Research Areas
Explore the research areas that our faculty study in the Graduate School of Education.
Curriculum and Instruction
Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction
Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Discourse analysis; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Writing Instruction; Professional / Staff Development
Professor
Learning and Instruction
329A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-2455
Email: mpboyd@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Elementary Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Literacy; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Qualitative Research Methods
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
Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Access and Equity; English Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Equity and Poverty; Educational technology; School and Community Partnerships; Multimodality; Qualitative Research Methods
Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
361A Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260
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
Professor
Learning and Instruction
337 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-4058
Email: ekearney@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Educational Linguistics; Language Teaching and Learning; Interculturality; Design of Learning Environments (VR); Teacher Preparation and Learning
Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy
Research Areas: Access and Equity; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Administration; Educational Leadership; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; School Leadership
Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
336 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214
Phone: (716) 645-4067
Email: schindel@buffalo.edu
Research Areas: Equity and Justice in STEM Education; Climate Change Education; Environmental Justice Education
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
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
Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
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
Professor
Learning and Instruction
Dean's Office
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