Research Areas

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

Cultural Competence
Yunjeong Chang

Yunjeong Chang

Associate Professor
Learning and Instruction

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

Phone: (716) 645-4076

Email: ychang28@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Engineering Education; Cognition; Curriculum and Instruction; Diversity; Digital Media and Learning; Digital literacy; Cognitive Psychology; Cultural Competence; Educational technology; Educator Preparation; Higher Education; Learning Communities; STEM education; Learning Design; Learning Sciences; Problem Based Learning; Online and Distance Learning; Universal Design; Professional / Staff Development

Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Katheryne T. Leigh-Osroosh

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

246 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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

247 Foster Hall, South 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).

Tangela Montgomery

Tangela Montgomery

Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

235 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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.

Omayra Muñoz-Lorenzo

Omayra Muñoz-Lorenzo

Clinical Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

202C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1118

Email: omayramu@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Cultural Competence; Immigrant Issues; Mental Health; Social Justice; Rehabilitation Counseling

Amy L. Reynolds

Amy L. Reynolds

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

237 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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