Research Areas

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

Assessment
Sam Abramovich

Sam Abramovich

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
Information Science

335 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 716-645-3174

Email: samuelab@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Science; Achievement; Assessment; Cultural Studies; Cognition; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Design Experiments; Educational technology; Evaluation; Gamification; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; Learning Design; Measurements; Online and Distance Learning; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

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

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

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

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

Ji-Won Son

Ji-Won Son

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

347 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4030

Email: jiwonson@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Curriculum and Instruction; Assessment; Cognition; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Discourse analysis; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Mathematics Education; Educator Preparation; Immigrant Issues; Multicultural Competence; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; STEM education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Social Justice; Multimodality; Problem Based Learning; Standards; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Urban Education

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

Noemi Waight

Noemi Waight

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: 7166452455

Email: nwaight@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Access and Equity; Assessment; Cognition; Digital Innovations; Digital Media and Learning; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Science Education; Leadership; Learning Design; Race, Inequality, and Education; Problem Based Learning; Qualitative Research Methods; Urban Education

Brenda L. Battleson White

Brenda L. Battleson White

Clinical Associate Professor
Information Science

325 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1486

Email: blb@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Information Science; Library Science; Information behavior; Assessment; Information practices; Information literacy; Diversity; Digital literacy; Multicultural Competence; Higher Education; Information Literacy; Online and Distance Learning; Politics of Education; Research Methods