Research Areas
Explore the research areas that our faculty study in the Graduate School of Education.
Social and Emotional Development
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
Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
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
Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Educational Leadership and Policy
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
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
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,
Clinical Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
240 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-1109
Email: meshady@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Achievement; Cognition; Cognitive Psychology; Online and Distance Learning; Quantitative Research Methods; Social and Emotional Development