Annie Underwood Bell

Annie is a graduate of the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at Boston University. She has a BS in Education and Human Development, with a specialization in Educational Design for Transformative Social Futures. Her academic focuses were the impact of educational spaces on education and learning, and exploring ways to design innovative curriculum.

Annie began working at the Wheelock Center for Future Readiness (WCFR) during her junior year, initially helping to develop career readiness curricula for Boston-area community organizations, including West End House and Sociedad Latina, based on Dr. Park and Dr. Solberg’s research. Her primary roles were to serve as a liaison between the centers’ research partners and the Wheelock Center for Future Readiness and to adapt the evidence-based curricula to suit the needs of these organizations, and to benefit their youth.

In her current role as a Research Fellow, Annie continues to work on curriculum design, while also coordinating the State Leaders Career Development Network, assisting with research and research project design at the center, and leading the development of an open-access career readiness resource database. She is a part of the WCFR podcast, Take a Moment for Youth, where she chats with Dr. Solberg and Shre Venkatesan about all things career exploration and future readiness, while sharing resources for families, caregivers, counselors, teachers and more!

In the future she hopes to continue honing her research skills, and pursue a masters or doctoral degree. In her free time she enjoys attending multiple book clubs, yoga, attending concerts, cooking and baking.