Research Areas

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

Literacy
Blythe E. Anderson

Blythe E. Anderson

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: 7166454028

Email: blythean@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Discourse analysis; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Professional / Staff Development

Fenice B. Boyd

Fenice B. Boyd

Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Email: fboyd@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) and Literacy Education; Adolescent Literacy learning; Disciplinary Literacy; Under Served and Under Represented students; Multimodality; Teachers Professional Learning; Teaching and Learning in Informal Contexts

Maureen P. Boyd

Maureen P. Boyd

Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: mpboyd@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Elementary Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Literacy; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Qualitative Research Methods

Ashlee A. Campbell

Ashlee A. Campbell

Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

B01A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1058

Email: ashleeeb@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Assessment; Literacy; Reading Instruction

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

Christina King

Christina King

Clinical Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

147 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: cuking@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Racial Literacy; Diverse Literature for Children and Young Adolescents; Dialogic Space; Critical Literacy; Teaching Banned Books

Mary McVee

Mary McVee

Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: 716-645-2458

Email: mcvee@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Engineering Education; Digital Media and Learning; Diversity; Literacy; Discourse analysis; Ethnography; Race, Inequality, and Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods; Research Methods

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

X. Christine Wang

X. Christine Wang

Professor
Learning and Instruction
Dean's Office

348 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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