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 14260

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

Paris D. Wicker

Paris D. Wicker

Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy

217 Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

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