Research Areas

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

Educational Policy
Christopher P. Brown

Christopher P. Brown

Professor
Learning and Instruction

340 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: cpbrown5@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Assessment; Critical Policy Analysis; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy; Educator Preparation; Standards; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education; Research Design; Research Methods

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Professor
Learning and Instruction

308 Foster Hall, South 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

Ryan Creps

Ryan Creps

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

216 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: rcreps@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Educational Policy; Higher Education

Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

218 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1096

Email: nbarnett@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Administration/Management; Equity and Poverty; Educational Change; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy; Economics of Education; Leadership; Gamification; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Organizational Change; Urban Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Program Evaluation; School Counseling; Sociology of Education

Simone Fried

Simone Fried

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

212 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166451099

Email: sfried@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: school district policy, school boards, state departments of education, organizational theory, institutions, education policy, policy implementation, leadership, management, administration

Seong Won Han

Seong Won Han

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

208 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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

Megan M. Iantosca

Megan M. Iantosca

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

215 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1095

Email: mmhollan@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Achievement; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Educational Policy; Ethnography; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Organizational Change; Qualitative Research Methods; Urban Education; Sociology of Education

Sunha Kim

Sunha Kim

Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Learning and Instruction

253 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1127

Email: sunhakim@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Big Data; Access and Equity; Achievement; Assessment; Digital Innovations; Digital Media and Learning; Diversity; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Design Experiments; Mathematics Education; Educational Policy; Immigrant Issues; Evaluation; Gamification; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; Race, Inequality, and Education; Psychometrics; Online and Distance Learning; Professional / Staff Development; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods; Statistical Methods and Applications in Statistical Issues; School and District Reform

Jaekyung Lee

Jaekyung Lee

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Educational Leadership and Policy

250 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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

Melinda Lemke

Melinda Lemke

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

206 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: malemke@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Critical Policy Analysis; Discourse analysis; Gender Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Educational Policy; Legal Issues; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education; Wellness

Jacoby Loury

Jacoby Loury

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

247 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451126

Email: jaloury@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: My research interests broadly explore the impact of race, ethnicity, and culture (REC) on counseling & counselor education, anti-racist school counseling practice, and culturally relevant and innovative counseling approaches (i.e, gaming, Hip-Hop).

Sarah A. Robert

Sarah A. Robert

Professor
Learning and Instruction

342 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4046

Email: sarah@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Critical Policy Analysis; Gender Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Educational Policy; Ethnography; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education; Sociology of Education

Jinting Wu

Jinting Wu

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

205 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1081

Email: jintingw@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Cultural Studies; Disability Studies; Global Issues; Educational Policy; Ethnography; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education