2025 GSE AERA Presentations

April 23-27, 2025 | Denver, Colorado

Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal

Below is a complete list of faculty, staff, students and alumni from the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo presenting at the AERA annual meeting.

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Abigail Henry
  • "Beyond Traditional Research Product Paradigms: A Black Teacher Archive"
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Alexandra LaTronica
  • "Caring-For Versus Caring-About: A Study of Faculty and Staff's 'Radical' Approaches to Supporting Student-Parents"
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Alexandra Schindel, PhD
  • Environmental Education Special Interest Group (SIG) Business Meeting
  • "Storytelling as Movement Building: The Grassroots Intergenerational Movement for Climate Education and Action in New York State"
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Alice Cady
  • "Integrating Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms: Insights from Teacher-Researchers’ Action Research"
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Amanda Winkelsas, PhD
  • "The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach"
  • "The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling"
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Amy VanScoy, PhD
  • "Modeling the Occupational Survival of LIS Professionals of Color Through Survival Analysis"
  • "Gender and Marital Status Influences on Employment Inequality"
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Ari Hock, PhD
  • "Learning to Cultivate Community Care through a Collaborative Filmmaking Project"
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Azzah Alzahrani
  • "Shaping Bilingual Minds: The Power of Family Language Policy in Biliteracy"
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Bingwan Tian
  • "Critical Analysis of China’s Inclusive Education Policy: Learning in Regular Classrooms (LRC)"
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Blessed Aspinas Mhungu
  • "Online Studios and Digital Literacy among Undergraduate Students: An Activity Theory Perspective"
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Blythe Anderson, PhD
  • "Validation of the Multisyllabic Decoding Inventory in Grades Four and Five"
  • "Multisyllabic Decoding Challenges for Students Above and Below the Decoding Threshold Attending a Diverse Urban Elementary School"
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Brittany Jones, PhD
  • "Amplifying Black Caregivers’ Perspectives About Anti-CRT Legislation"
  • Presentation: "Teaching History SIG Business Meeting"
  • Social Studies Research SIG and Teaching History SIG Joint Reception
  • Paper Session: "Critical Histories and Racial Consciousness: Exploring Power, Pedagogy and Representation in Social Studies Education"
  • Paper Session: "Strategies for Teaching Difficult Topics: A Systematic Literature Review"
  • “Dreaming of Freedom: How Interdisciplinary Literacy Instruction Empowered Elementary Students’ Enactment of Police and Prison Abolition"
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Cara Monaco
  • "Caring-For Versus Caring-About: A Study of Faculty and Staff's 'Radical' Approaches to Supporting Student-Parents"
 Student Presentation Information
Chris Proctor, PhD

 
  • "'Reading Out Loud to an AI Tutor is Also Effective': Analyzing Amira Learning’s Marketing Materials"
  • "Longitudinal Associations of Field-specific Ability Beliefs among Undergraduate Computer Science Students" 
  • "Examining Prior Experience and Initial Gender Stereotypes among First-Year Computer Science Students" 
  • "A Theoretical Patchwork of Metaphors for AI Literacy for Young Children: Insights from a Delphi Study"
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Christopher Hoadley, PhD
  • Discussant: "Fostering AI Literacy in Early Childhood: Emerging Theoretical and Empirical Insights"
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Danielle Vegas Lewis, PhD
  • "From Aid to Abandonment: The Impact of Federal COVID-19 Policies on Student-Mothers" 
  • "Well-Intentioned, but Contradictory? A Narrative Analysis of the Impact of Neoliberal Policies on Student-Mothers"
 Post Doc/Alumni Presentation Information
Daphanie Bibbs
  • Chair: "Activating Student Knowledge: Youth Building and Action Research"
  • Discussant: "Reclaiming and Negotiating Space and Identity"
  • Chair: "Marginalized Identities in Higher Education"
  • Discussant: "Racialized Consequences of Discipline, Surveillance, Violence and Out-of-School Environment"
  • Chair: "Urban Mentorship and Diversity: Centering Learner-Centered Approaches and Social Justice in Education" 
  • Chair: "Topics on Gender and Women in Social Justice Leadership"
 Student Presentation Information
Elisabeth Etopio, PhD
  • "The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach"
  • "The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling"
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Grace Yaxin Xing
  • "How Do Children and Parents Learn Computational Thinking Together?" 
  • "Caring Thinking with Robots: Teacher-Guided Exploration with Robots in Preschool Classrooms" 
  • "Integrating Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms: Insights from Teacher-Researchers’ Action Research" 
  • "From Piaget to Posthumanism: Conceptualization of AI in Early Childhood Education"
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Greg Simmons
  • "'It Has To Be Done, but I’m Worried': Developing and Implementing a Black History Course"
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Gwendolyn Baxley, PhD
  • Leadership for Social Justice SIG Business Meeting
  • Chair: "Developing a Research-Practice Partnership"
  • "Toward Black Liberation in Research Practice Partnerships"
  • Chair: "Intersections of Justice, Whiteness and Educational Renewal"
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Halley Maza, PhD
  • "Cultivating Reflective Dispositions Through SEL-Focused Video Reflection and Inquiry Pilot Program for Teacher Residents"
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Heather Killen, PhD
  • "Building Collective Truth: Interrogating a Multi-year Research Project to Move Toward Cultural Responsiveness"
  • "Constraints on Including Locally Held, Landscape-Based Climate Knowledge During a Community-Based, Collaborative Map-Building Exercise"
 Post Doc Presentation Information
Holly Marcolina, PhD
  • "'It’s up to You, New York (Schools)': A Retrospective Case Study of Pandemic-Era Education Policies" 
  • "Teachers Work in Rural High Schools"
 Alumni Presentation Information
Hyeonji Jeong
  • "Gender and Marital Status Influences on Employment Inequality"
  • "ICT Use, SES and Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and South Korea"
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Ian Mette, PhD
  • "Spatialized as Rural: How the Spatialization Process Perpetuates Inequities for Ruralites" 
  • Chair: "Educational Leaders’ Efforts to Better Serve Students and Communities"
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Iman Lathan
  • "The Secondary Diaspora of Black NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Student-Athletes"
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Jaekyung Lee, PhD
  • "Career Aspiration and Readiness Gaps: American High Schoolers’ Skill Mismatch for STEM and Health Jobs"
  • "Do Community Schools Work for High-Needs Students? Evaluating Integrated Student Services and Outcomes for Equity"
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Jingning He
  • "'Learning Well Means Teaching Well': Identity Construction of Elite Graduates as Schoolteachers in China" 
  • "'Since You (I) Come it all Changes': Productive Tensions in a Novice Teacher's Identity Construction"
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Ji-Won Son, PhD
  • "Integrating Asian American Counterstories in Mathematics: A Task Design Framework for Enhancing Social Justice"
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John E. Slaughter
  • "Gender and Marital Status Influences on Employment Inequality"
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John Strong, PhD
  • "Validation of the Multisyllabic Decoding Inventory in Grades Four and Five"
  • "Multisyllabic Decoding Challenges for Students Above and Below the Decoding Threshold Attending a Diverse Urban Elementary School"
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Kate Hasler Steilen
  • "Middle Managers: Stuck or Strategic, a Scoping Review"
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Katharina A. Azim, PhD
  • Discussant: "Addressing Challenges in Teacher Preparation: Exploring Internship Obstacles, Curriculum Perceptions, Inclusive Practices, and Community College Pathways"
 Reproductive Health Researcher, Qualitative Methodologist, Scholar Activist Presentation Information
Kenneth Joseph, PhD
  • "Longitudinal Associations of Field-specific Ability Beliefs among Undergraduate Computer Science Students"
  • "Examining Prior Experience and Initial Gender Stereotypes among First-Year Computer Science Students"
 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences| Associate Director of AI and Society, Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Presentation Information
Kristen Smigielski
  • "Emotional Competence and Self-Efficacy in Music Educators: Navigating Inclusive Education for Special Needs Students"
  • "Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Music Educators' Preparedness and Self-Efficacy for Inclusive Education"
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Kristin Cipollone, PhD
  • "An Examination of the Watermark™ Educator Disposition Assessment Rubric"
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Leah Bartlo
  • "An Innovative Early Intervention Program Following Early Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Mixed Methods Case Study"
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Mahshad Nasr
  • "The Changing Nature of Writing Centers in the Era of ChatGPT"
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Margaret Sallee, PhD
  • "Caring-For Versus Caring-About: A Study of Faculty and Staff's 'Radical' Approaches to Supporting Student-Parents"
  • "From Aid to Abandonment: The Impact of Federal COVID-19 Policies on Student-Mothers" 
  • "Well-Intentioned, but Contradictory? A Narrative Analysis of the Impact of Neoliberal Policies on Student-Mothers"
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Megan Holland Iantosca, PhD
  • "'You Will Not Know Where I Live' Gender Variations in School Counselors Strategies for Maintaining Work-Life Boundaries"
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Melinda Lemke, PhD
  • Chair: "Restorative Discipline Policy and Practice: Dismantling Carceral Schooling"
  • Chair: "Gender, Sexuality and Policy Dynamics In and Beyond the Workplace"
  • "Beyond Now: Intersectional Feminist Politics, Policy and Research Futures in Education"
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Monica Miles, PhD
  • "Harriet Tubman: The Hidden Naturalist – Empowering Black Girls Through Representation by Bridging Science and History With Children's Literature"
 Assistant Professor
Department of Engineering Education
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences		 Presentation Information
Myles Faith, PhD
  • "Do Community Schools Work for High-Needs Students? Evaluating Integrated Student Services and Outcomes for Equity"
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Ngo Hna
  • "Burmese Refugee Students and the Challenges of Navigating Post-Secondary Education Opportunities"
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Nikki Bosca
  • Collective Autoethnography as a Transformative Narrative Methodology
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Noemi Waight, PhD
  • "Fostering Partnerships in Community To Tap Into Brilliance of Youth and Science"
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Paris Wicker, PhD
  • Chair: "Making Abstract Research Concepts Concrete: Using Paradigms and Theoretical Frameworks in Mixed Methods Research"
  • "What Can Intersectionality and QuantCrit Approaches With Black Women in Higher Education Teach Us About the Health and Well-Being Paradox Within Research?"
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Preston Martin
  • "Can Aligned Ambition Help Prevent Further Decline of Male Post-Secondary Enrollment? A Survival Analysis" 
  • "The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach" 
  • "The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling"
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Qianqian (Maggie) Ma
  • "Cultivating Speaking Confidence with Digital Video Composition: Beginner ESL Learners in Workplace Context"
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Sandra Small, PhD
  • "The Effect of an NIH Project on Students' Science Identity and STEM-Efficacy in High-Needs Schools"
 Sr. Manager, Science Education and Outreach at UB Presentation Information
Sean Gregory Turner
  • "Pump Up the Volume on Student Voice: Co-Constructing CTDEL Knowledge Through Multimodal Experiences"
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Seoyeon Lee
  • "Career-Change Resident Teachers’ Motivation and Perception on Bringing Their Experiences into Their Classroom"
  • "Enhancing Math Education Through An Action Research Study"
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Simone Fried, PhD
  • "Takeovers and the Role of State Agencies in District Reform: An Analysis of Authorizing Legislation"
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Stephen Koury, PhD
  • "The Effect of an NIH Project on Students' Science Identity and STEM-Efficacy in High-Needs Schools"
 Research Associate Professor, Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences Presentation Information
Stephen Santa-Ramirez, PhD
  • Discussant: "Creating Inclusive Spaces: Belonging, Identity, and Community Across Diverse Student Populations"
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Sunha Kim, PhD
  • "Can Aligned Ambition Help Prevent Further Decline of Male Post-Secondary Enrollment? A Survival Analysis"
  • "The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach"
  • "The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling"
  • "Gender and Marital Status Influences on Employment Inequality"
  • "ICT Use, SES, and Self-Efficacy: A Comparative Study of the U.S. and South Korea"
  • "The Effect of an NIH Project on Students' Science Identity and STEM-Efficacy in High-Needs Schools"
  • "Modeling the Occupational Survival of LIS Professionals of Color Through Survival Analysis"
  • Chair: "Leveraging Technology and Digital Learning: Diverse Evaluation Perspectives"
  • Chair: "Leveraging Technology to Enhance Teaching, Learning and Assessment in STEM Education"
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Suzanne Rosenblith, PhD
  • "The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach" 
  • "The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling"
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Tasha Austin, PhD
  • Discussant: "Intersectional Approaches to Language and Culture"
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Tiffany Karalis Noel, PhD
  • "Collective Autoethnography as a Transformative Narrative Methodology"
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Timothy Monreal, PhD
  • "Rasquachismo/a/x and Settler Colonialism"
  • Participant: "Light a Fire and Watch It Burn: Disruptive Qualitative Methods in Education Research"
  • Chair: "Social Studies Research SIG Business Meeting"
  • Participant: "Social Studies Research SIG and Teaching History SIG Joint Reception"
  • "Teaching the Lowrider (Self): A Comparative Case Study of Two Latino (Educator) Lowriders"
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Vandana Sharma
  • "Research on Women and Education" Business Meeting
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Wei Wang
  • "Gender and Marital Status Influences on Employment Inequality"
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Weiyi Ding
  • "The Effect of an NIH Project on Students' Science Identity and STEM-Efficacy in High-Needs Schools"
  • "Modeling the Occupational Survival of LIS Professionals of Color Through Survival Analysis"
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X. Christine Wang, PhD
  • Discussant: "Exploring Computational Thinking and STEM Education in Early Childhood: Collaborative Partnerships With Diverse Stakeholders"
  • "Caring Thinking With Robots: Teacher-Guided Exploration With Robots in Preschool Classrooms" 
  • "Integrating Computational Thinking in Early Childhood Classrooms: Insights From Teacher-Researchers’ Action Research"
  • Chair: "Fostering AI Literacy in Early Childhood: Emerging Theoretical and Empirical Insights" 
  • "A Theoretical Patchwork of Metaphors for AI Literacy for Young Children: Insights from a Delphi Study"
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Xintian Tu, PhD
  • Chair: "Learning and the Growing Body: Embodied Learning Research Across Different Age Groups"
  • "Embodied Learning as Collect Experience for Young Children’s Science Learning"
  • "Role of Facilitation in Enhancing Young Children’s Learning within an MR Environment"
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Young Sik Seo, PhD
  • "Do Community Schools Work for High-Needs Students? Evaluating Integrated Student Services and Outcomes for Equity"
  • "Digital Literacies and Reading Achievement: SEM Analysis of PIRLS 2021 U.S. Data With SES Moderation"
  • "Digital Literacies, Reading Achievement and Intrinsic Motivation: A Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) With Mediation" 
  • "Validation of Active Learning Classroom Perception Survey for College Students"
  • "Relationship Between Students’ Social and Emotional Skills and Academic Performance During Pandemic: Insights from PISA 2022"
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Yuejia Wang
  • "The Impact of Social Capital on Academic Job Seeking Experiences in China: A Comparison Between PhD Returnees and Domestic PhDs"
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Yunjeong Chang, PhD
  • Chair: "Learning Analytics and Student Engagement"
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Yuya Yamamoto
  • "From Piaget to Posthumanism: Conceptualization of AI in Early Childhood Education"
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Zhuoyun Cai
  • "Caring Thinking With Robots: Teacher-Guided Exploration with Robots in Preschool Classrooms"
  • "A Theoretical Patchwork of Metaphors for AI Literacy for Young Children: Insights From a Delphi Study"
  • "From Piaget to Posthumanism: Conceptualization of AI in Early Childhood Education"
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