Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Clinical Professor, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development
Eleonora Villegas-Reimers is a Clinical Professor and Chair of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the B.U. Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. At the historic Wheelock College (before it merged with Boston University), she served as the Dean of the School of Education and Child Life, Acting Dean of the Child and Family Studies Division, Chair of the Department of Elementary and Special Education, and Coordinator of various programs.
Her prior work includes experience as a high-school teacher, an assistant principal, and as acting director of the Office of International Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Villegas-Reimers has served as consultant to a number of international organizations such as UNESCO, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and the Singapore National Institute of Education on matters related to education and teacher preparation and development. Dr. Villegas-Reimers served as a member of the Massachusetts State Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC) Board between 2010 and 2021. She is also a founding member of the Massachusetts Consortium for Socio-Emotional Learning in Teacher Education (SEL-TEd).
Dr. Villegas-Reimers holds a Master of Education and Doctor of Education degree from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a bachelor’s degree in Pedagogical Sciences from the Universidad Catolica Andres Bello in Venezuela.