Experts by Expertise: Higher Education

Luis A. Colón

A. Conger Goodyear Professor of Chemistry

Expertise: analytical chemistry, separation science, liquid chromatography, diversity in STEM, mentoring students of color

Phone: 716-645-4213

Email: lacolon@buffalo.edu

Nathan J. Daun-Barnett

Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration

Expertise: college access, financial aid policy, college transition

Phone: 716-645-1096

Email: nbarnett@buffalo.edu

Helen A. “Nellie” Drew

Director of the Center for the Advancement of Sport

Expertise: sports law, including student-athletes’ name, image and likeness (NIL), antitrust laws, collective bargaining, discipline of athletes, drug testing, NCAA compliance and Title IX; diversity in sport

Phone: 716-645-2071

Email: hdrew@buffalo.edu

Erin Hatton

Associate Professor of Sociology

Expertise: labor movements, gig economy, job security, coerced labor, pay for college athletes, minimum wage, workfare

Phone: 716-645-8476

Email: eehatton@buffalo.edu

Mara Huber

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Research and Experiential Learning

Expertise: experiential learning, study abroad, virtual study abroad, university-community partnerships

Phone: 716-829-2834

Email: mbhuber@buffalo.edu

Tiffany Karalis Noel

Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning and Instruction

Expertise: sociocultural inequity in education, teacher preparation and retention, mentoring in higher education

Phone: 716-645-2455

Email: tbkarali@buffalo.edu

Xiufeng Liu

Professor of Learning and Instruction

Expertise: STEM education, including student achievement, assessment and evaluation, and STEM teaching in colleges and universities; science and the public

Phone: 716-645-4050

Email: xliu5@buffalo.edu

David A. Milling

Senior Associate Dean for Student and Academic Affairs in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Expertise: medical education; clinical skills; multicultural affairs and cultural competency in medicine; diversity in the medical profession

Phone: 716-829-2802

Email: dmilling@buffalo.edu

Contact: Milling can also be reached through Ellen Goldbaum in University Communications at 716-645-4605 or goldbaum@buffalo.edu, or Douglas Sitler in University Communications at 716-645-9069 or drsitler@buffalo.edu.

Alyssa Mt. Pleasant

Assistant Professor of Native American Studies in the Department of Africana and American Studies

Expertise: Native American studies; Haudenosaunee history; public history; settler colonialism, including colonial residential/boarding schools; land tenure; Indigenous inclusion in education; emotional labor

Phone: 716-645-0833

Email: alyssamt@buffalo.edu

Raechele L. Pope

Associate Dean for Faculty and Student Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer in the Graduate School of Education

Expertise: multicultural education; equity, diversity and inclusion in higher education; campus climate; campus unrest; race, racism and race relations

Phone: 716-645-1098

Email: rlpope@buffalo.edu

Amy Reynolds

Professor of Counseling, School and Educational Psychology

Expertise: multicultural issues, college student mental health

Phone: 716-645-1112

Email: alr24@buffalo.edu

Margaret Sallee

Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy

Expertise: university work environment, work/family policies, work/life balance, faculty diversity, gender on college campuses, graduate student experience

Phone: 716-645-1091

Email: mwsallee@buffalo.edu

Matilde Sanchez-Pena

Assistant Professor of Engineering Education

Expertise: engineering education, cultures of wellbeing, institutional diversity, faculty advancement, equity in the engineering field, women in STEM, intersectionality

Phone: 716-645-5861

Email: matildes@buffalo.edu

Stephen Santa-Ramirez

Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy

Expertise: access and equity in higher education; race, ethnicity, im/migration and Latinx collegians' educational experiences; undocumented and DACA students in higher education

Phone: 716-645-5236

Email: srsantar@buffalo.edu

Letitia Thomas

Assistant Dean for Diversity in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Expertise: STEM education and pipelines; women and students of color in STEM; sociology of education; social justice; social networks; microaggressions

Phone: 716-645-3071

Email: lthomas@buffalo.edu