Evangeline H. Stefanakis

Associate Professor of Education
BS, Tufts University; MS, Lesley University; CAS, EdD, Harvard University

Dr. Stefanakis has recently joined the faculty on Boston University’s School of Education as an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership & Development to conduct research and build programs creating diverse leaders of adults and children. From 2004 to 2007 she served as an Associate Professor in International and Transcultural Studies at Columbia University, focusing on leadership, learning challenges, and team building. For eleven years, she served as a faculty member at Harvard Graduate School of Education, and was a senior associate at Programs in Professional Education, developing executive training institutes for leaders. As a researcher, trainer, and program developer who works to link theory to practice, her teaching and consulting experiences focus on leadership in multilingual and international settings, most recently in Greece, Norway, and China. She has helped lead major educational reform projects including work with the World Bank, UNESCO, the Massachusetts Department of Education, the Annenberg Research and Evaluation Team, ATLAS Communities, and Renewing Academic Excellence at the Athens College in Athens, Greece. Her current curriculum/assessment research projects are based in New York and in Athens, Greece. As a researcher, frequent speaker, and writer, her work focuses on understanding how best to assess and teach children from diverse language, learning, and cultural backgrounds.