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Jaekyung Lee, a professor in the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, received the World Education Research Association (WERA) Visiting Researcher Award.


 

Brittany Jones, an assistant professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, earned the 2024 National Council for the Social Studies Larry Metcalf Exemplary Dissertation Award for her dissertation titled “Learning from Black Perspectives: A Case for Making Space to Feel Race in U.S. History Classrooms.”

Amanda Nickerson, a SUNY Distinguished Professor in the Department of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, has been selected as a 2025 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Namsook Kim, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, was elected to the TESOL International Association, representing the Higher Education Interest Section.

John Strong, an assistant professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, received the 2023-2024 UB Exceptional Scholars: Young Investigator Award.

Mary McVee, a professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, is the 2025 recipient of the AERA Division G Mentoring Award.

Vandana Sharma, a doctoral student in the educational administration program, received the PhD Recruitment Scholarship to support the beginning of her doctoral studies. She was also awarded the GSE Dean’s Student Research Award and the AERA Research on Women in Education Travel Award, which enabled her to present her research on gender-based violence with students with disabilities at a roundtable session during the 2025 AERA Conference in Denver, Colorado.

Shay Valley, a doctoral student in higher education, received the Annuit Coeptis Emerging Professional Award from ACPA–College Student Educators International. The national award recognizes early career professionals who demonstrate exceptional potential in student affairs and higher education.



 

Samantha Wallace, a doctoral student in curriculum, instruction and the science of learning, earned third place in the University at Buffalo’s 2025 Three Minute Thesis competition for her presentation, “Gesturing Toward Success: Embodied Fraction Learning.” The competition challenges doctoral students to present their research in just three minutes to a non-specialist audience.

 

Nathan Daun-Barnett, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, will serve as GSE’s next associate dean for faculty and student affairs.

Anne Perrault in the Department of Information Science was promoted to clinical assistant professor.

Lois Weis Lecture & Celebration: “How to Survive and Even Thrive in the Research Institution: Figuring out the ‘Codes of Power’ and How to Navigate Them Amidst Shifting Terrain of Higher Education in National and Global Context” featuring Lois Weis, PhD, University at Buffalo and Michelle Fine, PhD, CUNY Graduate Center | Feb. 28, 2025

CLaRI 60th Anniversary Celebration: 
“Testing Our Assumptions” featuring Sharon Walpole, PhD, University of Delaware | April 5, 2025

Johnstone Lecture Series featuring Karen Mundy, PhD, University of Toronto:
• “Global Governance and Educational Change: A Look Toward the Future” | April 1, 2025
• “Living and Learning in the Field of Comparative and International Education” | April 2, 2025