Research Areas

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

Cultural Competence and Humility
Rebecca J. Frandina Jacob, PhD

Rebecca J. Frandina Jacob, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

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

Phone: 716-645-1106

Email: rjjacob@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Diversity; Multicultural Competence; School and Community Partnerships; Mental Health; Rehabilitation Counseling; School Counseling; Social and Emotional Development; Special Education

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 14214

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.

Raechele L. Pope

Raechele L. Pope

Professor
Educational Leadership and Policy
Dean's Office

Foster Hall, South Campus
Buffalo, New York 14260

Phone: 7166451098

Email: rlpope@buffalo.edu

Research Areas: Access and Equity; Cultural Competence and Humility; Administration/Management; Diversity; Equity and Poverty; Gender, Culture, and Equity; Multicultural Competence; Leadership; Higher Education; Race, Inequality, and Education; Racism and AntiBlackness; Social Justice; Organizational Change

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

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