Research Areas

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

Educational Change
Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

218 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1096

Email: nbarnett@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Administration/Management; Equity and Poverty; Educational Change; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy; Economics of Education; Leadership; Gamification; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Organizational Change; Urban Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Program Evaluation; School Counseling; Sociology of Education

Simone Fried

Simone Fried

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

212 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166451099

Email: sfried@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: school district policy, school boards, state departments of education, organizational theory, institutions, education policy, policy implementation, leadership, management, administration

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Clinical Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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

Paris D. Wicker

Paris D. Wicker

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

217 Foster Hall, South 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