School Key:
AS = Arts and Sciences
ED = Education
PROF = Professions
Click on the department link below to view the list of graduate faculty members in each department. For contact information and an explanation of research interests, click the header of each department section. For a full list of faculty and staff contact information, please visit Buffalo State's Faculty/Staff Directory. Instructors vetted for the International Graduate Program for Educators can be found here.
Adult Education
Anthropology
Art and Design
Biology
Business
Career and Technical Education
Chemistry
Communication
Computer Information Systems
Creativity and Change Leadership
Criminal Justice
Earth Sciences and Science Education
Economics and Finance
Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership
Engineering Technology
English
Exceptional Education
Fashion and Textile Technology
Garmen Art Conservation
Geography and Planning
Great Lakes Center
Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics
Higher Education Administration
History and Social Studies Education
Hospitality and Tourism
Mathematics
Modern and Classical Languages
Music
Philosophy and Humanities
Physics
Political Science and Public Administration
Psychology
Social and Psychological Foundations of Education
Social Work
Sociology
Speech-Language Pathology
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| Adult Education (ED) | ||
| Bohonos, Jeremy | 1/21/22 | |
| Fish, Reva | Permanent | |
| Gold, James | Permanent | |
| Iorio, John | 1/5/22 | |
| Lewellen, Chelsea | 1/6/21 | |
| Mike, Dennis | 1/5/22 | |
| Nikischer, Andrea B. | Permanent | |
| Thering, Angela | 5/31/21 | |
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| Anthropology (AS) | ||
| Anselmi, Lisa Marie | Permanent | |
| Hart, Kimberly | Permanent | |
| Maguire, Susan | Permanent | |
| Wieczkowski, Julie | Permanent | |
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| Art and Design (AS) | ||
| Bajus, Jozef | Permanent | |
| Friesen, Stanley | Permanent | |
| Gage, Frances | Permanent | |
| Jiang, Lin Xia | Permanent | |
| Kim, Sunhwa | Permanent | |
| Masters, Candace | Permanent | |
| Miller, Joseph | Permanent | |
| Ogle, Philip | Permanent | |
| Payne, Kenneth | Permanent | |
| Pennisi, Alice | Permanent | |
| Saracino, Stephen F. | Permanent | |
| Stockton, Yola | 8/31/23 | |
| Townsend, Carol | Permanent | |
| Wood, Robert | Permanent | |
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| Biology (AS) | ||
| Beahm, Derek | 8/31/21 | |
| Burlakova, Lyubov | 8/31/22 | |
| Foster, Robin | 8/31/22 (thesis) | |
| Karatayev, Alexander Y. | Permanent | |
| Leighton, Gavin | 8/31/21 | |
| McMillan, Amy | Permanent | |
| Novikova, Olga | 8/31/23 | |
| Pennuto, Christopher M. | Permanent | |
| Perez-Fuentetaja, Alicia | Permanent | |
| Pettibone, Gary | Permanent | |
| Potts, Daniel | Permanent | |
| Skerrett, I. Martha | Permanent | |
| Snyder, Randal J | Permanent | |
| Standora, Edward | 12/31/21 (thesis) | |
| Wadsworth, Gregory | Permanent | |
| Warren II, Robert | Permanent | |
| White, Tom | Permanent | |
| Zhang, Xiang-Dong | 8/31/21 | |
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| Business (PROF) | ||
| Ahiarah, SoloChidi | Permanent | |
| Chow, Yeh Wah (Jeff) | 8/31/22 | |
| DeNisco, John | Permanent | |
| Gupta, Uma | Permanent | |
| Lai, Christine | Permanent | |
| Littman, Michael J. | Permanent | |
| Marecki, Edward | 8/31/23 | |
| Mathien, Lorena | Permanent | |
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| Career & Technical Education (ED) | ||
| Davis, Judy | 8/31/21 | |
| Greene, Clark | 8/31/22 | |
| Gubing, Susan | 1/5/22 | |
| Lemieux, Kimberly | 1/5/22 | |
| Macho, Steve | Permanent | |
| Popovich, N. John | Permanent | |
| Ryan, Joanne | 1/5/22 | |
| Zewan, Suzanne | 1/5/22 | |
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| Chemistry (AS) | ||
| Al-Saigh, Zeki Y. | Permanent | |
| Bagley, Kimberly | Permanent | |
| Biswas, Sourav | 1/13/24 | |
| Durfee, William | Permanent | |
| Giffin, Christine | thesis committee | |
| Goniewicz, Maciej | 5/31/22 | |
| Goodman, M. Scott | Permanent | |
| Heo, Jinseok | Permanent | |
| Kim Joonyeong | Permanent | |
| Nazarenko, Alexander Y. | Permanent | |
| Ploeger, Rebecca | Permanent | |
| Ridolfi, Douglas | 8/31/22 | |
| Sabatini, Camila | thesis committee | |
| Severson, Mark W. | Permanent | |
| Shugar, Aaron | Permanent | |
| Suwal, Sujit | 8/31/22 | |
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| Communication (AS) | ||
| Braemer, Dorothea | 8/31/23 | |
| Bryski, Bruce G. | Permanent | |
| Fuerst, Therese | 5/31/21 | |
| Hubbard, Katharine | 8/31/22 | |
| Liao, Ann | Permanent | |
| Malcolm, Jacquelyn | Permanent | |
| Marren, Joseph | Permanent | |
| Myers, Latrese | 5/31/21 | |
| Niman, Michael | Permanent | |
| Silverman, Deborah | Permanent | |
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| Computer Information Systems (PROF) | ||
| Banerjee, Sarbani | Permanent | |
| Gareau, Stephen | Permanent | |
| Ghosh, Sumanlata | 5/31/21 | |
| Guo, Ruth | Permanent | |
| Santa Maria, Ramona R. | Permanent | |
| Sherman, Barbara | Permanent | |
| Thompson, John | Permanent | |
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| Creativity and Change Leadership (PROF) | ||
| Acar, Selcuk | 8/31/20 | |
| Burnett, Cynthia | Permanent | |
| Cabra, John F. | Permanent | |
| Davis, Orin | 8/31/23 | |
| Firestien, Roger | 1/6/21 | |
| Fox, Jon Michael | 8/31/22 | |
| Keller-Mathers, Susan | Permanent | |
| Puccio, Gerard J. | Permanent | |
| Yudess, Jo | 1/6/21 | |
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| Criminal Justice (PROF) | ||
| Breen, Clairissa | 8/31/21 | |
| Cretacci, Michael | Permanent | |
| D'Angelo, Jill | Permanent | |
| Gayadeen, Shashi | Permanent | |
| Johnson, Scott | Permanent | |
| Dae-Young Kim | Permanent | |
| Menasco, Melissa | 8/31/20 | |
| Petlakh, Ksenia | 8/31/21 | |
| Phillips, Scott | Permanent | |
| Sobol, James | Permanent | |
| Song, John | Permanent | |
| Szockyj, Elizabeth | Permanent | |
| Wu, Jawjeong | Permanent | |
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| Earth Sciences and Science Education (AS) | ||
| Bebak, Marilou | 1/5/22 | |
| Bergslien, Elisa | Permanent | |
| Brosnick, Lisa | 5/31/22 | |
| Singer, Jill | Permanent | |
| Solar, Gary S. | Permanent | |
| Williams, Kevin K. | Permanent | |
| Zawicki, Joseph | Permanent | |
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| Economics and Finance (AS) | ||
| Byrley, Theodore | Permanent | |
| Chaas, Eugene | 1/5/22 | |
| Fisher, Bruce | 6/30/21 | |
| Floss, Frederick | Permanent | |
| Hayes Jr., Curtis | Permanent | |
| Hunter, Nicole | 8/31/20 | |
| Jo, Tae-Hee | Permanent | |
| Kasper, Victor | Permanent | |
| Leclaire, Joelle J. | Permanent | |
| Qian, Xingwang | Permanent | |
| Schmidt, Ted | Permanent | |
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| Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership (ED) | ||
| Abraham, Marck | 1/5/22 | |
| Arioli, Rosemary | 8/31/23 | |
| Bair, Elizabeth | 5/31/21 | |
| Buscaglia, Syndi | 1/5/22 | |
| Carter, Julie | 5/31/21 | |
| Cercone, Gretchen | 5/31/21 | |
| Chicola, Nancy | Permanent | |
| Christmann, Robert | 1/5/22 | |
| Cummings, Mary | 1/11/21 | |
| del Prado Hill, Pixita | Permanent | |
| Dixon, Carleen | 5/31/21 | |
| Dudek, Kristin | 1/5/22 | |
| Elias, Crystal | 5/31/21 | |
| Freedman, Andrew | 1/5/22 | |
| Frey, Susan | 5/31/21 | |
| Friedland, Ellen | 1/5/22 | |
| Garas-York, Keli | Permanent | |
| Gasiewicz, Carla | 5/31/21 | |
| George, Patricia | 8/31/21 | |
| Giarrizzo, Joseph | 5/31/21 | |
| Henry, Alayla | 5/31/21 | |
| Henry, David | Permanent | |
| Henry, Julie | Permanent | |
| Horstman-Riphahn, Tamara | Permanent | |
| Hunter, Jevon | Permanent | |
| Kahn, Drew | 6/1/20 | |
| Kindzierski, Corinne | 8/31/22 | |
| Klenk, Laura | Permanent | |
| Krueger, Lisa | 1/5/22 | |
| Kuttesch, Elizabeth | 1/5/22 | |
| Lochte, Hilary | 1/16/23 | |
| Loehr, Peter W. | Permanent | |
| Maloney, James | 1/6/21 | |
| Maskell, Dianna | 5/31/22 | |
| McCarthy, Dianne | Permanent | |
| McLeish, Wendy | 8/31/23 | |
| Mike, Dennis | 1/5/22 | |
| Minervino, Kurt | 5/31/21 | |
| Naab, Laurie | 1/6/21 | |
| Nyachae, Tiffany | 8/31/21 | |
| Paskowitz, Fran | 1/5/22 | |
| Paterson, Wendy | Permanent | |
| Regan, Douglas | 5/31/21 | |
| Reichenberg, Jennifer | 8/31/23 | |
| Rustowicz, Maura | 1/5/22 | |
| Saperston, Kristin | 1/5/22 | |
| Shandomo, Hibajene | Permanent | |
| Shively, Christopher | Permanent | |
| Smith, Coralee | Permanent | |
| Smith, Kirsten | 5/31/21 | |
| Truesdell, Kimberly | 1/5/22 | |
| Weber, Sherri | Permanent | |
| Widmer, Emma | 1/5/22 | |
| Zhang, Jing | Permanent | |
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| Engineering Technology (PROF) | ||
| Ahmed, Saquib | 8/31/23 | |
| Devgun, Mohan S. | Permanent | |
| Du, Jikai | Permanent | |
| Earshen, John | Permanent | |
| Goldberg, Stephanie | Permanent | |
| Grinberg, Ilya | Permanent | |
| Hotchkiss, Anthony | Permanent | |
| Kukulka, David J. | Permanent | |
| Mancuso, Peter | 1/6/21 | |
| Mayrose, James | Permanent | |
| McCartney, Susan | Permanent | |
| Stempniak, Richard A. | Permanent | |
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| English (AS) | ||
| Ali, Barish | Permanent | |
| Ben-Merre, David | Permanent | |
| Berglund, Lisa | Permanent | |
| Bryant, Timothy J. | Permanent | |
| Cercone, James | Permanent | |
| Chase, Anthony | Permanent | |
| Chinquee, Kim | Permanent | |
| Fulk, Angela | 8/13/21 | |
| Fulk, Mark | Permanent | |
| Herb, Maggie | 8/31/23 | |
| Pastore-Capuana, Kristen | 8/31/23 | |
| Perez, Lorna | Permanent | |
| Ramos, Peter | Permanent | |
| Reigstad, Thomas | Permanent | |
| Ryan-Bryant, Jennifer D. | Permanent | |
| Todd, Macy | 8/31/23 | |
| Twagilimana, Aimable | Permanent | |
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| Exceptional Education (ED) | ||
| Alsace, Tamara | 5/31/21 | |
| Budin, Shannon | Permanent | |
| Colon, Gliset | 8/31/22 | |
| DiCesare, Dane | 1/5/22 | |
| Dokshansky, Elena | 1/5/22 | |
| Doody, Kathy | Permanent | |
| Harris, Judith | 5/31/22 | |
| Hashey, Andrew | 8/31/21 | |
| Iorio, John | 1/5/22 | |
| Jacob, Cornelia | 5/31/21 | |
| Janczak, Theresa | Permanent | |
| Johnson, Shawn | 1/5/22 | |
| Maheady, Lawrence | Permanent | |
| Mailhot, Michelle | 1/5/22 | |
| Maloney, James | 1/5/22 | |
| Miller, Kevin | Permanent | |
| Mirabella-Ormsby, Lauren | 5/31/22 | |
| Palumbo, Kathleen | 8/31/21 | |
| Patti, Angela | Permanent | |
| Posluszny, Mark. | Permanent | |
| Rafferty, Lisa | Permanent | |
| Raimondi, Sharon L. | Permanent | |
| Ramos Zagarrigo, Awilda | Permanent | |
| Rivera, Jose | 1/5/22 | |
| Schmidt, Raquel | Permanent | |
| Sommerstein, Lynne | 5/31/22 | |
| Spiesz, Susan | 5/31/21 | |
| Vince Garland, Krista | Permanent | |
| Zgliczynski, Timothy | 1/5/22 | |
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| Fashion and Textile Technology (PROF) | ||
| Boorady, Lynn | Permanent | |
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| Garmen Art Conservation (AS) | ||
| Beckett, Fiona | 1/1/23 | |
| Chen, Jiuan-Jiuan | Permanent | |
| Hamilton, Emily | 1/8/23 | |
| Ploeger, Rebecca | Permanent | |
| Ravines, Patrick | Permanent | |
| Shugar, Aaron | Permanent | |
| Smith, Theresa | 8/31/22 | |
| Thornton, Jonathan | Permanent | |
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| Geography and Planning (AS) | ||
| Frothingham, Kelly | Permanent | |
| Hartloff, Jesse | thesis committee | |
| Holmgren, Camille | Permanent | |
| Mix, Wende A. | Permanent | |
| Tang, Tao | Permanent | |
| Vanchan, Vida | Permanent | |
| Vermette, Stephen J. | Permanent | |
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| Great Lakes Center (AS) | ||
| Clapsadl, Mark D. | Permanent | |
| Karatayev, Alexander Y. | Permanent | |
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| Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics (PROF) | ||
| Cardina, Catherine | Permanent | |
| Colaizzo-Anas, Tina | Permanent | |
| DeNysschen, Carol | Permanent | |
| Hemler, Drew | 1/5/22 | |
| Kasprzak, Christina | 1/5/22 | |
| Oh, Suk | Permanent | |
| Panek-Shirley, Leah | 8/31/21 | |
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| Higher Education Administration (PROF) | ||
| Badaszewski, Phillip | 1/6/21 | |
| Diaz, Herman | 8/31/22 | |
| Gold, James A. | Permanent | |
| Hulbert, Jonathan | 1/5/22 | |
| Jackson, Kimberly | Permanent | |
| Kline, Kim | Permanent | |
| Maldonado, Heather | Permanent | |
| McDonald, Patrick | 5/31/21 | |
| Priester, Thomas | 5/31/21 | |
| Sauter, John | 5/31/21 | |
| VanDerLinden, Kim | 5/31/21 | |
| Wilson, Amy | Permanent | |
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| History and Social Studies Education (AS) | ||
| Abromeit, John | Permanent | |
| Carson, David | Permanent | |
| Chesterton, Bridget | Permanent | |
| Conides, Cynthia | Permanent | |
| DiLandro, Daniel | Permanent | |
| Ederer, Martin | Permanent | |
| Fisher, Wynnie | Permanent | |
| Gradwell, Jill | Permanent | |
| Hauser, Reine | 1/5/22 | |
| Kotlik, Ronald | 1/6/21 | |
| Lazich, Michael C. | Permanent | |
| Lupo, Ann | 1/6/21 | |
| Mernitz, Ken | Permanent | |
| Michaels, Albert | Permanent | |
| Nicholls, Andrew | Permanent | |
| Norman, York | Permanent | |
| Orosz, Kenneth | Permanent | |
| Peraza, Steven | 12/31/23 | |
| Serure, Dana | 8/31/21 | |
| Weekly, Nancy | 8/31/21 | |
| Wiedemer, Noelle | 1/5/22 | |
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| Mathematics (AS) | ||
| Bayram, Saziye | Permanent | |
| Brimkov, Valentin | Permanent | |
| Carbonara, Joaquin | Permanent | |
| Cunningham, Daniel | Permanent | |
| Cushman, Jane | Permanent | |
| Ghosh, Chaitali | Permanent | |
| Hanson, Eric | 1/5/22 | |
| McMillen, Susan | Permanent | |
| Mercer, Peter | Permanent | |
| Monteiro, Joana | 5/31/21 | |
| Morton, Jeffrey | 8/31/21 | |
| Nagowski, Matthew | 1/5/22 | |
| Nutakki, Nirmala | 8/31/22 | |
| O'Dell, Robin | Permanent | |
| Sanders, Robin | Permanent | |
| Swan, Bruce | Permanent | |
| Wilson, David | Permanent | |
| Wuertzer-Magner, Jodelle | Permanent | |
| Xu, Hongliang | Permanent | |
| Yuen, Chris | 1/5/22 | |
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| Modern and Classical Languages (AS) | ||
| Guiati, Andrea | Permanent | |
| Hovland, Deborah | Permanent | |
| Kirby, Carol | Permanent | |
| Summers, Robert | Permanent | |
| Warford, Mark | Permanent | |
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| Music (AS) | ||
| Bewlay, Holly | Permanent | |
| Boyce, Emily | Permanent | |
| Drummond, Evan | 5/31/21 | |
| Ferington, Paul | 8/7/20 | |
| Fleming, Rick | Permanent | |
| Filsinger, Mark | Permanent | |
| Furby, Victoria | Permanent | |
| Gulish, Sarah | 8/7/20 | |
| Guzski, Carolyn | Permanent | |
| Henriques, J. Thomas | Permanent | |
| Renzoni, Kerry | Permanent | |
| Witakowski, Thomas | Permanent | |
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| Philosophy and Humanities (AS) | ||
| Blessing, Kimberly | Permanent | |
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| Physics (AS) | ||
| DeMarco, Michael J. | Permanent | |
| Ettestad, David J. | Permanent | |
| Henry, David | Permanent | |
| MacIsaac, Dan | Permanent | |
| Rai, Ram | Permanent | |
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| Political Science & Public Administration (AS) | ||
| Baek, Kyeonghi | Permanent | |
| Bowers, Joshua | 5/31/21 | |
| Brown, Byron | 1/5/22 | |
| Buonanno, Laurie | Permanent | |
| Cappella, Betty | Permanent | |
| Ceesay, Atta | Permanent | |
| Ciaccia, Frank | 5/31/24 (thesis/project) | |
| Knight, Jason | Permanent | |
| McGovern, Patrick | Permanent | |
| Neal, Anthony T. | Permanent | |
| Parshall, Lisa | 5/31/21 | |
| Pendleton, Michael S. | Permanent | |
| Ranahan, Molly | 5/31/21 | |
| Rivera, Jason | Permanent | |
| Shauku, Adamu | 8/31/22 | |
| Soni, Suparna | 8/31/22 | |
| Stone, Kenneth | 1/5/22 | |
| Yacobucci, Peter | Permanent | |
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| Psychology (AS) | ||
| Delprino, Robert | Permanent | |
| DiPirro, Jean | Permanent | |
| Foraker, Stephani | Permanent | |
| Hennessy, Dwight | Permanent | |
| Hunt, Jennifer | Permanent | |
| Karuza Jr., Jurgis | Permanent | |
| MacLean, Michael | Permanent | |
| Norvilitis, Jill | Permanent | |
| Reid, Howard M. | Permanent | |
| Schuetze-Pizarro, Pamela | Permanent | |
| Zborowski, Michael | Permanent | |
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| Social & Psychological Foundations of Education (ED) | ||
| Fish, Reva | Permanent | |
| Gold, James | Permanent | |
| Iorio, John | 1/5/22 | |
| Mattai, P. Rudy | Permanent | |
| Means, Alexander | Permanent | |
| Nikischer, Andrea | Permanent | |
| Nyachae, Nyandusi | 1/27/23 | |
| Senthinathan, Gehan | 8/31/23 | |
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| Sociology (AS) | ||
| Krieg, Eric | Permanent | |
| Newmahr, Staci | Permanent | |
| Shanahan, Michele | thesis committee | |
| Shelton, Allen | Permanent | |
| Wall, Amitra | Permanent | |
| Welborn, Gary S. | Permanent | |
| Zhang, Jie | Permanent | |
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| Speech-Language Pathology (PROF) | ||
| Abeyesekara, Anita | 8/31/22 | |
| Budin, Kathryn | 5/31/21 | |
| Cincotti, Theresa | 8/31/21 | |
| Felsenfeld, Susan | Permanent | |
| Fulcher-Rood, Katrina | Permanent | |
| Heximer, Christopher | Permanent | |
| Insalaco, Deborah | Permanent | |
| Maldonado III, Camilo | Permanent | |
| Mann Kahris, Sara | Permanent | |
| McNerney, Kathleen | 8/31/21 | |
| Mule, Christina | 8/31/21 | |
| O'Connor, Amy | 5/31/21 | |
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