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Dr. Roger FiedlerDr. Roger Fiedler, Professor
office: KAB 437, phone: 716-829-7703

  • Education: B.A., Psychology, Bard College; M.A., General Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Ph.D., Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo
  • Area of Expertise: Research design; computers; advanced statistical methods; measurement issues in research; functional independence and medical rehabilitation.
  • Noteworthy: In addition to being a nationally-recognized expert on measurement and research design, Dr. Fiedler has seven years in upper-level academic administration at D’Youville College; 15 years experience as faculty member at University at Buffalo Health Related Professions, University at Buffalo Departments of Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine, and professor of Occupational Therapy at D’Youville College, as well as eight years experience as Director of Research for Cardiac Surgery and for Medical Rehabilitation. Dr. Fielder has over 100 publications.
  • Courses: Assessment of Individual and Group Performances; Assessment Issues in Education and Instruction; Contemporary Educational Systems: Finances and Controls; Advanced Research Methods; Proposal Identification, Development, and Completion

Dr. Donald SaboDr. Donald Sabo, Professor
office: ALT 415, phone: 716-829-8178

  • Education: B.A., History, University at Buffalo; M.Ed., Student Personnel/College Administration, University at Buffalo; M.A., Sociology, University at Buffalo; Ph.D., Sociology, University at Buffalo
  • Areal of Expertise: Dr. Sabo is a recognized expert on gender relations and has published extensively on physical activity and health, gender equity in athletics, women’s sports, sport and masculinity, and men’s violence. His research and writing focus on women’s health as well as men’s health studies. Professor Sabo’s research has been a gateway to participation in a variety of public health policy debates in the United States, such as Her Life Depends On It (2004), Health Risks and the Teen Athlete (2001), and The Women’s Sports Foundation Report: Sport and Teen Pregnancy (1998). Dr. Sabo founded and directs the Center for Research on Physical Activity, Sport & Health at D’Youville College. He also serves as Research Director for the Women’s Sports Foundation, a national nonprofit devoted to advancing the lives of girls and women through sports and physical activity.
  • Noteworthy: Former president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, and a frequently invited speaker at colleges, universities, and conferences such as the 1997 Seoul International Congress on Sport Science, the 1993 World University Games, the USOC Coaches Symposium, the National Athletic Trainers Association, and the Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles. Dr. Sabo received the Women’s Sports Foundation President’s Award in May, 2001 and has appeared on television shows such as The Today Show, Oprah, and Donahue.
  • Courses: Evaluation of Health Care Systems: Needs and Issues; Advanced Research Methods; Proposal Identification, Development, and Completion

Dr. Mark GarrisonDr. Mark Garrison, Associate Professor and Director of Doctoral Programs
office: KAB 427, phone: 716-829-8125

  • Education: B.A., Sociology, University at Buffalo; M.A., Sociology, University at Buffalo; Ph.D., Sociology of Education, University at Buffalo
  • Area of Expertise: Politics of education; privatization; politics of assessment-driven school reform; measurement theory; educational technology; character education and school violence.
  • Noteworthy: As winner of the AAUP/DYC Chapter 2004 Scholar of the Year award, in part for his historical research on the emergence of standardized-testing technology, Dr. Garrison is becoming a noted critic of test-based accountability in education with numerous presentations, papers and journal articles examining the political aspects of education reform in the United States. Dr. Garrison’s most recent work, What (or are) we measuring? A reexamination of psychometric practice and the problem of assessment in education appeared in Education and Psychology: An Encyclopedia (2007). Dr. Garrison's book Political Origins of Failure: The Role of Standardized Testing in the Rise and Fall of Public Education will be published by SUNY Press in 2008. Dr. Garrison also serves as the Director of the college Institutional Review Board.
  • Courses: Contemporary Educational Systems: Finances and Controls; Advanced Curricular Issues and Perspectives; Assessment Issues in Education and Instruction; Intra-Institutional Problem Solving; Inter-Institutional Problem Solving

Dr. Lois JircitanoDr. Lois Jircitano, Associate Professor
office: KAB 320, phone: 716-829-8182

  • Education: B.S., Special Education/Elementary Education, SUNY College at Buffalo; M.A., American Studies, Center for the Americas, University at Buffalo; J.D. Law & Jurisprudence, University at Buffalo, Ph.D. Educational Leadership, Administration & Policy, University at Buffalo
  • Area of Expertise: Education law & policy; cultural issues in Education; minority issues in educational Leadership.
  • Noteworthy: Dr. Jircitano spent four years at the NYS Education Department as Assistant Legal Counsel during which she authored the first Alternative Oath of Office for Native Americans in NYS; revised NYS Education Contracts for Native Education in NYS; prepared culture/language legislation. Dr. Jircitano also spent five years teaching at the Western Kentucky University as an Associate Professor; and served as the Director of the WKU/ Kentucky Principal Institute – Minority Certification Program; and participated as a member of the Kentucky State Coalition of University Educational Administration Programs to revise the Kentucky State Test for Principal Certification.
  • Courses: Law & Policy in Education Systems; Organizational Communication: Theory & Practice; Cultural Perspectives in American Education; Advanced Research Methods: Qualitative Research; Proposal Identification, Development and Completion.

Dr. Eric LittleDr. Eric Little, Assistant Professor
office: BFAC 312, phone: 716-829-7841

  • Education: B.A., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay; M.A., Philosophy, University at Buffalo; PhD, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, University at Buffalo
  • Area of Expertise: Ontology, Cognitive Science, Organizational Theory, Learning Theory, Philosophy of Mind/Psychology
  • Noteworthy: Dr. Little is Director, Center for Ontology and Interdisciplinary Studies; member of the Geospatial Ontology Community of Practice (GOCoP), part of the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), an on-going activity of the federal government to design a common spatial ontology that will link all spatial information systems; received a DAAD scholarship to study at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany (1997-98); has presented research and invited talks across the US, Canada, Germany, Italy, & the UK.
  • Courses: Politics and Problems in Health Care; Health System Organization: Theory and Practice; Communication in Health System Organizations; Organizational Relationships I; Organizational Relationships II; Dissertation Topic Identification and Development