Katherine Frankel
BU Wheelock Scholarly Accomplishments March 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for March 2025. Books and Book Chapters Anna Lim Lim, A. (2024). Immigrant deaf students of color: On the axes of accommodation, acculturation, and racialization. In C. M. Leider, C. L. Dobbs, & E. Nerlino (Eds.), Preparing antiracist teachers: Fostering antiracism and equity in teacher […]
How Can Educators Improve Literacy and Instill a Joy of Reading?
Students need a solid foundation in literacy to succeed in all subjects—not just in English or other language classes. Strong literacy skills also enable them to thrive in other areas of their lives, whether they are moving up the career ladder or navigating bureaucracy. The importance of literacy instruction has led to intense debates among […]
Guiding Youth to Create Change through STEM
Developing young people’s sense of agency as STEM learners, community members, and creative thinkers is the driving force behind two projects led by BU Wheelock’s Earl Center for Learning & Innovation. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Nurturant STEM Learning and STEM Cascades focus on encouraging young people’s creative development, critical insight, and social thriving. […]
Four BU Wheelock Faculty Promoted with Tenure
Four faculty members representing BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development’s Special Education, Literacy Education, Deaf Studies, and Science Education programs were recently promoted. Elizabeth Bettini, Katherine Frankel, Amy Lieberman, and Eve Manz all received the rank of associate professor with tenure. Elizabeth Bettini, Special Education Elizabeth Bettini is an associate professor in the […]
Study Explores How Youth Mentors Facilitate STEM Learning, Teaching, and Doing
BU Wheelock faculty members Eli Tucker-Raymond, Maria Olivares, and Kate Frankel have been awarded a three-year grant through the National Science Foundation’s Education and Human Resources Core Research Program (ECR) to study how acting as peer mentors helps youth develop relational and personally meaningful science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) identities. The project will run […]