Research Areas

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

Racism and AntiBlackness
Tasha Austin

Tasha Austin

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

505 Baldy Hall Buffalo, NY 14260
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166452455

Email: tashaaus@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; ESL/ENL/Bilingual; Educator Preparation; Racism and AntiBlackness

LaGarrett King

LaGarrett King

Professor
Learning and Instruction

505 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: lagarret@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Diversity; Social Studies Education; History of Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Social Justice

Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

403 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260

Email: kosroosh@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: qualitative methods; critical phenomenology; community-engaged and action research within counselor education; community-driven interventions within k-12 schools; Black and Indigenous students experiences within education

Jacoby Loury

Jacoby Loury

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

408 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451126

Email: jaloury@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: My research interests broadly explore the impact of race, ethnicity, and culture (REC) on counseling & counselor education, anti-racist school counseling practice, and culturally relevant and innovative counseling approaches (i.e, gaming, Hip-Hop).

Tim Monreal

Tim Monreal

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

341 Foster Hall
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

Tangela Montgomery

Tangela Montgomery

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

North Campus 410 Baldy Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166452484

Email: tangelar@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: My research focuses on the psychosocial wellness of communities minoritized by race, sexual orientation, and gender identity (i.e., queer people of color or QPOC), & increasing retention rates of students of color in graduate psychology programs.

Raechele L. Pope

Raechele L. Pope

Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy
Dean's Office

468 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451098

Email: rlpope@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Cultural Competence and Humility; Administration/Management; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Multicultural Competence; Leadership; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Social Justice; Organizational Change

Amy L. Reynolds

Amy L. Reynolds

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

422 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1112

Email: alr24@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Cultural Competence and Humility; Diversity; Clinical and Career Counseling; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Cultural Competence; LGBT+ Studies; Multicultural Competence; Queer and Trans People and Perspectives; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Mental Health; Social Justice; Training and Supervision

Ji-Won Son

Ji-Won Son

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

569 Baldy Hall North 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

Paris D. Wicker

Paris D. Wicker

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

475 Baldy Hall North Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451214

Email: pariswic@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Cultural Competence and Humility; Critical Policy Analysis; Diversity; Educational Change; Discourse analysis; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Meditation, Mental Health and Wellness; Mental Health; Mindfulness; Social Justice; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Wellness