Monthly Archives: September 2013

Dr. Bruce Johnstone’s 14th Annual William H. Demas Memorial Lecture in St. Lucia

Wonil Suh | September 29, 2013

Bruce Johnstone_InClass At the May 2013 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Bruce Johnstone was invited to give the 14th Annual William H. Demas Memorial Lecture entitled Financing Higher Education in the Caribbean: The Elusive Quest for Quality, Capacity, Affordability, and Equity. On the following day Dr. Johnstone gave a presentation to the Directors entitled: Making Student Loans Work in the Caribbean States. The concluding recommendations of the public lecture, which is on the Website of the Bank, were the following five:

focus on improving access and success on tertiary education by beginning with the generally agreed upon needed improvements at the middle land secondary levels (and returning Sixth Form secondary education to the high schools);
preserving the admirable traditions of collaboration and academic excellence of the University of the West Indies, but redressing an imbalance of resources and attention by devoting more to the Caribbean region’s two and four year colleges;
professionalize, strengthen, and above all de-politicize the management of colleges and universities in the Caribbean region;
supplement scarce and coveted public revenues with modest and flexible forms of tuition and other fees–in spite of the inevitable opposition that always accompanies the introduction of cost-sharing in countries where higher education has been mainly free, but where governments can no longer sustain the needed quality or capacity of higher education on taxes alone;
supplementing the above recommendation with an expansion of need-based grants and student loans (the last-named being a recommendation that needs the leadership of the Caribbean Development Bank).

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Dr. Bruce Johnstone's 14th Annual William H. Demas Memorial Lecture in St. Lucia

Wonil Suh | September 29, 2013

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At the May 2013 Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Bruce Johnstone was invited to give the 14th Annual William H. Demas Memorial Lecture entitled Financing Higher Education in the Caribbean: The Elusive Quest for Quality, Capacity, Affordability, and Equity. On the following day Dr. Johnstone gave a presentation to the Directors entitled: Making Student Loans Work in the Caribbean States. The concluding recommendations of the public lecture, which is on the Website of the Bank, were the following five:

focus on improving access and success on tertiary education by beginning with the generally agreed upon needed improvements at the middle land secondary levels (and returning Sixth Form secondary education to the high schools);
preserving the admirable traditions of collaboration and academic excellence of the University of the West Indies, but redressing an imbalance of resources and attention by devoting more to the Caribbean region’s two and four year colleges;
professionalize, strengthen, and above all de-politicize the management of colleges and universities in the Caribbean region;
supplement scarce and coveted public revenues with modest and flexible forms of tuition and other fees–in spite of the inevitable opposition that always accompanies the introduction of cost-sharing in countries where higher education has been mainly free, but where governments can no longer sustain the needed quality or capacity of higher education on taxes alone;
supplementing the above recommendation with an expansion of need-based grants and student loans (the last-named being a recommendation that needs the leadership of the Caribbean Development Bank).

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Journal Articles

Wonil Suh | September 18, 2013

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Johnstone, D. B. (2013). The politics of higher education: Common misunderstandings about the financing of higher education. Peking University Education Review, 2(2), 36-45. Makoni, S., Brutt-Griffler, J., & Mashiri, P. (2007). The use of “indigenous” and urban vernaculars in Zimbabwe. Language in Society, 36(1), 25-49.

Johnstone, D. B. (2013). The politics of higher education: Common misunderstandings about the financing of higher education. Peking University Education Review, 2(2), 36-45.

Makoni, S., Brutt-Griffler, J., & Mashiri, P. (2007). The use of “indigenous” and urban vernaculars in Zimbabwe. Language in Society, 36(1), 25-49.

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Books

Namsook Kim | September 26, 2013

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Lane, J. E., & Johnstone, D. B. (Eds.). (2013). Higher education systems 3.0: Harnessing systemness, delivering performance. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Brutt-Griffler, J. (Area Editor). (2012). The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell. Lane, J. E., & Johnstone, D. B. (Eds.). (2012). Universities and colleges as economic drivers: Measuring higher education’s role in economic development. Albany, […]

Lane, J. E., & Johnstone, D. B. (Eds.). (2013). Higher education systems 3.0: Harnessing systemness, delivering performance. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Brutt-Griffler, J. (Area Editor). (2012). The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Wiley-Blackwell.

Lane, J. E., & Johnstone, D. B. (Eds.). (2012). Universities and colleges as economic drivers: Measuring higher education’s role in economic development. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Brutt-Griffler, J., & Davies, C. (Eds.). (2006). English and ethnicity. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Brutt-Griffler, J., & Varghese, M. (Eds.) (2004). Bilingualism and language pedagogy. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.

Brutt-Griffler, J. (2002). World English: A study of its development. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.

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Book Chapters

Namsook Kim | September 26, 2013

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Johnstone, D. B. (2013). Higher educational autonomy and the apportionment of authority among state governments, public multi-campus systems, and member colleges and universities. In J. E. Lane & D. B. Johnstone (Eds.), Higher education systems 3.0: Harnessing systemness, delivering performance (pp. 75-99). Albany, NY: SUNY Press. Johnstone, D. B. (2013). International perspectives on the rising […]

Johnstone, D. B. (2013). Higher educational autonomy and the apportionment of authority among state governments, public multi-campus systems, and member colleges and universities. In J. E. Lane & D. B. Johnstone (Eds.), Higher education systems 3.0: Harnessing systemness, delivering performance (pp. 75-99). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Johnstone, D. B. (2013). International perspectives on the rising costs of higher education. In J. Thelin (Ed.), The rising costs of higher education: A reference handbook (pp. 173-181). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Johnstone, D. B. (2013). Tuition fees, student loans, and other manifestations of cost-sharing: Variations and misconceptions. In A. Maldonado-Maldonado & R. Bassett (Eds.), The forefront of international higher education: A festschrift in honor of Philip Altbach. Dordecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

Brutt-Griffler, J. (2010). Bilingualism and English language teaching. In R. Andrews (Ed.). Language, culture and literacy (pp. 228-242). Routledge.

Brutt-Griffler, J. (2008). Intellectual culture and cultural imperialism: Implications of the growing dominance of English in academia. In C. Gnutzmann (Ed.). English in academia: Catalyst or barrier? (pp. 59-72). Tubingen: Gunter Narr Verlag.

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Dissertations

Wonil Suh | September 18, 2013

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Spring 2009

Toraiwa, T. (2009). Enabling empowerment: Students, instructors, and the circulation of caring in a women’s studies program at a university in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Wang, J. (2009). “Extreme strategies” of financing 4-year public higher education in 12 states in the United States: Patterns of departure from expected behaviors of full-time, full-year dependent students and their families (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Yuan, S. (2009). Privatizing student food and lodging services in public universities: A case study of Zhejiang Province in China (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2008

Lu, X. (2008). Motivation orientations and achievement in Chinese language learning by heritage and non-heritage college students in the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Ngolovoi, M. (2008). The means testing of student loans in Kenya (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Ota, H. (2008). Changing policies and practices of Japanese national universities toward international students in light of financial and demographic challenges and the new university “corporatization” (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2007

Ait Si Mhamed, A. (2007). Cost-sharing in Moroccan higher education: Perceptions and attitudes of students and parents (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fitzer, J. (2007). Foreign students at California Community College: Benefits, costs, and institutional responsibility (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Kasa, R. (2007). Devolution of student financial assistance in Latvia (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Some, T. (2007). Cost sharing in Francophone West Africa: Student resistance and institutional stability at the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 2007

Mazioglu, H. (2007). The response of undergraduate credit hour loads to the SUNY tuition increase of fall 2003 and the effects of financial aid programs on the credit hour response at the University at Buffalo (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2006

Faitar, G. (2006). The role of accreditation in the encouragement, restriction and steering of private higher education in Eastern Europe: A case study of Romania (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 2004

River, L. (2004). Culturally appropriate promotion of physical activity: A policy analysis of the near East Side black community of Buffalo, N.Y. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2004

Huang, H. S. (2004). Seeking legitimacy: A case study of the functions and operations of the graduate student government at the State University of New York at Buffalo (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Ishengoma, J. (2004). Cost sharing and participation in higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Tanzania (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Kambara, N. (2004). Political economy of the nation-state public education: 1975- 1990 (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Sakamoto, Y. (2004). Gender disparity in the academic profession: A comparative study in Japan and the United States (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2003

Cranley, E. (2003). Tessaban School: The moral life of a Thai primary school (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Hser, M. P. (2003). Internationalization of U.S. higher education: A quantitative analysis of the international dimension of Association of American Universities (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Mehta, S. (2003). Mapping excluded knowledge in comparative education discourse: Opening pedagogy (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Ombati, V. (2003). Women’s participation in educational leadership in Kenya: The case of Nairobi and Thika municipal primary schools (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 2002

Shroff-Mehta, P. (2002). Mapping local knowledges in Indian rural development (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2002

Chowdhury, N. (2002). Linking to learn – Policies, programs and perspectives influencing online teacher professional development (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2001

Anunobi, C. (2001). Identity construction in the U.S.: Perspectives from adolescents of African origin (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Aboh, S. S. F. (2001). Becoming somebody: An examination of girls’ persistence or non-persistence in a Benin secondary school (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Bain, O. (2001). University autonomy in the Russian Federation since Perestroika (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Boger, M. (2001). Out loud and clear: Students in Germany talk about racism (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Liu, B. B. (2001). The diffusion of a curricular innovation in the Chinese Context: A case study of discipline-based art education and the diffusion/implementation strategy of the Chinese Ministry of Education (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Lu, M. M. (2001). International students and university support services: Utilization and perceived effectiveness (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Kim, Y. M. (2001). Impact of institutional marketing and recruiting activities on international undergraduate student college choice: A comparative study on three SUNY campuses (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Tinnesz, C. G. (2001). American and international students: Satisfaction within the university classroom (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 2000

Arora, A. (2000). The increasing costs of higher education to parents and students in India: A policy studycost recovery and access (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Choi, S. (2000). Invisible minority: Factors influencing the educational choices of the ethnic Chinese in Korea (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Rivera Vargas, M. I. (2000). Technology transfer via university-industry relationship: The case of the foreign high technology electronic industry in Mexico’s Silicon Valley (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Ryu, M. (2000). The reverse transfer student in Korea: Reflections on diversification of the higher education system from a cross-national perspective (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Wahyuningsih, R. (2000). The origins and impacts of public service in Indonesian higher education: Three case studies (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1999

Flash, S. J. (1999). Study abroad program participation effects on academic progress (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Hui, P. K. F. (1999). A comparative historical analysis of higher education development in Macau and Hong Kong: State intervention Portuguese and British imperialism and colonialism (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Tran, H. P. (1999). Vietnamese higher education at the intersection of French and Soviet influences (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1998

Barone, T. N. (1998). A comparative study of value perceptions and normative rule compliance of Malaysian and American secondary school students (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Dorliae, A. T. (1998). U. S. Global Studies textbooks’ treatment of foreign countries: A comparative study of world regions and countries marked by socio-economic differences (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Guo, Y. (1998). Graduate education in China and its international context (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Mukudi, E. (1998). Nutrition, gender and education: Nutritional status and differential education participation and achievement among Kenyan adolescents (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1998

Munger, R. (1998). The transformation process of the higher education system in East Germany after 1989: A case study of Leipzig University (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1997

Romero-Morett, M. G. (1997). Education and the new productive skills for global competition: The Mexican case (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Torruellas-Caceres, S. (1997). A comparison of self-concept among ethnic groups in the United States: Implication for academic achievement (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1996

Martinez-Arellano, F. F. (1996). A multivariate analysis of factors influencing promotion, tenure, and earnings of academic librarians at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1996

Jansen, C. (1996). Educational, political, and economic context of language: South African coloureds in transition (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Reichman, R. (1996). Educational technology as a force for change in teacher education: Policy implication for Israel in the 21st century (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Somda, P. (1996). The relevance of an African university’s curriculum to the national labor market: The case of the Faculty of Economics and Management (FASEG) at the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Tan, E. J. (1996). Independent schools and autonomous schools in Singapore: A study of two school privatization initiatives aimed at promoting school innovation (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1995

Cochrane, D. (1995). American school desegregation 1980: A comparative regional investigation of outcomes (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Cohen, J. (1995). Computer mediated communication and publication productivity among faculty in Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) institutions (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Lopez, A. (1995). The Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and the national political debate, 1958-1970 (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Mosa, A. (1995). Teacher education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Yu, X. (1995). State-of-the-art: Higher education research in the People’s Republic of China (1949-93) (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1994

Blair, G. (1994). The career routes and choices of three cohorts of academic women in the post-war period in England (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Han, S. (1994). An exploratory study of the ideas and ideologies of popular adult education: Implications for understanding the Korean Minjung Education Movement (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1994

Guedegbe, C. (1994). The professorate and academic life in Africa: A case study of the academic profession at Benin National University (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Kamei, K. (1994). Demand for education in relation to the labor market conditions: An alternative Model (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Kanamura, J. (1994). The educational, occupational, and gender role aspirations and expectations of Japanese high school women and the impact of schooling (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Razzano, E. (1994). Faculty perceptions of the impacts of overseas experience (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Sadki, C. (1994). A comparative analysis of French and American governmental bilateral aid to African Education: A study of the policies from 1960-1980 (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Subrahmanyan, L. (1994). Women scientists in India: Research, goals, orientations (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1993

Choi, H. (1993). Asian scholars in the United States: Careers, roles and contributions to the international knowledge system (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Liu, G. (1993). Measuring the marginal cost of a foreign student at the State University of New York at Buffalo: A methodological approach (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Lulat, Y. (1993). The academic impact of foreign graduate students: Perceptions of faculty (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1992

Chowdhury, K. (1992). Education, work and women’s lives: Does education provide women with power and autonomy? (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Chen, S. (1992). Comparative education studies in the People’s Republic of China (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Shu, H. (1992). Sex role socialization in Chinese and American children’s books: A comparative study (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1992

Hladczuk, J. (1992). An examination of the comparative critical English reading ability of U.S.-born and foreign graduate students (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Wu, Y. (1992). How do secondary school teachers talk about their profession in China and in the United States?: A comparative perspective (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Fall 1991

Matsui, M. (1991). A case study of female foreign students from Japan and the People’s Republic of China at an American university: Change in their gender role perceptions (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Spring 1991

Ashwill, M. (1991). Upper secondary school completion examinations in East and West Germany (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Henne, N. (1991). A study of the factors influencing membership involvement in teachers’ organizations (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

Mak, G. (1991). The impact of educational reforms on women: A case study of the People’s Republic of China (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://library.buffalo.edu/

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Dr. William Barba’s Message for Students and Parents

Dr. Bruce Johnstone’s Comparative Higher Education Multimodal Lecture Series

Lecture 1: Introduction to Comparative Studies of Higher Education

Lecture 2: Variations in Purpose and Structures over Time: British, German, French, American, and Soviet Models (Models of Higher Education)

Lecture 3: Universities and the State: Privatization, Corporatization, Steering, Autonomy, and Private Colleges and Universities (Universities and the State)

Lecture 4: The Internal Governance of Universities: The Changing Academic Profession Worldwide

Lecture 5: Economics and Finance I: Public & Private Benefits: Investing in Human Capital, the Diverging Trajectories of Costs/Revenue Needs and Possible Public Revenue

Lecture 6: Economics and Finance II: The Perspective of Cost-Sharing as Fact and as a Global Policy Trend, Rational(s) and Opposition, Tuition Fees, Financial Aid, and Loans

Lecture 7: Politics and Ideologies of Higher Education

Lecture 8: Expanding Post-Secondary Participation and Access

Lecture 9: Higher Education in Middle- and Low-Income and Transitional Countries

Lecture 10: The Future of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective

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Faculty

Wonil Suh | September 18, 2013

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William Barba, Clinical Professor of Higher Education. Research interestsinclude educational leadership and policy. Courses include Foundations of Higher Education, Historical Bases of Higher Education, Critical Issues in Higher Education, Higher Education in U.S., Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education, Supervised Professional Experience, and Law & Education. Janina Brutt-Griffler, Professor of Foreign and Second Language Education, ELP […]

W illiam Barba, Clinical Professor of Higher Education. Research interestsinclude educational leadership and policy. Courses include Foundations of Higher Education, Historical Bases of Higher Education, Critical Issues in Higher Education, Higher Education in U.S., Intercollegiate Athletics in Higher Education, Supervised Professional Experience, and Law & Education.

Janina Brutt-Griffler, Professor of Foreign and Second Language Education, ELP Department Chair, and Director of the Center. Research interests include the understanding of language use in society, educational and language policy, and higher education. Courses include Doctoral Seminar in Sociolinguistics, Principles of First and Second Language Acquisition, and Linguistics for Second Language Education.

Nathan Daun-Barnett, Assistant Professor of Higher Education. Research interests include college access and choice in U.S. higher education and public policy in higher education. Courses include Financing Higher Education, Program Evaluation and Assessment, Organization and Governance in Higher Education, and College Choice and Access in U.S.

Greg Dimitriadis, Professor of Educational Culture, Policy and Society and GSE Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. Research interests include qualitative methods, urban education, educational policy, and popular culture. Courses include Sociological Bases of Education, Qualitative Research Methods, Sociology of School Knowledge, and Education and Globalization.

Stephen Dunnett, Professor of Foreign and Second Language Education, Director of English Language Institute, Vice Provost for International Education. Research interests include learning and instruction.

Jeremy Finn, Professor of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology. Research interests include school organization and class size, student engagement, disengagement, and dropping out, students at risk, and using quantitative methods to study policy issues. Courses include Statistical Methods of Educational Inference, Multivariate Statistical Techniques, and Doctoral Seminar on Educational Psychology Research.

Seong Won Han, Assistant Professor of Educational Culture, Policy and Society. Research interests include international and comparative education, gender inequality in STEM, educational policy, and teacher quality. Courses include Comparative and Global Studies in Education, Education and Social Stratification, and Foundations of Education.

Megan Holland, Assistant Professor of Higher Education and Educational Administration. Research interests include sociology of education K-20, educational transition, college access, and racial and ethnic diversity. Courses include Higher Education in U.S., Changing Social Contexts for Education Leaders, Organization and Governance in Higher Education, and Educational Transitions P-20.

Stephen L. Jacobson, UB Distinguished Professor of Educational Administration. Research interests include effective principal leadership in challenging, high needs schools, the reform of school leadership preparation and practice, and teacher compensation and labor market behavior. Courses include American Education for International Students, Reforming Teacher Compensation, and School & District Capacity Building.

D. Bruce Johnstone, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Higher and Comparative Education and Director of the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project. Research interests include higher education finance, higher education governance, and international comparative higher education. Courses include Comparative Higher Education and International Comparative Education Finance.

Erin Kearney, Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction. Research interests include cultural dimensions of foreign/second language teaching and learning, language teacher development and education, early foreign language learning and language awareness, and classroom discourse and interaction in L2 settings. Courses include Advanced Methods for Teaching LOTE and Understanding/Teaching Second Language Culture.

Namsook Kim, Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy and Assistant Director of the Center. Research interests include transformative pedagogy and multilingual, multicultural education. Courses include Multicultural Education: Theory and Practice, Cultural Diversity in Higher Education, Language, Culture, and Education in a Global Society, Principles of L1 and L2 Acquisition, and Linguistics for L2 Education.

Gloria K. Lee, Associate Professor of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology. Research interests include psychosocial adjustment of people with disabilities (chronic pain, autism spectrum disorders), psychosocial adjustment of caregivers with disabilities (chronic pain, autism spectrum disorders), and vocational issues and profiles of adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. Courses include Multicultural Counseling.

Jaekyung Lee, Dean and Professor of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology. Research interests include education accountability policy and high-stakes testing, P-16 education pathways and school interventions, educational equity and achievement gaps, and international and comparative education. Courses include Fundamentals of Educational Research and Hierarchical Linear Model.

Xiufeng Liu, Professor of Learning and Instruction and Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Research. Research interests include science assessment, applications of Rasch measurement, opportunity-to-learn, and civic scientific literacy. Courses include Introduction to Curriculum, Instruction, and Science of Learning (CISL), Interdisciplinary Science Engineering Partnership, and Research in Science Education: Learning Theories in STEM.

Lilliam Malave, Associate Professor of Bilingual Education. Research interests include learning and instruction. Courses include Research Methods in Bilingualism, L2 Acquisition and English Language Learners & Emergent Bilinguals in Early Childhood and Childhood: Theory & Practice, Methods ESL Content Areas, and Bilingualism & Cognition: Current Research Findings.

Deborah Moore-Russo, Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction. Research interests include multimodal communication, visualization, and reasoning related to geometric and spatial concepts, use of technology to enhance the meaning-making process in postsecondary STEM education, and reflection in teaching and the disciplinary obligation. Courses include Technology in Secondary Mathematics, and Math Reasoning.

Raechele Pope, Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs. Research interests include multicultural competence, psychosocial development of students of color, multicultural organization development, and transformative leadership. Courses include The American College Student, Cultural Diversity in Higher Education, New Futures for Higher Education, Student Development, and Practicum in Higher Education Research.

Anastasia Riazantseva, Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction. Research interests include L2 writing, second language acquisition, and language assessment. Courses include Academic English for International Students, Assessment of L2 Proficiency, and Doctoral Seminar in L2 Writing.

Sharon L. Raimondi, Visiting Professor and Director of Joint Ph.D. Program in Special Education. Research interests include special education and technology. Courses include Teaching the Exceptional Learner in the Regular Education Classroom, Theories of Learning and Behavior, and Single Subject Research.

Tom Ramming, Clinical Associate Professor of Educational Administration. Research interests include leadership in schools. Courses include Collective Bargaining, Clinical Seminar Interns, Leading an Effective School District, and School Business Administration.

Sarah A. Robert, Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction and Affiliated Faculty of Global Gender Studies. Research interests politics and policies of education reform, teachers’ work and teachers’ knowledge, gender, and globalization and neoliberalism. Courses include Introduction to Social Studies Education, Gender in Education, and Research in Social Studies Education.

Kelly Roy, Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction and Director of Fisher-Price Early Childhood Research Center. Research interests include preschool outdoor play and learning environments and coaching. Courses include Infant and Toddler Education Programs, Issues of Early Childhood Special Education, Foundations: Early Childhood Education, and Early Childhood Education Theory and Practice.

Margaret Sallee, Assistant Professor of Higher Education. Research interests include faculty work, graduate student socialization, work/life balance, and gender and masculinities. Courses include Historical Bases of Higher Education, Student Affairs Administration, The College Professoriate, and Organization and Governance in Higher Education.

Steven Simpson, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy. Research interests include economics of education. Courses include Economics of Education, Financing Higher Education, Education in a Global Economy, and Critical Issues in Higher Education.

Ji-Won Son, Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction. Research interests include mathematics textbook analysis, implemented curriculum/performance assessment, teacher knowledge and beliefs, and international comparative study. Courses include Teaching Mathematics: Early Childhood, Improving Elementary Mathematics Instruction, and Math Problem Posing & Solving.

Corrie Stone-Johnson, Assistant Professor of Educational Administration. Research interests include educational change, educational leadership, teacher cultures, and micropolitics. Courses include Nature of Inquiry, Curriculum & Instruction Leadership, and Problems & Paradigms in Educational Administration.

X. Christine Wang, Associate Professor of Learning and Instruction. Research interests include technology and early learning & development, digital literacies and science inquiry, and early education in international contexts. Courses include Childhood Development and Learning and Qualitative Research Methods in Education.

Lois Weis, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Educational Culture, Policy and Society. Research interests include race, class, and gender in American schools. Courses include Qualitative Research Methods in Education, Education and Socialization, and Writing Dissertation Proposals.

Jianqiang Wang, Associate Professor of Library and Information Studies. Research interests include information retrieval under uncertainty, multilingual information access, and e-discovery. Courses include Introduction to Information Technology.

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Visiting Scholars

Wonil Suh | September 18, 2013

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Visiting Scholars 2014-2015 Nazmiye Gürel Cennetkusu Harran University, Turkey Beginning August 2014 for six months, Dr. Gürel Cennetkusu, in collaboration with Dr. Janina Brutt-Griffler of the Center, is going to conduct a research project with faculty and international students in the Department of Learning and Instruction with the goal to develop a curriculum for academic […]

Visiting Scholars 2014-2015

Nazmiye Gürel Cennetkusu
Harran University, Turkey

Beginning August 2014 for six months, Dr. Gürel Cennetkusu, in collaboration with Dr. Janina Brutt-Griffler of the Center, is going to conduct a research project with faculty and international students in the Department of Learning and Instruction with the goal to develop a curriculum for academic writing courses at Turkish universities. This research project, Post-Doc Research Scholarship Program, is funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK).

Dr. Gürel Cennetkusu, an alumna of the University at Buffalo, earned her Ed.M. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in 2007 and Ph.D. in Second and Foreign Language Education in 2010. She is the Chair of the Department of Western Languages and Literatures of Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Vice-Director of the School of Foreign Languages at Harran University in Turkey.

If you are interested in CCGSE Visiting Scholar program, please contact us (Email: ccgse@buffalo.edu).

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New Faculty Welcome Reception

Wonil Suh | September 29, 2013

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The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy of the Graduate School of Education held New Faculty Welcome Reception in the UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts on September 26, 2013. Dr. Jaekyung Lee, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Dr. D. Bruce Johnstone, former SUNY Chancellor, and many other honorable guests […]

The Department of Educational Leadership and Policy of the Graduate School of Education held New Faculty Welcome Reception in the UB Art Gallery at the Center for the Arts on September 26, 2013.

Dr. Jaekyung Lee, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, Dr. D. Bruce Johnstone, former SUNY Chancellor, and many other honorable guests from the University and the community, as well as faculty and staff members of the Department, joined the reception to welcome new faculty members: Dr. Seong Won Han, Dr. Megan Holland, and Dr. Steven Simpson.

Dr. Seong Won Han (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison) joins the Department as an assistant professor. Her research focuses on students’ occupational expectations: cross-national differences for STEM students and their association with education systems and labor market conditions; and cross-national differences for the teaching profession. Dr. Han offers graduate courses including Comparative and Global Studies in Education and Education and Social Stratification.

Dr. Megan Holland (Ph.D., Harvard University) joins the Department as an assistant professor. Her research focuses on the intersection of culture and structure in schools and how racial, gender, and class inequalities are reproduced in education. Dr. Holland examines links between students’ K-12 school experiences and college access and persistence. She offers graduate courses including American College Student and Educational Transitions P-20.

Dr. Steven Simpson (Ph.D., Columbia University) joins the Department as an assistant professor. His research focuses on the economics of education, a subdiscipline within economics which seeks to understand educational issues through the lens of economic theory and to answer policy questions with specialized research techniques for statistically identifying cause and effect relationships. Dr. Simpson offers graduate courses including Economics of Education and Education in a Global Economy.

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