Research Areas

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

Human Computer Interaction
Sam Abramovich

Sam Abramovich

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction
Information Science

335 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 716-645-3174

Email: samuelab@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Big Data; Information Science; Achievement; Assessment; Cognition; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Design Experiments; Educational technology; Human Computer Interaction; Evaluation; Gamification; Large-Scale Assessment and Research; Learning Design; Measurements; Online and Distance Learning; Standards; Qualitative Research Methods; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods

Dan Albertson

Dan Albertson

Professor
Information Science

323 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: (716) 645-1482

Email: dalbert@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Information Science; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction

Samuel Dodson

Samuel Dodson

Assistant Professor
Information Science

312 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451488

Email: smdodson@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Documentation; Science & Technology Studies; STEM Education

Christopher Hoadley

Christopher Hoadley

Professor
Learning and Instruction

350 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166457787

Email: tophe@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Computer Science Education; Information Science; Information behavior; Design Experiments; Educational technology; Human Computer Interaction; Learning Sciences

Xi Lu

Xi Lu

Assistant Professor
Information Science

315 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 716-645-1485

Email: xlu30@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Human Computer Interaction; Personal Health Informatics; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW); Design

Chris Proctor

Chris Proctor

Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: (716) 645-2455

Email: chrisp@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Computational literacies; K12 computing education; computational social science; design-based research; human-computer interaction

Ying Sun

Ying Sun

Associate Professor
Information Science

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-2412

Email: sun3@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Big Data; Information Science; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction; Science Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design

Yilang Zhao

Yilang Zhao

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

251 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: 7166451130

Email: yilangzh@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Educational data science; data science education; computational research methods; mixed research methods; natural language processing; machine learning; artificial intelligence in education; design-based research; constructionism