Research Areas

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

Educational Leadership
Christopher P. Brown

Christopher P. Brown

Professor
Learning and Instruction

340 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: cpbrown5@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Assessment; Critical Policy Analysis; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy; Educator Preparation; Standards; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education; Research Design; Research Methods

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

Ian M. Mette

Ian M. Mette

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

210 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166451101

Email: ianmette@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Curriculum and Instruction; Educational Administration; Educational Leadership; Educator Preparation; Multicultural Competence; Race, Inequality, and Education; Social Justice; School Leadership