Research Areas

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

International Education
Janina Brutt-Griffler

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Professor
Learning and Instruction

562 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4066

Email: bruttg@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: English Education; International Education; Educational Policy; Multicultural Competence; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Sociolinguistics; Qualitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

Seong Won Han

Seong Won Han

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

431 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1080

Email: seongwon@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Big Data; Achievement; International Education; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Educational Policy; Higher Education; STEM education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Sociology of Education

Sameer Honwad

Sameer Honwad

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

505 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: sameerho@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: I am interested in understanding how to build research-practice-community partnerships for building equitable learning environments.

Namsook Kim

Namsook Kim

Clinical Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

202 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1094

Email: nkim3@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Global Issues; Immigrant Issues; Multicultural Competence; Higher Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Online and Distance Learning

Jaekyung Lee

Jaekyung Lee

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Educational Leadership and Policy

409 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 716-645-1132

Email: jl224@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Big Data; Access and Equity; International Education; Educational Policy; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; Leadership; STEM education; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; Psychometrics; Quantitative Research Methods; Program Evaluation; Social and Emotional Development

Lilliam M. Malave Lopez

Lilliam M. Malave Lopez

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

556 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4060

Email: malave@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Charter Schools; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Cultural Studies; Cognition; Diversity; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Learning Communities; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; School and Community Partnerships; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Neurocognition; Sociolinguistics; Organizational Change; Qualitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Politics of Education; Research Design; Research Methods

Ji-Won Son

Ji-Won Son

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

569 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4030

Email: jiwonson@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Curriculum and Instruction; Assessment; Cognition; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Discourse analysis; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Mathematics Education; Educator Preparation; Immigrant Issues; Multicultural Competence; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; STEM education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Social Justice; Multimodality; Problem Based Learning; Standards; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Urban Education

X. Christine Wang

X. Christine Wang

Professor
Learning and Instruction
Dean's Office

505 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-2379

Email: wangxc@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Child and Adolescent Development; Cognition; Digital Innovations; Digital Media and Learning; Diversity; Curriculum and Instruction; Design Experiments; International Education; Literacy; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Immigrant Issues; Ethnography; Science Education; Learning Communities; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods