Our Scholarly Community SUNY Buffalo State's celebrated faculty are dedicated to research, scholarship, and creativity. Faculty members are scholars and teachers, engaged in research with extensive scholarly publications and creative and artistic exhibitions. Graduate School faculty are experts in their fields, as dedicated to teaching as they are to their own creative and scholarly pursuits. Buffalo State supports faculty throughout their careers as they pursue the tripartite mission of this institution of teaching, research, and service. Graduate Faculty Appointment View All Rights, Privileges, and Responsibilities Graduate faculty status is awarded to faculty who, by virtue of their training, experience, and scholarly accomplishments, are uniquely qualified. The Buffalo State Directory of Policy Statements (DOPS) VI:11:00 lists the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of graduate faculty as follows: May teach graduate courses Shall accept the assignment of graduate advisees and shall serve as mentor or reader for master's thesis or project or independent study for graduate students Shall certify and recommend for graduation all graduate students completing requirements for their respective curricula Buffalo State Directory of Policy Statements (DOPS) VI:11:00 (PDF) Criteria Teaching at the graduate level presupposes advanced intellectual or practical achievements; such faculty should demonstrate state-of-the-art or cutting-edge competence in order to provide proper instruction for graduate-level students. Members of the graduate faculty shall hold the highest recognized degrees in their field of specialization together with suitable experiences and scholarly achievements required by the nature of their teaching. Each department shall establish minimum criteria that further clarify the type of training, experience, and demonstrated scholarly activity required. Terms Appointment to the graduate faculty varies: tenured faculty members may receive permanent appointment to the graduate faculty unless and until that status us revoked by the department committee, department chair, or dean; tenure-track and full-time lecturer appointments may receive terms matching the length of their current contract with the university; adjunct faculty members may be nominated for a one-semester or one-year appointment consistent with the terms of their contracts; faculty members from other campuses may receive graduate faculty status for a particular task, such as serving on a thesis committee or advising a thesis or project. Procedures The department chair shall initiate nominations for graduate faculty status. The nomination packet shall consist of:Completed Graduate Faculty Status Appointment Form Applicant's current vitaList of courses the applicant is qualified to teachFor adjunct faculty appointments or in other cases where the candidate does not hold a terminal degree, the chair should attach a brief description of the candidate's training, experience or scholarly activity. This description should provide evidence of the faculty member's special competence to teach the assigned course(s). Six-Year Time Limit Waiver (PDF) Six-Year Time Limit Waiver - Multidisciplinary Studies (PDF) Graduate Faculty Roster View All School of Arts and Sciences Anthropology Anselmi, Lisa MariePermanent Hart, KimberlyPermanent Maguire, SusanPermanent Wieczkowski, JuliePermanent Art and Design Bajus, JozefPermanent Friesen, StanleyPermanent Gage, FrancesPermanent Jiang, Lin XiaPermanent Kim, SunhwaPermanent Masters, CandacePermanent Miller, JosephPermanent Ogle, PhilipPermanent Payne, KennethPermanent Pennisi, AlicePermanent Saracino, Stephen F.Permanent Stockton, Yola8/31/23 Townsend, CarolPermanent Wolf, Mary8/31/23 Wood, RobertPermanent Biology Beahm, Derek8/31/21 Burlakova, Lyubov8/31/22 Foster, Robin12/31/24 (thesis) Hrycik, Allison6/30/22 (thesis) Karatayev, Alexander Y.Permanent Leighton, Gavin8/31/21 McMillan, AmyPermanent Novikova, Olga8/31/23 Pennuto, Christopher M.Permanent Perez-Fuentetaja, AliciaPermanent Pettibone, GaryPermanent Potts, DanielPermanent Skerrett, I. MarthaPermanent Snyder, Randal JPermanent Standora, Edward12/31/21 (thesis) Wadsworth, GregoryPermanent Warren II, RobertPermanent White, TomPermanent Zhang, Xiang-Dong8/31/23 Chemistry Al-Saigh, Zeki Y.Permanent Bagley, KimberlyPermanent Biswas, Sourav1/13/24 Durfee, WilliamPermanent Giffin, Christinethesis committee Goniewicz, Maciej5/31/22 Goodman, M. ScottPermanent Heo, JinseokPermanent Kim JoonyeongPermanent Nazarenko, Alexander Y.Permanent Ploeger, RebeccaPermanent Ridolfi, Douglas8/31/24 Sabatini, Camilathesis committee Severson, Mark W.Permanent Shugar, AaronPermanent Suwal, Sujit8/31/24 Communication Braemer, Dorothea8/31/23 Bryski, Bruce G.Permanent DiMaio, Gabriel5/31/22 Fuerst, Therese5/31/22 Hubbard, Katharine8/31/22 Liao, AnnPermanent Malcolm, JacquelynPermanent Marren, JosephPermanent Myers, Latrese5/31/22 Niman, MichaelPermanent Silverman, DeborahPermanent Data Science and Analytics Copeland, Jessica5/31/22 Horton, Angela5/31/22 McCall, Betsy5/31/22 Earth Sciences Bebak, Marilou1/5/22 Bergslien, ElisaPermanent Brosnick, Lisa5/31/22 Singer, JillPermanent Solar, Gary S.Permanent Williams, Kevin K.Permanent Zawicki, JosephPermanent Economics and Finance Byrley, TheodorePermanent Chaas, Eugene5/31/22 Fisher, Bruce6/30/21 Floss, FrederickPermanent Hayes Jr., CurtisPermanent Hunter, Nicole8/31/20 Jo, Tae-HeePermanent Kasper, VictorPermanent Leclaire, Joelle J.Permanent Qian, XingwangPermanent Schmidt, TedPermanent Wilcox, John8/31/22 English Ali, BarishPermanent Ben-Merre, DavidPermanent Berglund, LisaPermanent Bryant, Timothy J.Permanent Cercone, JamesPermanent Chase, AnthonyPermanent Chinquee, KimPermanent Fulk, Angela8/13/21 Fulk, MarkPermanent Herb, Maggie8/31/23 Pastore-Capuana, Kristen8/31/23 Perez, LornaPermanent Ramos, PeterPermanent Reigstad, ThomasPermanent Ryan-Bryant, Jennifer D.Permanent Todd, Macy8/31/23 Twagilimana, AimablePermanent Garmen Art Conservation Beckett, Fiona1/1/23 Chen, Jiuan-JiuanPermanent Hamilton, Emily1/8/23 Ploeger, RebeccaPermanent Ravines, PatrickPermanent Shugar, AaronPermanent Smith, Theresa8/31/22 Thornton, JonathanPermanent Geography and Planning Bird, Simon12/31/21 Frothingham, KellyPermanent Hartloff, Jessethesis committee Holmgren, CamillePermanent Mix, Wende A.Permanent Tang, TaoPermanent Vanchan, VidaPermanent Vermette, Stephen J.Permanent Great Lakes Center Clapsadl, Mark D.Permanent Karatayev, Alexander Y.Permanent History and Social Studies Education Abromeit, JohnPermanent Carson, DavidPermanent Chesterton, BridgetPermanent Conides, CynthiaPermanent DiLandro, DanielPermanent Ederer, MartinPermanent Fisher, WynniePermanent Gradwell, JillPermanent Hauser, Reine1/5/22 Kotlik, Ronald1/6/21 Lazich, Michael C.Permanent Loughead, Tanya6/30/22 Lupo, Ann1/6/21 Mernitz, KenPermanent Michaels, AlbertPermanent Nicholls, AndrewPermanent Norman, YorkPermanent Orosz, KennethPermanent Peraza, Steven12/31/23 Pratt, Renee5/31/22 Serure, Dana8/31/24 Weekly, Nancy5/31/22 Wiedemer, Noelle8/31/23 Mathematics Bayram, SaziyePermanent Brimkov, ValentinPermanent Carbonara, JoaquinPermanent Cunningham, DanielPermanent Cushman, JanePermanent Ghosh, ChaitaliPermanent Hanson, Eric1/5/22 McMillen, SusanPermanent Mercer, PeterPermanent Monteiro, Joana5/31/21 Morton, Jeffrey8/31/21 Nagowski, Matthew5/31/22 Nutakki, Nirmala8/31/22 O'Dell, RobinPermanent Richburg, Murray1/5/22 Sanders, RobinPermanent Swan, BrucePermanent Wilson, DavidPermanent Wuertzer-Magner, JodellePermanent Xu, HongliangPermanent Yuen, Chris1/5/22 Modern and Classical Languages Guiati, AndreaPermanent Hovland, DeborahPermanent Kirby, CarolPermanent Summers, RobertPermanent Warford, MarkPermanent Music Bewlay, HollyPermanent Boyce, EmilyPermanent Drummond, Evan5/31/21 Ferington, Paul8/7/20 Fleming, RickPermanent Filsinger, MarkPermanent Furby, VictoriaPermanent Gulish, Sarah8/7/20 Guzski, CarolynPermanent Henriques, J. ThomasPermanent Murnane-Robertson, Nora5/31/22 Renzoni, KerryPermanent Witakowski, ThomasPermanent Philosophy Blessing, KimberlyPermanent Physics DeMarco, Michael J.Permanent Ettestad, David J.Permanent Henry, DavidPermanent MacIsaac, DanPermanent Rai, RamPermanent Political Science & Public Administration Armstrong, Anthony5/31/22 Baek, KyeonghiPermanent Bowers, Joshua5/31/22 Brown, Byron5/31/22 Buonanno, LauriePermanent Cappella, BettyPermanent Ceesay, AttaPermanent Ciaccia, Frank5/31/24 (thesis/project) Knight, JasonPermanent McGovern, PatrickPermanent Neal, Anthony T.Permanent Parshall, Lisa5/31/22 Pendleton, Michael S.Permanent Ranahan, Molly1/5/22 Rivera, JasonPermanent Shauku, Adamu8/31/24 Soni, Suparna8/31/22 Stone, Kenneth5/31/22 Yacobucci, PeterPermanent Psychology Delprino, RobertPermanent DiPirro, JeanPermanent Foraker, StephaniPermanent Hennessy, DwightPermanent Hunt, JenniferPermanent Karuza Jr., JurgisPermanent MacLean, MichaelPermanent Norvilitis, JillPermanent Reid, Howard M.Permanent Schuetze-Pizarro, PamelaPermanent Zborowski, MichaelPermanent Sociology Krieg, EricPermanent Newmahr, StaciPermanent Shanahan, Michelethesis committee Shelton, AllenPermanent Wall, AmitraPermanent Welborn, Gary S.Permanent Zhang, JiePermanent School of Education Career, Technical, and Science Education (ED) Alampi-Cortez, Theresa5/31/22 Davis, Judy8/31/24 Greene, Clark8/31/24 Gubing, Susan1/4/23 Lemieux, Kimberly1/4/23 Macho, StevePermanent Popovich, N. JohnPermanent Ryan, Joanne5/31/22 Trautman, Anedda5/31/22 Zewan, Suzanne1/4/23 Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership (ED) Abraham, Marck5/31/22 Arioli, Rosemary8/31/23 Bair, Elizabeth5/31/21 Buscaglia, Syndi1/5/22 Carter, Julie5/31/21 Cercone, Gretchen5/31/21 Chicola, NancyPermanent Christmann, Robert1/4/23 Cummings, Mary1/11/21 del Prado Hill, PixitaPermanent DeMartinis, Maria5/31/22 Dixon, Carleen5/31/22 Dudek, Kristin1/5/22 Elias, Crystal8/31/23 Freedman, Andrew1/5/22 Frey, Susan1/4/23 Friedland, Ellen1/4/23 Garas-York, KeliPermanent Gasiewicz, Carla5/31/21 George, Patricia8/31/24 Giarrizzo, Joseph5/31/22 Henry, Alayla1/4/23 Henry, DavidPermanent Henry, JuliePermanent Horstman-Riphahn, TamaraPermanent Hunter, JevonPermanent Kahn, Drew6/1/20 Kindzierski, Corinne8/31/24 Klenk, LauraPermanent Krueger, Lisa1/5/22 Kuttesch, Elizabeth1/4/23 Lochte, Hilary1/16/23 Loehr, Peter W.Permanent Maloney, James1/5/22 Maskell, Dianna5/31/22 McCarthy, DiannePermanent McLeish, Wendy8/31/23 Mike, Dennis1/4/23 Minervino, Kurt5/31/22 Naab, Laurie1/6/21 Nyachae, Tiffany8/31/21 Paskowitz, Fran1/4/23 Paterson, WendyPermanent Regan, Douglas5/31/22 Reichenberg, Jennifer8/31/23 Rustowicz, Maura1/4/23 Saperston, Kristin1/4/23 Shandomo, HibajenePermanent Shively, ChristopherPermanent Smith, CoraleePermanent Smith, Kirsten5/31/22 Truesdell, Kimberly1/4/23 Tryjankowski, Anne1/4/23 Weber, SherriPermanent Widmer, Emma1/4/23 Zhang, JingPermanent Exceptional Education (ED) Alsace, Tamara1/5/22 Budin, ShannonPermanent Colon, Gliset8/31/24 DiCesare, Dane5/31/22 Dokshansky, Elena1/4/23 Doody, KathyPermanent Harris, Judith5/31/22 Hashey, Andrew8/31/23 Iorio, John5/31/22 Jacob, Cornelia5/31/21 Janczak, TheresaPermanent Johnson, Shawn1/4/23 Maheady, LawrencePermanent Mailhot, Michelle5/31/22 Maloney, James1/5/22 Miller, KevinPermanent Mirabella-Ormsby, Lauren5/31/22 Palumbo, Kathleen8/31/23 Patti, AngelaPermanent Posluszny, Mark.Permanent Rafferty, LisaPermanent Raimondi, Sharon L.Permanent Ramos Zagarrigo, AwildaPermanent Rivera, Jose5/31/22 Schmidt, RaquelPermanent Sommerstein, Lynne1/4/22 Spiesz, Susan1/5/22 Van Gordon, Brittany5/31/22 Vince Garland, KristaPermanent Zgliczynski, Timothy1/4/23 Social & Psychological Foundations of Educationand Adult Education Fish, RevaPermanent Gold, JamesPermanent Hoston, Douglas8/31/23 Iorio, John1/4/23 Mattai, P. RudyPermanent Means, AlexanderPermanent Nikischer, AndreaPermanent Nyachae, Nyandusi1/27/23 Senthinathan, Gehan8/31/23 Lewellen, Chelsea1/6/21 Mike, Dennis1/4/23 Thering, Angela5/31/22 School of The Professions Business Ahiarah, SoloChidiPermanent Basile, Jennifer1/1/26 Chow, Yew Wah (Jeff)8/31/22 DeNisco, JohnPermanent Gupta, UmaPermanent He, Jiaxiu9/1/25 Lai, ChristinePermanent Littman, Michael J.Permanent Marecki, Edward8/31/23 Mathien, LorenaPermanent Zylka, Mary Ann5/31/22 Computer Information Systems Banerjee, SarbaniPermanent Gareau, StephenPermanent Ghosh, Sumanlata5/31/22 Guo, RuthPermanent Santa Maria, Ramona R.Permanent Sherman, BarbaraPermanent Thompson, JohnPermanent Creativity and Change Leadership Burnett, CynthiaPermanent Cabra, John F.Permanent Davis, Orin8/31/23 Firestien, Roger1/4/23 Fox, Jon Michael8/31/22 Keller-Mathers, SusanPermanent Puccio, Gerard J.Permanent Schwartz, Matei5/31/22 Stolz, Camille McKayle1/25/22 Yudess, Jo1/4/23 Criminal Justice Breen, Clairissa8/31/23 Cretacci, MichaelPermanent D'Angelo, JillPermanent Gayadeen, ShashiPermanent Johnson, ScottPermanent Dae-Young KimPermanent Menasco, MelissaPermanent Petlakh, Ksenia8/31/23 Phillips, ScottPermanent Sobol, JamesPermanent Song, JohnPermanent Szockyj, ElizabethPermanent Wu, JawjeongPermanent Engineering Technology Ahmed, Saquib8/31/23 Devgun, Mohan S.Permanent Du, JikaiPermanent Earshen, JohnPermanent Goldberg, StephaniePermanent Grinberg, IlyaPermanent Hotchkiss, AnthonyPermanent Kukulka, David J.Permanent Mancuso, Peter1/5/22 Mayrose, JamesPermanent McCartney, SusanPermanent Stempniak, Richard A.Permanent Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Cardina, CatherinePermanent Colaizzo-Anas, TinaPermanent DeNysschen, CarolPermanent Hemler, Drew5/31/22 Kasprzak, Christina1/5/22 Oh, SukPermanent Panek-Shirley, Leah8/31/21 Higher Education Administration Badaszewski, Phillip1/6/21 Diaz, Hermen8/31/24 Haggerty, Brian5/31/22 Harvey, Kimberly1/5/22 Haumesser, AnneMarie12/31/21 Hulbert, Jonathan5/31/22 Jackson, KimberlyPermanent Kline, KimPermanent Maldonado, HeatherPermanent McDonald, Patrick5/31/22 Priester, Thomas5/31/22 Sauter, John5/31/21 VanDerLinden, Kim12/31/21 Wilson, AmyPermanent Speech-Language Pathology Budin, Kathryn5/31/21 Cincotti, TheresaPermanent Crockford, Amy5/31/22 Felsenfeld, SusanPermanent Fulcher-Rood, KatrinaPermanent Heximer, ChristopherPermanent Houk, Ronald5/13/22 Insalaco, DeborahPermanent Maldonado III, CamiloPermanent Mann Kahris, SaraPermanent McNerney, KathleenPermanent Mule, ChristinaPermanent Senthinathan, Dona Anita8/31/24 Remuneration Master’s Project or Thesis Advisers All graduate faculty who serve as advisers of record for a student’s master’s project or thesis—outside their normal teaching load—will be compensated in the amount of $100 per credit (up to $600). This money will be paid to the faculty member via extra service after the student is approved to graduate by the Graduate School. Multidisciplinary Studies Principal Advisers All graduate faculty who serve as principal advisers for M.S. Multidisciplinary Studies students, which includes advising the master’s project or the thesis, will be compensated $600. This money will be paid to the faculty member via extra service after the student is approved to graduate by the Graduate School. The Graduate School will track the registration for master’s theses and projects as well as the appointment of principal advisers for Multidisciplinary Studies students; it will monitor the completion process for students in both situations and will work with academic dean's offices to manage the payment to the faculty member. Request Form The request form for remuneration is made available at the close of the grading window each semester. Requests must be made within two weeks after the grading window closes to allow for processing. Remuneration Request Form Graduate Studies For Prospective Graduate Students Graduate AdmissionsBuffalo State University 1300 Elmwood AvenueMoot Hall 110Buffalo, NY 14222 Email: graduateadmissions@buffalostate.edu Phone: (716) 878-4017Office hoursMonday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For Current Graduate Students Graduate Studies OfficeBuffalo State University 1300 Elmwood AvenueCleveland Hall 204Buffalo, NY 14222 Email: gradoffc@buffalostate.eduPhone: (716) 878-5602Fax: (716) 878-5630Office hoursMonday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.For Faculty
