Research Affiliates
Sara Feit
Sara Feit is an environmental educator who is currently serving as project manager and research scientist on the GLOBE Mission Earth project at BU Wheelock. She uses her background in early childhood education and passion for environmental science to aid teachers throughout the Greater Boston area as those educators bring data-driven science to their learners. […]
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 RISER Network and the Reimagining Childcare project. Before joining CEED, Ms. Ho worked as a graduate research assistant to Dr. Iheoma Iruka at […]
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 […]
Nicole Kingdon
Nicole Kingdon is a research assistant in the Center on the Ecology of Early Development (CEED) at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She supports the Reimagining Childcare Evaluation Study, which examines the effects of power-building, relationships, and collaboration for childcare providers and parents on the childcare advocacy ecosystem. Her research focuses […]
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 […]
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. […]
Kristin McIlhagga
Dr. Kristin McIlhagga is the associate director of the Center for Educating Critically at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Dr. McIlhagga’s research focuses on anti-oppression pedagogies in K–12 and postsecondary classrooms. She draws on culturally and historically responsive pedagogies, intersectionality, and critical whiteness studies to consider ways that educators can actively […]