Research Areas

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

Information Science
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

Dan Albertson

Dan Albertson

Professor
Information Science

323 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1482

Email: dalbert@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Science; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction

Africa S. Hands

Africa S. Hands

Assistant Professor
Information Science

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 716-645-1412

Email: africaha@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Information Science; Library Science; Higher Education; Online and Distance Learning; Qualitative Research Methods

Christopher Hoadley

Christopher Hoadley

Professor
Learning and Instruction

350 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166457787

Email: tophe@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Computer Science Education; Information Science; Information behavior; Design Experiments; Educational technology; Human Computer Interaction; Learning Sciences

Heidi Julien

Heidi Julien

Professor
Information Science

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2412

Email: heidijul@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Digital literacy; information literacy; information behavior; research methodologies

Saguna Shankar

Saguna Shankar

Assistant Professor
Information Science

319 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166451481

Email: sagunash@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Practice; Information Policy; Migration; Climate and Environment; Care

Ying Sun

Ying Sun

Associate Professor
Information Science

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2412

Email: sun3@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Big Data; Information Science; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction; Science Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design

Amy VanScoy

Amy VanScoy

Associate Professor
Information Science

320 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1487

Email: vanscoy@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Science; Library Science; Information behavior; Information practices; Diversity; Global Issues; Qualitative Research Methods

Jianqiang Wang

Jianqiang Wang

Associate Professor
Information Science

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2412

Email: jw254@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Science; Information Retrieval

Brenda L. Battleson White

Brenda L. Battleson White

Clinical Associate Professor
Information Science

325 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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