Research Areas

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

Online and Distance Learning
Sam Abramovich

Sam Abramovich

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
Information Science

335 Foster Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260

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

578 Baldy Hall North 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

Africa S. Hands

Africa S. Hands

Assistant Professor
Information Science


Buffalo, New York 14260

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

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

505 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: tbkarali@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; English Education; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; Literacy; Educational Change; Educational Leadership; Educator Preparation; Leadership; Higher Education; Online and Distance Learning; Qualitative Research Methods; Professional / Staff Development; Social and Emotional Development

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

Sunha Kim

Sunha Kim

Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology
Learning and Instruction

423 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

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

Michele E. Shanahan

Michele E. Shanahan

Clinical Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

409 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

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

Brenda L. Battleson White

Brenda L. Battleson White

Clinical Associate Professor
Information Science

545 Baldy Hall North 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