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ADOLESCENCE EDUCATION FACULTY

Dr. Glen McClary, Associate Professor
Director, M. S. in Adolescence Education

  • Courses: EDU 613 Methods of Teaching Content Literacy, EDU 631SC Secondary Content Methods/Science, EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Adolescence Education
  • Research interests: Science education; social studies education
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Scheira, T. & McClary, G. (2006). Mock trial of Harry Truman for Crimes Against Humanity, Social Sciences Docket, 45-47.
  • Porfilio, B. & McClary, G. (2004). Future teachers confront globalization: A critical approach to “good citizenship” in social studies education. Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education.

Dr. Patricia Frey, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 631MA Secondary Content Methods/Mathematics, EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Adolescence Education
  • Research interests: Math education; curriculum
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Dissertation: Ability of the urban teacher selection interview to identify teachers who are likely to be retained in the Buffalo Public Schools.
  • Frey, P. (2003). Historical mathematical modules on CD-Rom, National Science Foundation.

Dr. David Gorlewski, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Adolescence Education

Ms. Lois Grollitsch, Instructor

  • Courses: EDU 613 Methods of Teaching Content Literacy

Dr. Nancy Kaczmarek, GNSH, Professor

  • Courses: EDU 613 Methods of Teaching Content Literacy, EDU 631EN Secondary Content Methods/English

Dr. Helen Kress, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 653 Critical Issues in Education, EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

Dr. Curry Stephenson Mallot, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 653 Critical Issues in Education EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education
  • Research interests: critical pedagogy, cultural studies, the social studies, critical theory, teacher education, urban education, and Latin American and Caribbean Education
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Mallot, C. (2008). A Call to Action: An Introduction to Education, Philosophy, and Native North America, NY: Peter Lang
  • Mallot, C. & Portfilio, B. (Eds.) (2008). The Destructive Path of Neoliberalism: An International Examination of Urban Education, The Netherlands: Sense

Dr. Pauline Schmidt, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 637 Adolescent Literacy
  • Research interests: process drama, gender and new literacies
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Dissertation: Typecasting the ideal woman: The dramatic shaping of students at an urban all-girls’ school.

Dr. Stephen Williams, Professor

  • Courses: EDU 620 Foundations of Learning Theory in Education
  • Research interests: learning theory; comparative education

CHILDHOOD EDUCATION FACULTY

Thomas Traverse, Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, M. S. in Childhood Education
Professor Traverse is also the Director of Student Teacher Placements for U.S. students and the Coordinator of the Mentor Program for adjunct faculty

  • Courses: EDU 620 Foundations of Learning Theory in Education, EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Childhood Education

Dr. Abdouramane Barry, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 651 Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity, EDU 653 Critical Issues in Education, EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

Ms. Marguerite Battaglia-Evans, Instructor

  • Courses: EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Childhood Education

Dr. Frank Brathwaite, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 623 Childhood Content Methods EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Childhood Education
  • Research interests: social justice issues incorporating children's literature; service learning; educational leadership
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Porfilio, B. & Brathwaite, F. (2007). (In Press). Zero Tolerance policies. In Eugene Provenzo, Jr. (Ed.). Encycopedia of social and cultural foundations of education. New York: Sage Publications.
    Brathwaite, F. (Summer 2005). “Instilling Cultural Competence in our future teachers.” D’mensions – The D’Youville College Magazine, 13-15.
  • Brathwaite, F. & Porfilio, B. (2004). “A schoolbased project increasing Ontario pre service teacher candidate experiences with cultural diversity. Networks: An On-line Journal for Teacher Research. 7(2), May 2004.
  • Watz, M. & Brathwaite, F. (2008). “Social studies as a catalyst for character education programs in K – 8 school settings”. Conference presentation at the 2008 New York State Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference, Buffalo, New York.
  • Brathwaite, F. & Watz, M. (2007) “Expanding our perspectives through conflict resolution and social justice literature”. Conference presentation at the 2007 New York State Council of the Social Studies Annual Conference, Rochester, New York.
  • Brathwaite, F. (2006). “Social justice issues and children’s literature within an age of increased accountability: A K – 8 framework.” Conference presentation at the 2006 Annual National Conference of Teachers of English – Conference of English Leaders, Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Gheorgita Faitar, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 651 Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity, EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

Dr. Patricia Frey, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 623 Childhood Content Method EDU 652 Curriculum Planning in Adolescence Education Research interests: Math education; curriculum
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Dissertation: Ability of the urban teacher selection interview to identify teachers who are likely to be retained in the Buffalo Public Schools. Frey, P. (2003). Historical mathematical modules on CD-Rom, National Science Foundation.

Dr. Robert Gamble, Professor

  • Courses: EDU 621 Elementary School Strategies, EDU 623 Childhood Content Methods, EDU 626 Children’s Literature
  • Research interests: elementary curriculum / gender differences in elementary and early childhood education
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • College and Elementary School Partnerships: The Keys to Success. American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences Journal
  • A Comparison of Public and Private Schools in Lima, Peru: Narrowing the Gap through Technology. Journal of the American Association of Behavioral Sciences
  • Motivating Students in the Classroom: Building Bridges Between Theory and Classroom Implications. Journal of Educaiton and Psychology
  • A Contemporary Study of Schools in Havana and the Role of Physical Education in Castro’s Cuba. Perspectives

Dr. Barrel Gueye, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 653 Critical Issues in Education, EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundations of Education

Dr. Kelly Harper, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 621 Elementary School Strategies EDU 626 Children’s Literature
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Harper, K. & DeWaters, J. (2008). A quest for website accessibility in higher education institutions (submitted by request to The Internet in Higher Education, Elsevier Publication).
  • Harper, K. & DeWaters, J. (2008). A quest for website accessibility in higher education institutions. Conference presentation at A.E.R.A. 2008 Annual Meeting, NY, NY.

Dr. James P. Lalley, Associate Professor

  • Courses: EDU 620 Foundations of Learning Theory in Education
  • Research interests: mastery learning; learning with technology; assessment
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Lalley, J. V-Frog. Virtual Reality Frog Dissections Software (2008). Buffalo, NY: Tactus Technologies. http://www.vfrog.net.
  • Lalley, J.P.; Miller, R.H. (2007). The Learning Pyramid: Does It Point Teachers in the Right Direction? Education, v 128,n 1, 164-79
  • Gentile J. R.; Lalley, J.P. (2005) Educational Psychology, 3rd Edition. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall-Hunt
  • Gentile J. R.; Lalley, J.P. (2003) Standards and Mastery Learning: Aligning Teaching and Assessment So All Children Can Learn. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Dr. Hilary Lochte, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 626 Children’s Literature EDU 651 Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity
  • Research interests: issues of diversity and equality; literature and education
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Lochte, H. (January 2008). The cult of Gatsby. Conference presentation at the Hawaii International Conference on Education.
  • Lochte, H. (October 2007). Race and ethnicity in the high school literary canon. Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), Cleveland, OH.
  • Lochte, H. (2009 in press). Diverse learners and assessment. In Sheila G. Dunn, Case Stories for Elementary Teachers: Meeting the INTASC Standards. Pearson/Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Dr. Cathleen March, Associate Professor

  • Courses: EDU 624 Foundations of Teaching Reading and Literacy EDU 627 Diagnostic and Corrective Reading
  • Research interests: emergent reading and writing, content area reading, storytelling
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • March, C. (2006). Menominee storytelling: A vehicle for enhancing literacy learning, Teaching Today for Tomorrow, 22,31-40.
  • March, C. (2005). Academic redshirting: Does withholding a child from school entrance for one year increase academic success. Issues in Educational Research, 15 (1) 69-85.

Dr. Phillip Piotrowski, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 621 Elementary School Strategies, EDU 623 Childhood Content Methods
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Gamble, R. & Piotrowski, P. (2008 in process). The Gender Gap in Education: Where are the Male Teachers in Grades K-3?

Dr. Tourouzou Herve Some, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 651 Multiculturalism and Cultural Diversity, EDU 653 Critical Issues in Education, EDU 656 Philosophical and Social Foundation of Education
  • Research interests: financing of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa; the education of African refugee children in the USA; gender and education in Africa; educational reforms and equity in Africa.
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Some, T. H. (in press). Global and neoliberal forcesin education in Burkina Faso and the struggle of education workers for education for all. In D. Hill & E. Rossksam (Eds.), The Developing World and State Education: Neoliberal Depredation and Egalitarian Alternatives. NY: Routledge.
  • Some, T. H. (in press). Student loans in Burkina Faso and Ghana: How to square the circle. In A. Abdi & S.Guo (Eds.), Social Development: Global Issues and Analyses. The Netherlands: Sense Publications.
  • Some, T. H. & Gueye, B. (in press). Neoliberalism and education in Senegal and Burkina (Eds.), The Destructive Path of Neoliberalism: An International Examination of Education. NY: Sense Publishing.
  • Belete, M., Hamza, H., & Some, T. H. (in press). Educating the African newcomer student in Western New York: The case of SIFE and the multilingual learner. Book V of the Series, Research on Education in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East.
  • Some, T. H. (2006). Gender bias in education in Burkina Faso: Who calls the tune? Who pays the piper? Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 1(1).
  • Some, T. H. (2005). When private forces go poaching in the public orchard. Whither the “public ” in education in Burkina Faso and the USA? Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 3(2).

Dr. Elizabeth Tynan, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: EDU 624 Foundations of Teaching Reading and Literacy, EDU 627 Diagnostic and Corrective Reading
  • Research interests: reading and literacy

SPECIAL EDUCATION FACULTY

Dr. Jamie DeWaters, Professor
Director, M.S. in Special Education

  • Courses: SED 643 Individuals with Mild and Moderate Disabilities SED 644 Individuals with Severe and Profound Disabilities
  • Research interests: special education; faculty development in higher education
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Harper, K. & DeWaters, J. (2008). A quest for website accessibility in higher education institutions (submitted by request to The Internet in Higher Education, Elsevier Publication).
  • Harper, K. & DeWaters, J. (2008). A quest for website accessibility in higher education institutions. Conference presentation at A.E.R.A. 2008 Annual Meeting, NY, NY.
  • Dewaters, J., Baiocco, S. & Ragonnet, J. (2005) Successful college teaching: The complete desktop edition. Charlottesville, VA: CDN Inc. www.cdnhighered.com
  • DeWaters, J., Baiocco, S.,& Ragonnet, J. (2005). Successful college teaching: Problem-solving strategies of distinguished professors 2nd Ed. Charlottesville, VA: CDN Inc. (electronic version)
  • Baiocco, S. & DeWaters, J. (1998). Successful college teaching: Problem-solving strategies of distinguished professors. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. (ISBN: 0-205- 26654-1).

Lorraine Cleeton, Assistant Professor

  • Courses: SED 642 Diagnostic and Prescriptive Assessment, SED 643 Individuals with Mild to Moderate Disabilities

TEACHING ENGLISH TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES (TESOL) FACULTY

Dr. Soonhyang Kim, Assistant Professor

  • Research interests: teaching and learning issues of second language (L2) students; professional development issues of non-native English-speaking teaching professionals; L2 academic literacy development; L2 classroom participation
  • Recent publications/conferences:
  • Kim, S. (2008). Silent participation: East Asian international graduate students’ views on active classroom participation, Journal of Excellence in College Teaching.
  • Kim, S. (2006). Academic oral communication needs of East Asian international Graduate students in non-science and non-engineering fields, English for Specific Purposes, 25, 479-489. 1.
  • Samimy, K. & Kim, S. (2006). Improving academic and professional oral proficiency: A collaborative language-focused graduate seminar for NNES graduate students in TESOL, Acción Pedagógica, 26-33.
  • Samimy, K. & Kim, S. (in-press). When theory met practice: A collaborative language-focused graduate seminar for NNES graduate students. In Mahboob, A. (Ed.) Nonnative English Speakers in TESOL: A resource book. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.