Research Areas

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

Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context
Maureen P. Boyd

Maureen P. Boyd

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

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Janina Brutt-Griffler

Professor
Learning and Instruction

308 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-4066

Email: bruttg@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: English Education; International Education; Educational Policy; Multicultural Competence; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Sociolinguistics; Qualitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

Erin Kearney

Erin Kearney

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

Namsook Kim

Namsook Kim

Clinical Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

202 Baldy Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1094

Email: nkim3@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; International Education; Global Issues; Immigrant Issues; Multicultural Competence; Higher Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Online and Distance Learning

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

Mary McVee

Mary McVee

Professor
Learning and Instruction

329D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 716-645-2458

Email: mcvee@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Engineering Education; Digital Media and Learning; Diversity; Literacy; Discourse analysis; Ethnography; Race, Inequality, and Education; Linguistic, Discourse, and Sociocultural Context; Multimodality, Embodiment, and Digital Literacy; Qualitative Research Methods; Research Methods

Tim Monreal

Tim Monreal

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

341 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166455042

Email: tpmonrea@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Latinx/Chicanx K-12 Education and Teacher Preparation; Latinx Education and Immigration in the U.S. South; Teacher Identity and Subjectivity; Social Studies Education; Critical Geography; (post)Qualitative Methods