Research Areas

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

Immigrant Issues
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

253 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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

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

Omayra Muñoz-Lorenzo

Omayra Muñoz-Lorenzo

Clinical Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

202C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1118

Email: omayramu@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Cultural Competence; Immigrant Issues; Mental Health; Social Justice; Rehabilitation Counseling

Stephen Santa-Ramirez, PhD

Stephen Santa-Ramirez, PhD

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: srsantar@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Immigrant Issues; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Legal Issues

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

Luis Antonio Tosado II

Luis Antonio Tosado II

Clinical Associate Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

248 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1111

Email: luistosa@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; Educator Preparation; Immigrant Issues; Leadership; Race, Inequality, and Education; Urban Education; School Counseling

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