Research Areas

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

Multimodality
Fenice B. Boyd

Fenice B. Boyd

Professor
Learning and Instruction

303B Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: fboyd@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Culturally Sustaining STEM (CS-STEM) and Literacy Education; Adolescent Literacy learning; Disciplinary Literacy; Under Served and Under Represented students; Multimodality; Teachers Professional Learning; Teaching and Learning in Informal Contexts

David L. Bruce

David L. Bruce

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: dlbruce@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Curriculum and Instruction; Access and Equity; English Education; Curriculum and Instruction; Equity and Poverty; Educational technology; School and Community Partnerships; Multimodality; Qualitative Research Methods

Virginia J. Flood

Virginia J. Flood

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

361D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: vflood@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Learning Sciences, STEM Education, Classroom Discourse, Embodiment & Multimodality

Ryan M. Rish

Ryan M. Rish

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

303D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166454042

Email: ryanrish@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Adolescent Literacies; Literacy Studies; Placemaking; Spatial Justice; ELA Teacher Education; Ethnography; Critical Digital Media; Young Adult Literature; Youth Identities

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