Special Education

Meghan Graham

Meghan Graham is a doctoral student in the Educational Leadership & Policy program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research explores neurodiversity in education, with a focus on autistic girls and women. She is studying the autistic experience within the public school system and ways to best support students in […]

Jennifer Greif Green

Dr. Jennifer Greif Green is a professor in special education and a child clinical psychologist at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her research focuses on supporting students with emotional/behavioral disorders and bullying prevention. Within these lines of research, she studies teacher identification of students with mental health needs, racial/ethnic disparities in […]

Nancy Harayama

Dr. Nancy Harayama is a senior lecturer in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. Her work focuses on the assessment and instruction of students with significant cognitive disabilities, more specifically, the adaptations for access to the general education curriculum, augmentative and alternative communication, and positive behavioral supports. […]

Luna Hwang

Luna Hwang is a doctoral student at BU Wheelock in the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies program. Luna’s research interests include special education, early childhood education, elementary education, math education, reading education, social justice in education, and teacher preparation. During her time at UMass Amherst, Luna was a teaching assistant for Bob Malloy and taught […]

John Njikem

John Njikem is a doctoral student in special education at Boston University Wheelock College of Education. Njikem’s research focuses on the use evidence-based classroom interventions such as computer-assisted instruction and explicit/systematic instruction for supporting students with specific learning disabilities in elementary schools. As a master’s student at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, Njikem completed […]

Nathan Jones

Dr. Nathan Jones is an associate professor in the Special Education program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. He is affiliated faculty with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center (WEPC) and is a founding member of the BU Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences. Beginning on September 1, 2023, Dr. Jones is on […]

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 […]

Ruchi Khanna

Ruchi Khanna is a doctoral student at Boston University Wheelock College of Education  & Human Development. As a member of  Project TEAMS, she identifies, supports, and advances equity in student mental health and well-being in schools. Ruchi has worked as a special education teacher and behavior analyst for over a decade. In addition, she has […]

Jessica Markham-Anderson

Jessica Markham-Anderson is a doctoral student in the Educational Studies program at Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development. She is a trained special and elementary educator and school psychologist and centers her work on systems-level change and implementation to improve outcomes and access to high-quality instruction for all students, especially those with […]

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. […]