Ray Buss is professor of educational psychology and educational research in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. He teaches research and methodology courses and supervises doctoral students in the college's highly recognized EdD program in the division of educational leadership and innovation.
Professor Buss conducts research that focuses on doctoral students' development of identities as educational leaders and educational researchers; examines instructional issues and outcomes in the doctoral program including graduates' use of inquiry skills; and explores infusion of technology into the college's teacher preparation courses and its effects on technology integration by teacher candidates as they work toward conducting instruction in their classrooms. With respect to service, he serves on various college committees, maintains contacts with K-12 schools, and provides service to the profession. From 1992-2007, he served as graduate studies coordinator, graduate director, and assistant dean of the college.
Guiding Research Questions:
Current Research Projects:
In one set of studies, Dr. Buss is examining doctoral students' development of identities as educational leaders and educational researchers. In related work, he is exploring doctoral program influences on program graduates' work as scholarly and influential practitioners and how action research influences that work.
In another set of studies, Dr. Buss and colleagues are examining what happens when we infuse technology into the College's teacher preparation courses; and its effects on technology integration by teacher candidates as they work toward conducting instruction in their classrooms.
Recent Publications
. Alsen, E., & Buss, R. R. (2022). Developing pre-service teachers: A social justice approach
for educating culturally and linguistically diverse students. Impacting Education: Journal
on Transforming Educational Practice, 7(2), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2022.213
Markos, A., & Buss, R. R. (2022). Using mentor texts to develop disciplinary literacyof scholarly practitioners through dissertations in practice. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Educational Practice, 7(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2022.222
Foulger, T. S., Buss, R. R., & *Su, M. (2021). Contextual knowledge (XK) influences on
teacher candidates’ intention to integrate technology: The IT2 Survey. Educational
Technology Research and Development, 69, 2729-2760. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2021.192. Buss, R. R., & Graves Wolf, L. (2021). Building and sustaining community in an online EdD
program. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Educational Practice, 6(3), 47-53. https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2021.192Buss, R. R. (2020). Exploring the development of students’ identities as educational leaders
and educational researchers in a professional practice doctoral program. Studies in Higher
Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2020.1836484Buss, R. R., & Allen, J. G. (2020). Leader scholar communities: Supporting EdD students dissertation in practice efforts. Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 5(3), 1-7. doi: 10.5195/ie.2020.98
Summer 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 709 | Dir Field-Bsd Study |
TEL 710 | Innov Disseminating Res |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
Spring 2022 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 710 | Innov Disseminating Res |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 792 | Research |
Fall 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 710 | Innov Disseminating Res |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 709 | Dir Field-Bsd Study |
Spring 2021 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 710 | Innov Disseminating Res |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 710 | Innov Disseminating Res |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
EDT 792 | Research |
DCI 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2020 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 791 | Seminar |
EDT 792 | Research |
TEL 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 792 | Research |
DCI 792 | Research |
EDT 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Summer 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 792 | Research |
Spring 2019 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 791 | Seminar |
EDT 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Fall 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 791 | Seminar |
EDT 792 | Research |
DCI 792 | Research |
TEL 799 | Dissertation |
Spring 2018 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 712 | Mixed Methods of Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 791 | Seminar |
TEL 792 | Research |
EDT 792 | Research |
Fall 2017 | |
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Course Number | Course Title |
TEL 711 | Strategies for Inquiry |
TEL 780 | Practicum |
TEL 792 | Research |
DCI 792 | Research |
EDT 792 | Research |
Buss, R. R. (2018, April). Educational learners, leaders, and researchers: Identity
development of EdD students in a Carnegie-Project-on-the-Education-Doctorate program.
Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New York, NY. Accepted Nov. 02, 2017.
Buss, R. R. (2018, April). Evidence from a Carnegie-Project-on-the-Education-Doctorate program
that develops EdD students’ identities as educational leaders and educational researchers.
Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, New York, NY. Accepted Nov. 02, 2017.
Buss, R. R. (2017, April). Developing EdD students’ identities as educational leaders and
educational researchers II: Outcomes from a Carnegie-Project-on-the-Education-Doctorate
program. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research
Association, San Antonio, TX.
Buss, R. R., & *Avery, A. (2016, April). Research becomes you: Cultivating EdD students’
identities as educational researchers in a Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate
affiliated program and Learning research by doing research (A study within a study).
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association,
Washington, DC.
2017 American Association of Colleges for Teachers Education (AACTE) Best Practice Award
for the Innovative Use of Technology
2014 ISTE Teacher Educator Network Outstanding Research Paper Award
2014 American Educational Research Association, Special Interest Group Technology as an
Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning Best Paper Award
2013 Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Faculty Award for Integrating Scholarship & Service
2012 International Society for Technology in Education, Special Interest Group in Teacher
Education Outstanding Research Paper Award
American Educational Research Association
Chair for Doctoral Students
Anthony Speyer, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1986
Erin Cuccia, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1987
Stephen Nicoloff, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Maria Paredes, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Susan Pederson, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Bronwen Steele, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Ronald Sterr, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Michele Wilson, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2011
Crystal Cruz, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2013
Shannon Manuelito, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2013
Ray Ostos, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2013
Deborah Preach, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2013
LeeAnn Lindsey, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2015
Michelle Otstot, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2015
Carissa Morrison, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2015
Bennett MacKinney, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2015
Andrea Avery, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Clea Edwards, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Kathleen LuPone, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Malissa Thibault, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Andrew Nelson, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Luis Sanchez, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Steven Smith, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Brittani Roy, Ed.D., Arizona State University, 2017
Elizabeth Alsen, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Elora Diaz, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Trisha Eardley, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Sogol Homayoun, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Timothy Leyson, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Regina Matos, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Angela Mantie, EdD, Arizona State University, 2019
Nuria Sanchez, EdD, Arizona State University, 2020
Serena Christianson, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Jodie Donner, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Lauren Dunning, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Robert Morse, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Michael Stewart, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Monica Kessel, EdD, Arizona State University, 2021
Employment
8/2020 – present Professor Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
Educational Psychology
and Educational Research
8/1990 – 8/2020 Associate Professor Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, formerly
Educational Psychology College of Teacher Education and Leadership
and Educational Research Arizona State University at the West campus
3/1995 – 12/2007 Assistant Dean College of Teacher Education and Leadership
Arizona State University at the West campus
8/1994 – 3/1995 Director, Graduate College of Teacher Education and Leadership
& Postbaccalaureate Arizona State University at the West campus
Programs
8/1991 – 8/1994 Coordinator, Graduate College of Teacher Education and Leadership
& Postbaccalaureate Arizona State University at the West campus
Programs
8/1987 – 8/1990 Associate Professor College of Education
Educational Psychology University of Northern Iowa
8/1981 – 8/1987 Assistant Professor College of Arts & Sciences
Psychology Louisiana State University and A & M College
Tenrured/Tenure Eligible Personnel Evaluation Committee, Chair
EdD Program Committee, Member
Professional service--reviewer for various jouinals and AERA proposals