Research Areas
Explore the research areas that our faculty study in the Graduate School of Education.
Mental Health
Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
261D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-1128
Email: cpcook@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Addictions; Community Wellness; Eating Disorders; Embodiment; Meditation, Mental Health and Wellness; Mental Health; Measurements; Mindfulness; Positive Psychology; Self-regulation; Wellness; Yoga
Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
261C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-1124
Email: mfaith@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Bullying; Child and Adolescent Development; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Eating Disorders; Family; Mental Health; Measurements; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods; School Counseling; Social and Emotional Development; Wellness
Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
161A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-1141
Email: ssfredri@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Bullying and cyberbullying; school climate; school-based mental health; adolescent media use and digital citizenship
Rebecca J. Frandina Jacob, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Multicultural Competence; School and Community Partnerships; Mental Health; Rehabilitation Counseling; School Counseling; Social and Emotional Development; Special Education
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
Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
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.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
202C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-1118
Email: omayramu@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Cultural Competence; Immigrant Issues; Mental Health; Social Justice; Rehabilitation Counseling
Distinguished Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
161C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-3448
Email: nickersa@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: School Crisis Prevention and Intervention, Bullying, School Safety, Bystander Intervention,
Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
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
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
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
Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy
Research Areas: Access and Equity; Cultural Competence and Humility; Critical Policy Analysis; Diversity; Educational Change; Discourse analysis; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Meditation, Mental Health and Wellness; Mental Health; Mindfulness; Social Justice; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Wellness