Research Areas

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

Clinical and Career Counseling
Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

246 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: kosroosh@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: qualitative methods; critical phenomenology; community-engaged and action research within counselor education; community-driven interventions within k-12 schools; Black and Indigenous students experiences within education

Tangela Montgomery

Tangela Montgomery

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

235 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166452484

Email: tangelar@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: My research focuses on the psychosocial wellness of communities minoritized by race, sexual orientation, and gender identity (i.e., queer people of color or QPOC), & increasing retention rates of students of color in graduate psychology programs.

Amy L. Reynolds

Amy L. Reynolds

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

237 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1112

Email: alr24@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Cultural Competence and Humility; Diversity; Clinical and Career Counseling; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Cultural Competence; LGBT+ Studies; Multicultural Competence; Queer and Trans People and Perspectives; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Mental Health; Social Justice; Training and Supervision

Scott A. Sabella

Scott A. Sabella

Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

202A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1123

Email: sasabell@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Clinical/counselor supervision, program management in rehabilitation agencies, community participation of people with disabilities, supports for individuals with brain injuries, psychometrics, motivational interviewing interventions

Sandro M. Sodano

Sandro M. Sodano

Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

244 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1131

Email: smsodano@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Assessment; Child and Adolescent Development; Clinical and Career Counseling; Mental Health; Measurements; Psychometrics; Quantitative Research Methods; Program Evaluation