Research Areas

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

Cognition
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

Yunjeong Chang

Yunjeong Chang

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

361A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4076

Email: ychang28@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Engineering Education; Cognition; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity; Digital Media and Learning; Digital literacy; Cognitive Psychology; Cultural Competence; Educational technology; Educator Preparation; Higher Education; Learning Communities; STEM education; Learning Design; Learning Sciences; Problem Based Learning; Online and Distance Learning; Universal Design; Professional / Staff Development

Brianna Devlin

Brianna Devlin

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

346 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166452455

Email: bdevlin@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Cognition; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Mathematics Education; School and Community Partnerships; Universal Design

Sameer Honwad

Sameer Honwad

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: sameerho@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: I am interested in understanding how to build research-practice-community partnerships for building equitable learning environments.

Lilliam M. Malave Lopez

Lilliam M. Malave Lopez

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

307 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4060

Email: malave@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Charter Schools; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Cultural Studies; Cognition; Diversity; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Learning Communities; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; School and Community Partnerships; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Neurocognition; Sociolinguistics; Organizational Change; Qualitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Politics of Education; Research Design; Research Methods

Michele E. Shanahan

Michele E. Shanahan

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

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

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

X. Christine Wang

X. Christine Wang

Professor
Learning and Instruction
Dean's Office

348 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2379

Email: wangxc@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Child and Adolescent Development; Cognition; Digital Innovations; Digital Media and Learning; Diversity; Curriculum and Instruction; Design Experiments; International Education; Literacy; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Immigrant Issues; Ethnography; Science Education; Learning Communities; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods