
National Center on Improving Literacy (NCIL)
Director: Hank Fien
Performance Recovery & Optimization (PRO) Lab
Director: Edson Filho
Social Adjustment & Bullying Prevention Lab
Directors: Jennifer Greif Green and Melissa Holt
Social Learning Lab
Director: Kathleen Corriveau
Wheelock Educational Policy Center
Faculty Director: Marcus Winters


