Research Areas

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

Wellness
Catherine P. Cook-Cottone

Catherine P. Cook-Cottone

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

261D Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1128

Email: cpcook@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Addictions; Community Wellness; Eating Disorders; Embodiment; Meditation, Mental Health and Wellness; Mental Health; Measurements; Mindfulness; Positive Psychology; Self-regulation; Wellness; Yoga

Myles S. Faith

Myles S. Faith

Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

261C Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1124

Email: mfaith@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Bullying; Child and Adolescent Development; Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Research; Eating Disorders; Family; Mental Health; Measurements; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design; Research Methods; School Counseling; Social and Emotional Development; Wellness

Wendy M. Guyker

Wendy M. Guyker

Clinical Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

243 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Phone: (716) 645-1105

Email: wmguyker@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Meditation, Mental Health and Wellness; Self-regulation; Wellness; Yoga

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

Melinda Lemke

Melinda Lemke

Associate Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

206 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

Email: malemke@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Critical Policy Analysis; Discourse analysis; Gender Studies; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Global Issues; Educational Policy; Legal Issues; Qualitative Research Methods; Politics of Education; Wellness

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.

Paris D. Wicker

Paris D. Wicker

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

217 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14214

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