About Us

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Faculty Members

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email: barnetge@bc.edu ” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”150px” graphic_shape=”rounded” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” link_text=”Website” href=”http://urbaneco.bc.edu/mikeb/” href_title=”” href_target=”” link_color=”” graphic_image=”http://iuse.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/mike_china.jpg”][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”David Blustein” title_color=”” text=”David Blustein is a Professor of Counseling Pschology in the Lynch School of Education and is a Co-PI on the NSF ITEST and ATE projects. email: blusteid@bc.edu” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”100px” graphic_shape=”rounded” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” link_text=”Website” href=”https://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/facultystaff/faculty/blustein.html” href_title=”” href_target=”” link_color=”” graphic_border=”border-width: 2px 2px 2px 2px; border-style: solid; border-color: ;” graphic_image=”http://iuse.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/DBlusteinWeb160.jpg”][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Alan Kafka” title_color=”” text=”Alan Kafka is an associate professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College. email: kafka@bc.edu
” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”90px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” link_text=”Website” href=”https://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/geo/people/faculty/kafka.html” href_title=”” href_target=”” link_color=”” graphic_image=”http://iuse.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/kafka2.jpg”][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Catherine Wong” title_color=”” text=”Catherine Wong is director of Urban Outreach Initiatives in the Lynch School of Education. email: catherine.wong@bc.edu” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” link_text=”Website” href=”#” href_title=”https://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/uoi.html” href_target=”” link_color=”” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Eric Strauss” title_color=”” text=”Eric Strauss is a core partner and is director of the Center for Urban Resilience and Sustainability at Loyala Marymount University in Los Angeles. email: Eric.Strauss@lmu.edu” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”100px” graphic_shape=”rounded” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” link_text=”Website” href=”http://cures.lmu.edu/who-we-are/our-staff/” href_title=”” href_target=”” link_color=”” graphic_image=”http://iuse.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/strauss.jpg”][/x_column][/x_row][/x_section][x_section style=”margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”false”][x_gap size=”-2.8em”]

Graduate Students

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Amie, a former Chicago Public School Science Teacher, is the lead researcher on multiple lab-projects but focuses on learning in out-of-school environments and the communication of science.
” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”150px” graphic_shape=”rounded” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Anne Vera-Cruz” title_color=”” text=”Anne focuses on curriculum development, organizational theory and policy and is leading the curriculum development work for our work in China.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Paul Madden” title_color=”” text=”Paul, is a former high school Math Teacher in Boston Public and a Boston debate league coach. He is leading the social justice work in college-bound and the teaching math through Latin Dance project.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Amy Sejeran” title_color=”” text=”Amy is a statistical and research methodologist. She is leading the statistical analysis and the design of the research programs across the college-bound and China projects.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Paul Xu” title_color=”” text=”Paul is leading the work on the iCREAT project with Massachusetts Bay Community College and is focused on how to use to big data to evaluate learning outcomes using data analytics.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Arunima Sengumpta” title_color=”” text=”Aru is masters students studying to become a physics a teacher. She is a lead student on the iCREAT project with MassBay.

” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”150px” graphic_shape=”rounded” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Kasmath Basavanagudi” title_color=”” text=”Anu who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry is working toward her masters degree to become a chemistry teacher. She is working on the hydroponics curriculum.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Simon Carroll” title_color=”” text=”Simon, is a senior at Boston College with a focus on history and physics education. He is working on the hydroponics and solar energy projects.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Jun Yu Lin” title_color=”” text=”Jun is a senior at Boston College and in the Carroll School of Management studying finance and marketing. He is working on the finance and economics aspects of the hydroponics curriculum.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Christian Ko” title_color=”” text=”Christian, is a junior at Boston College and studying economics in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is working on the finance and economics curriculum as a part of the hydroponic curriculum.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][/x_row][x_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” bg_color=”” style=”margin: 0px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_feature_box title=”Sterline Desjardins” title_color=”” text=”Sterline is a Junior in the Connell School of nurusing and is working on the hydroponics and the college-bound projects.” text_color=”” graphic=”image” graphic_size=”60px” graphic_shape=”square” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”#2ecc71″ align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_image=””][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “] [/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “] [/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “] [/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”1/5″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “] [/x_column][/x_row][/x_section]