Research Areas

Explore the research areas that our faculty study in the Graduate School of Education.

English Education
David L. Bruce

David L. Bruce

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: dlbruce@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: My research primarily explores how teachers and students learn with and use multimodal literacies—especially digital video—as teaching and learning tools in classroom settings.

Rubén A. González

Rubén A. González

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

334 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: rg66@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; English Education; Literacy; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; Urban Education

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: tbkarali@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; English Education; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; Literacy; Educational Change; Educational Leadership; Educator Preparation; Leadership; Higher Education; Online and Distance Learning; Qualitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Social and Emotional Development

Ryan M. Rish

Ryan M. Rish

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

303D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166454042

Email: ryanrish@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Adolescent Literacies; Literacy Studies; Placemaking; Spatial Justice; ELA Teacher Education; Ethnography; Critical Digital Media; Young Adult Literature; Youth Identities

John Z. Strong

John Z. Strong

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

329C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4044

Email: jstrong3@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Achievement; Assessment; Elementary Education; English Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Design Experiments; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Measurements; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

Amanda Winkelsas

Amanda Winkelsas

Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

210 Kimball Tower, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1066

Email: awinkels@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; English Education; Diversity; Educator Preparation; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; Urban Education