Official account of American Educational Research Association, a national interdisciplinary research association for ~25K+ scholars who undertake
#edresearch
.
AERA is pleased to announce that
@janelletscott
, professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at
@Berkeley_Educ
, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her presidency will begin at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting.
AERA is pleased to announce that
@TyroneCHoward
, Professor of Education at
@uclaseis
, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Howard joins the AERA Council in 2022–2023. His presidency begins at the conclusion of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
The
#AERA22
Annual Meeting submission deadline has been extended to July 20, 11:59 p.m. PT, to ensure that everyone interested in presenting in San Diego has sufficient time to fully develop their submission.
AERA is happy to announce that Maisha T. Winn, the Chancellor’s Leadership Professor in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her presidency begins at the conclusion of
#AERA25
.
We're set to kick off
#AERA18
tomorrow in NYC. Looking forward to seeing 17,000+ education researchers in Times Square for the largest gathering of scholars in the world!
AERA is extending the 2021 Annual Meeting submission deadline from July 22 to August 14. We hope that graduate students and education researchers worldwide will benefit from this extra time to prepare paper and session submissions during
#Covid19
.
#AERA21
Shaun Harper (
@DrShaunHarper
), a Provost Professor at
@USCRossier
and
@USCMarshall
, has been voted president-elect of AERA! Harper is an
#AERAFellow
and recipient of the 2014 AERA Relating Research to Practice Award. Learn more: .
The world's largest
#EdResearch
conference kicks off today in NYC!
#AERA18
is dedicated to exploring "The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education," with more than 2,500 symposia, lectures, and paper discussions. Via
@SarahDSparks
Celebrated scholar Gloria Ladson-Billings will deliver the AERA Distinguished Lecture at
#AERA24
. Her lecture "'Not Yet at Plessy': 70 Years Post-Brown" will be on April 12 during the meeting.
The submissions deadline for
#AERA23
has been extended from July 27 to August 1. Related changes to the notifications date and program release date will be announced in the July issue of Highlights.
Annual Meeting Fast Facts: 6 days of hybrid learning/sharing, 13,666 reg'd attendees from 75 countries, 4,433 grad students, 1,835 paper/poster/roundtables & symposia, 48 exhibitors & sponsors, 11,683 presenting authors, 522+ videos, 13,562 tweets, 1 great meeting in the books!
.
@MilnerHRich
Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education at
@vupeabody
has been voted AERA president-elect. Milner joins AERA Council this year as president-elect. His presidency begins at the conclusion of
#AERA22
. Read more:
Congratulations to
@linzcpage
(
@PittEducation
) for receiving the Early Career Award, which honors an individual in the early stages of their career no later than 10 years after receipt of the doctoral degree.
The Social Justice in Education Award goes to David Stovall (
@UICCLJ
), who has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice.
#AERAAwards
AERA President
@TyroneCHoward
's 2024 AERA Annual Meeting theme is "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action." The call for submissions will be released May 23. Read about the theme here:
Congratulations to former AERA president
@WFTate4
for being named the next president of
@LSU
! Dr. Tate will be the first Black president at LSU and in the Southeastern Conference.
Important
#AERA20
Update: AERA is cancelling the AERA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. Read a special announcement from AERA Exec Dir Felice Levine & President Vanessa Siddle Walker:
The Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award is given to
@mildredboveda
(
@PSU_CollegeOfEd
), recognizing her significant contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations within the first decade of her career.
AERA has announced
@sandylocks
, a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism, and the law, will deliver the Opening Plenary Keynote Lecture at
#AERA24
.
We are excited to announce
@johndiamondphd
, professor of sociology and education policy in Brown University’s department of sociology and
@AnnenbergInst
, has been selected to present the 2022 Brown Lecture in Education Research. Read the full announcement:
.
@ProfNai
, president of
@Spencer_Fdn
, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her presidency will begin at the conclusion of the 2021 Annual Meeting. Learn more about her and other key members elected to AERA Council:
We’re live from our 2023 Annual Meeting Opening Plenary featuring AERA President Rich Milner -
@MilnerHRich
and speaker Cornel West -
@CornelWest
.
Follow along for live updates!
#aera23
@jbullockruns
Justin - we’re very concerned to hear that this happened. Can you DM us your contact info so we can set up a discussion with AERA’s executive director?
We are thrilled to announce the selection of 19 exemplary scholars as 2021 AERA Fellows! AERA Fellows are selected on the basis of their distinguished and sustained research achievements.
The AERA Council has voted to shift the 2022 Annual Meeting in San Diego from being a place-based-only meeting to one that also offers a virtual meeting component.
#aera22
The AERA Community mourns the passing of AERA 2015-16 President Jeannie Oakes on April 25. She was a preeminent education policy scholar & a champion of connecting research to policy and equity and justice for all. Watch her 2016 Presidential Address here:
AERA is pleased to accept papers for an important volume of RRE, "Equitable Educational Systems that Cultivate Thriving." Scholars are encouraged to bring their creative and expansive thinking to reimagine new kinds of education & learning systems that cultivate thriving within…
.
@biancajontae
(
@hgse
) is the winner of the Scholars of Color Early Career Contribution Award. This award is presented to a scholar who is within the first decade of their career after receipt of the doctoral degree.
Gloria Ladson-Billings: In your research, you need to figure out: what is the story you are trying to tell? Be clear in your language and try to avoid jargon.
#AERA18
The Social Justice in Education Award goes to David Stovall (
@UICCLJ
), who has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice.
In light of the technical problems we have experienced this weekend, AERA is offering all paid registrants an option to request a refund of their registration fee or a credit of their fee as a reduction to their 2022 Annual Meeting registration fee.
#AERA21
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.”
Join us for the
#AERA24
Opening Plenary Keynote Lecture, titled “Fighting Back to Move Forward: Defending the Freedom to Learn In the War Against Woke,” delivered by
@sandylocks
on April 11 at 6:10 pm ET in Ballroom AB of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.…
AERA condemns the opinions expressed by Joseph Epstein in a recent op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal criticizing Dr. Jill Biden’s use of the “Dr.” title. Read the full statement by AERA Exec Dir Felice J. Levine:
Congratulations to
@meganbang3
(
@Spencer_Fdn
@sesp_nu
) for winning this year’s Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award, in recognition of contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations.
Registration for
#AERA24
is now open! Please join us in Philadelphia for 4 days of learning, engaging, and inspiring at the world's largest gathering of education researchers from around the globe. Info about registration is available on the our website.
We are saddened by the passing of Luis Moll. A leader in the study of culture, psychology and education, Dr. Moll was an AERA Fellow, received the Palmer O. Johnson Memorial Award, served as VP of Division G, and delivered the Brown Lecture.
AERA will not be holding a place-based Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, in April 2020 due to the coronavirus. Instead, we are shifting to a virtual meeting. Read more in our announcement. …
#AERA20
We rededicate ourselves to using what we know as educational researchers to heal people and communities and to improve and equalize learning in every space it is supposed to occur. - 2020-21 AERA President
@DrShaunHarper
We are now accepting proposals for the Minority Dissertation Fellowship in Education Research - the deadline is November 1! An informational webinar will be held on Thursday, Sept 14. Register for it here:
#AERABrownLecture
: "We have a moral, social, and emotional responsibility to create systems to ensure that our children have a fighting chance to maximize their humanity. I hope you will be brace and strong enough to disrupt punitive policies and practices." -
@MilnerHRich
The
#AERA24
Call for Submissions will open on May 25th. Read more about the 2024 theme, "Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action."
How does a structurally racist and White supremacist system shape students’ experiences with trauma? A new study in RER finds sheds light on youth trauma from a race-conscious perspective. Read the open-access article:
Congratulations to all of our newly inducted AERA 2023 Fellows! Each member is chosen by a process of peer nomination, and their work to effect change in education research.
#AERA23
The call for submissions for the 2023 Annual Meeting theme, "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth," will open tomorrow 5/31. Submissions will be accepted until 7/27.
The Early Career Award goes to
@bakerdphd
(
@smusimmons
). This award honors an individual within 10 years after receipt of their doctoral degree, for study in any field of educational inquiry.
A new article in Educational Researcher draws from Black Critical Theory to present a theoretical framework that researchers and educational stakeholders can use to specify, study, and understand antiblackness in school discipline.
The Social Justice in Education Award goes to Sharon Fries-Britt (
@UMDCollegeofEd
), who has advanced social justice through education research and exemplified the goal of linking education research to social justice.
The 2020 AERA Outstanding Book Award winner is
@leilanisabz
(
@uoeducation
). Her book “Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools” is recognized as the year’s best book-length publication in education research and development.
Congratulations to Adrienne D. Dixson (
@edILLINOIS
) for winning this year’s Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award, in recognition of contributions to the understanding of issues that disproportionately affect minority populations.
The AERA 2022 Annual Meeting Call for Submissions is now available. The deadline is July 12, 2021. The 2022 Annual Meeting will take place in San Diego, CA, April 22-25, 2022.
#AERA22
The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal’s office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively double the racial gaps in such referrals, according to new research in
@Erjournal_AERA
by
@DrJingLiu
,
@EmilyKPenner
,…
Black male elementary school students matched to Black teachers are less likely to be identified for special education services, according to new research published in
@aerj_journal
.
Meet
@ValerieKinloch
, one of the top scholars in the country in the field of literacy studies and new
#AERAFellow
! . Her work focuses on composition and reading comprehension while integrating them with culture, ecology, and human development.
@PittTweet
Welcome to the final day of
#AERA19
! We hope you have enjoyed Toronto, the opportunity to share your
#edresearch
and network with the world’s largest gathering of
#edresearchers
, and that you will join us for
#AERA20
in San Francisco, April 17-21!
Those who are already registered for the meeting will receive full refunds of their registration fee. There are no cancellation fees for the Annual Meeting hotels for those who booked through AERA's housing bureau and who cancel now.
#AERA20
Congratulations to the 19 newly inducted AERA Fellows! Learn more about their substantial accomplishments and their exceptional contributions to education research:
The
#AERA19
theme has been announced! “Leveraging Education Research in a 'Post-Truth' Era: Multimodal Narratives to Democratize Evidence” calls on
#edreseachers
to push back against the post-truth paradigm. See you in Toronto, April 5 – 9, 2019!
Eugene E. Garcia: Children learning two languages at the same time is not problematic; children learning MORE than two languages at the same time is not problematic. It is an asset, it is not a problem.
#AERA18
At our annual awards ceremony last night we recognized 18 outstanding scholars for their work. One of those winners, Dominique Baker told us about her research on structural racism as it relates to success, and what this recognition means to her.
@bakerdphd
#AERA23
It's almost time! The Opening Plenary with special lecturer
@sandylocks
starts at 6:10pm! Her lecture, "Fighting Back to Move Forward: Defending the Freedom to Learn In the War Against Woke" will outline how extremists have weaponized critical race theory in their “war on woke."
New research finds that U.S. teachers “are people too,” holding almost as much pro-White racial bias as non-teachers. The authors urge more support and training for teachers to mitigate implicit biases. Read more:
@nkwarikoo
@triddle42
@ERjournal_AERA
The fact that you will take the time to actually reconnect with the AERA family is enormous. It's a wonderful tribute to AERA and to each other. It is a camaraderie. I'm grateful for this virtual solidarity moment. - AERA President Vanessa Siddle Walker
#AERAPresPresentation
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 AERA Awards for Excellence in Education Research! AERA will honor the recipients for their outstanding scholarship and service at the awards celebration at
#AERA23
on April 15, 4:40-6:10 pm CT.
AERA President
@DrShaunHarper
will testify before the U.S. House
@EdLaborCmte
at the hearing “A Major Test: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the Future of Higher Education” tomorrow at 12 p.m. EDT. Learn more:
We are thrilled to announce that
@LoriPattonDavis
has been selected to deliver the 2021
#AERABrownLecture
! This public lecture will take place virtually on Thursday, October 21, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. ET. Registration will open in late July.
AERA invites you to a Worldwide Gathering for Reflection, Presentation, and Rededication with AERA Exec Dir Felice Levine & President Vanessa Siddle Walker & President-elect
@DrShaunHarper
on April 19. Learn more and RSVP:
#AERAPresPresentation
We express our concern for our colleagues, students, educators, and all people who are experiencing significant loss of life, pain, trauma, and suffering as a result of the Turkey and Syria earthquakes earlier this month. Read the full statement:
We are excited to welcome you to Philadelphia for
#AERA24
! As you prepare to arrive, we are here to help you plan ahead and to ensure the meeting is a professionally rewarding experience. Check out the following critical items in the Know Before You Go: