Publications

BU Wheelock Scholarly Accomplishments February 2025

BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for February 2025.

Books and Book Chapters

Felicity Crawford

Crawford, F., Coleman, F. T., & Wiehe, E. (Eds.). (2024). Contemporary issues in equity, democracy, and public education: Multidisciplinary perspectives from education, social science, and health. Routledge.

• Chapter 5: Incentivizing equity in education (co-authored by William Rodriguez)
• Chapter 7: Whiteness and colonization in higher education (co-authored by Detris Honora Adelabu and Jerry Whitmore, Jr.)
• Chapter 17: Teaching transformative citizenship in schools (co-authored by Kaylene Stevens)
• Chapter 19: Democratizing STEM: Developing a culture of sensemaking (co-authored by Thomas (TJ) McKenna)

Christina Dobbs

Dobbs, C. L., Charner-Laird, M., Ippolito, J., & Montecillo Leider, C. (2024). Critical disciplinary literacy: An equity-driven and culturally responsive approach to disciplinary learning and teaching. Routledge.

Dobbs, C. L., Montecillo Leider, C., & Nerlino, E. (Eds.). (2024). Preparing antiracist teachers: Fostering antiracism and equity in teacher preparation. Routledge.

Tina Durand

Durand, T. M. (2024). Making the case for race in middle school: Supporting adolescents and teachers in critical racial consciousness and advocacy. Rowman & Littlefield.

Articles

Leslie Dietiker

Litke, E., Candela, A., Boston, M., & Dietiker, L. (2024). Unraveling high-quality mathematics teaching in algebra: Insights from domain-specific and content-specific observation instruments. ZDM Mathematics Education, 56, 1011–1027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-024-01606-7

Jackson, P., & Dietiker, L. (2024). An asset–based approach for ELLs in mathematics. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117(10), 729–736. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2024.0027

Presentations

Lauren Funk

Funk, L. (2025, February 7- 8). “A legacy of love”: A teacher’s story of political clarity as praxis [Conference presentation]. University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Ethnography in Education Research Forum 2025, Philadelphia, PA, United States.

Laura Jiménez

Choy, J., Jiménez, L. M., & Dahlen, S.P. (2025, February 4). CBC Ed. Talks: An inside look at the Lee & Low Diversity Baseline Survey [Conference presentation]. Children’s Book Council.

Awards

National Center on Improving Literacy

2024 Meaningful Impact in Education Award, the Reading League