Laura Jiménez
Scholarly Accomplishments, November 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for November 2026. Books Sarah Bruhn Bruhn, S. (2026). Holding on to home: Immigrant women and the promise of sanctuary. University of California Press. https://www.ucpress.edu/books/holding-on-to-home/paper Laura Jiménez Jiménez, L. M. (2026). Judging a book by more than the cover: A critical guide to choosing children’s literature. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Judging-a-Book-By-More-Than-Its-Cover-A-Critical-Guide-to-Choosing-Childrens-Literature/Jimenez/p/book/9781032912783 Articles Gregory Benoit and Pelin Jackson Jackson, P., Barno, E., Ayala, J. I., Vargas, A., Benoit, […]
BU Wheelock Launches Alumni Classroom Library Grant
Many BU Wheelock alumni are educators who are committed to ensuring that every student sees themselves, their communities, and their experiences reflected in the books they read. A classroom library grant was created to support these educators and expand access to meaningful, inclusive, and culturally responsive literature in their classrooms. Four BU Wheelock alumni whose […]
Scholarly Accomplishments, October 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and research grant awards for October 2026. Articles Amelia Becker and Naomi Caselli Becker, A. A., Pyers, J. E., & Caselli, N. E. (2026). Mechanisms of vocabulary acquisition persist under variable language experience. Developmental Science, 29(3), e70169. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.70169 Sarah Bruhn Bruhn, S. (2026). “A heavy burden”: The hidden costs […]
Four BU Wheelock Faculty Receive Promotions
Four faculty members were recently promoted at BU Wheelock in recognition of their commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship and dedication to the BU Wheelock community. Tina Durand in the Applied Human Development program was promoted to clinical professor. Rebecca Shangraw, also in the Applied Human Development program, was promoted to master lecturer, as […]
Scholarly Accomplishments, May 2026
BU Wheelock presents the following publications, presentations, honors, and research grant awards for May 2026. Honors Yasuko Kanno Recognition for “Top Cited Article in 2025”: Kanno, Y., Rios-Aguilar, C., & Bunch, G. (2024). English learners? Emergent bilinguals? Multilingual learners?: Goals, contexts, and consequences in labeling students. TESOL Journal, 15(3), e797. https://doi.org/10.1002/tesj.797 Articles Amelia Becker and Naomi Caselli […]
Who Gets to Be in the Story?
Literature has always enabled readers to dive into storytelling and imagination, and it also enables them to learn more about history, cultures, and ideas. But in the last 10 years, increasing numbers of books are being challenged or banned—almost 23,000 in the US between 2021 and 2025. Many of these are children’s literature that reflect differences […]
Scholarly Accomplishments, September 2025
BU Wheelock presents the following faculty publications, presentations, and awards for September 2025. Awards Anthony Abraham Jack 2025 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Gold Medal for Current Events I (Political/Economic/Foreign Affairs) for Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality and Students Pay the Price Elena Forzani Albert J. Harris award from the International Literacy Association for the […]
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 […]
Brown v Board of Education: “We Need Another Moment for Our Time”
Seventy years ago, on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools. Acknowledging that the previous “separate but equal” doctrine was inherently unequal, Brown v. Board laid the groundwork for students of all races to learn alongside each other […]
4 Ways Educators Can Be More Inclusive
There have long been tensions between well-intentioned teaching and the unintentional replication of oppressive practices in education, like privileging communication styles typical of the white upper-middle class or inadvertently retraumatizing students of color when discussing racist violence. But while many anti-oppression researchers and advocates have focused on specific forms of oppression like racism or ableism, […]