Paris D. Wicker, Ph.D.

Educational Researcher | Contemplative | Vocalist

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Jul 4, 2026

Faculty Opinion

Assistant Professor Paris D. Wicker examines a new dimension of the digital divide—students’ refusal to engage with generative AI—and what it means for equity in higher education. Drawing on her teaching and research, she explores how fear, cost and li... (Link)


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May 14, 2026

Paris Wicker Awarded 2026 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship

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May 12, 2026

Students and faculty from #UBGSE's higher education and student affairs program recognized with Pillars of Leadership Awards

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Publications


“I Just Really Like Us”: A Mixed Methods Social Network Analysis of the Longstanding Support Networks of Black Women Faculty


Paris Wicker, Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, Bridget Goosby

Journal of Higher Education , 2025, pp. 1-28


We must build spaces that love us: Fostering healing through a critical quantitative collective


Shanyce L. Campbell, Alexis Hunter, Claire L. Mackevicius, Sarah Peko-Spicer, Paris Wicker

Holistic Education Review, vol. 5(1), 2025, pp. 1-16


Well-Being and support network affiliations for Black and Indigenous college students during the COVID-19 pandemic


Paris D. Wicker

Special Issue: Familial and Relational Influences on College Outcomes among Minoritized Students, Education Sciences, vol. 14(8), 2024


The consequences of getting it right: Navigating anti-blackness in quantitative statistics courses


Paris Wicker

M. Shardé Davis, Being #BlackintheIvory: Truthtelling about Racism in the American University, University of North Carolina Press, 2024, pp. 53-55


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Highlights

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Courageous Conversations in Scholarship for Students. University at Buffalo. Winter 2026
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AI and Teaching Faculty Discussion, Graduate School of Education. Winter 2026