Research Affiliates
Morgan Fleming
Morgan Fleming is a predoctoral research assistant at the Wheelock Educational Policy Center, working primarily with Professor Olivia Chi on a research partnership with Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Before joining WEPC, Ms. Fleming worked as a research assistant at Trinity College Dublin, focusing on a project about neighborhood-level effects of short-term rentals […]
Ben Freeburn
Dr. Ben Freeburn is a research scientist on the Simulations for Learning and Assessing in Teacher Education (SimulaTE) project team at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. His research centers on mathematics teaching practices and how teachers learn to teach mathematics. Dr. Freeburn collaborates with researchers to design and study the use […]
Paris Gappmayr
Paris Gappmayr is a PhD candidate in the Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences program studying sign language perception and acquisition. She is affiliated with the Wheelock Deaf Center through her work as a research assistant in the Language Acquisition & Visual Attention (LAVA) Lab and is mentored by Dr. Amy Lieberman. Paris’ dissertation investigates the […]
Maliki Ghossainy
Dr. 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 […]
Amanda Gundlach
Amanda Gundlach is a research scientist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she supports researchers in creating and implementing early elementary reading curriculum to better meet the needs of struggling readers. Before coming to BU Wheelock, Ms. Gundlach was an elementary school teacher for 10 years. Pronouns: she/her
Destiny Ho
Destiny Ho is a research fellow at the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. At CEED, she works on the Reimagining Childcare Study and serves as the RISER Network coordinator. Before joining CEED, Ms. Ho worked as a graduate research assistant to Dr. […]
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 […]
Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla
Dr. Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla is a postdoctoral research associate in the Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Department at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. Kathawalla teaches courses for PhD students in counseling psychology. She also conducts research on how discrimination, life stress, and sociocultural contexts contribute to the development and persistence […]
Jennifer Lillis
Dr. Jennifer Lillis is a research scientist at the Wheelock Education Policy Center at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. In this role, she investigates the roles and working conditions of special educators, aiming to improve support systems and instructional quality. Her research also focuses on enhancing college and career readiness, and […]
Olivia Martin
As a research analyst at WEPC, Olivia Martin conducts rigorous data analysis to answer quantitative research questions that inform the policy decisions of WEPC’s partner organizations. Before joining WEPC, Ms. Martin worked as a litigation consulting analyst. She also previously worked as a research assistant at the Center for Economics of Human Development, where she […]