David J Chard

David J Chard

David J. Chard, Ph.D., is Dean ad interim of Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development and Professor of Special Education. Prior to coming to BU, Dr. Chard served as the 14th President of Wheelock College. He was also founding dean of the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is a member of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities and has been a classroom teacher in California, Michigan, and in the U.S. Peace Corps in Lesotho in southern Africa. He served on the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for two terms from 2012-2019.