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Key Sessions and Speakers Explore the links below to browse AERA’s compelling line-up of major sessions and speakers.
Presenter and Participant Information AERA has compiled helpful information for presenters and participants such as roles and responsibilities of chairs and discussants, poster preparation instructions, and session formats.
AERA i-Presentation Gallery The AERA i-Presentation Gallery provides Annual Meeting presenters a user-friendly vehicle to present their papers in a dynamic format that allows for an overall narration as well as audio or video capture within any slide as part of their display.
With more than 2,500 sessions to choose from, the 2024 Annual Meeting provides a dynamic experience with opportunities to learn from prominent scholars, discover the latest research, engage in stimulating conversations, and foster professional relationships.
The 2024 Annual Meeting offers a rich array of sessions and events for all attendees.
Major events such as the Opening Keynote Lecture, the AERA Presidential Address, the AERA Distinguished Lecture and the Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture, the AERA Awards Ceremony and Celebration, and more, should be on every attendee’s schedule. Along with AERA Awards Lectures, these premier sessions offer unparalleled opportunities to hear from thought leaders, exemplary researchers, and champions of education research.
The Opening Keynote Lecture will be given by Kimberlé W. Crenshaw, a pioneering scholar and writer on civil rights, critical race theory, Black feminist legal theory, and race, racism and the law.
Tied to the 2024 Annual Meeting theme “Dismantling Racial Injustice and Constructing Educational Possibilities: A Call to Action,” 38 AERA Presidential Sessions provide rich and compelling content designed to engage attendees on key issues in education research, policy, and practice.
The Research and Science Policy Forum will offer a series of sessions focused on important issues at the intersection of education research and science policy. Presenters include policy leaders from key federal science offices and agencies, foundation heads, and important scholars.
In addition to major lectures and high-profile AERA-wide sessions, hundreds of paper, roundtable, and poster sessions and symposia will be held by AERA divisions, SIGs, and committees. Be certain to check out the sessions offered by those AERA units that align with your research interests.
In collaboration with the World Education Research Association and numerous other international organizations, the Annual Meeting not only spotlights research from around the globe but also supports and advances the worldwide impact of the field.
The “Spotlight on Philadelphia and the Region” Series will delve into research focused on pressing education issues in the Philadelphia area, including public school reform, educator diversity, culturally relevant instruction, and more.
Among the special features this year are e-Lightening Ed-Talks, where selected authors will present their research in the form of a brief and engaging presentation in the Exhibit Hall. AERA is also pleased to showcase again this year the Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series and the Youth Teams in Education Research Program, which were both successfully pilot-tested at the 2023 Annual Meeting.
Please check this page regularly for updates. Dates, times, and locations will be added as they become available. All times are in Eastern Time.
In her keynote lecture, "Fighting Back to Move Forward: Defending the Freedom to Learn In the War Against Woke," Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw will outline how extremists have weaponized critical race theory (CRT) in their “war on woke,” a dog whistle campaign that has functioned to impair public education, erase history, circumscribe freedom of expression, and roll back the modest gains of the Civil Rights Movement. Professor Crenshaw will explore the ways that liberal institutions have been complicit in this war, endangering core features of our democracy. In the face of ever-growing book bans, legislation prohibiting the teaching of CRT, and an increasingly regressive environment in schools around the country, the collective efforts of educators to defend the freedom to learn in our schools is critical to the freedom to live in a multiracial democracy. Professor Crenshaw’s lecture will be followed by a conversation with AERA President Tyrone C. Howard. Thursday, April 11, 6:10 pm to 7:40 pm Pennsylvania Convention Center, Ballroom AB
One Philly: How the City and the School District of Philadelphia Collaborate to Achieve Educational Success A Conversation with Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and Superintendent Dr. Tony B. Watlington Friday, April 12, 4:55 pm to 6:00 pm Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 100 - Michael A. Nutter Theater
Moderated by AERA President Dr. Tyrone Howard
2024 Distinguished Lectures The AERA Distinguished Lecture and the Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Gloria J. Ladson-Billings and Dolores Delgado Bernal, respectively.
2024 AERA Distinguished Lecture – "Not Yet at Plessy": 70 Years Post-Brown Speaker: Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin – Madison) Friday, April 12, 11:25 am to 12:55 pm Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 100 - Michael A. Nutter Theater
2024 Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture – Disrupting Dominant Research Paradigms: A Collective Journey to Chicana/Latina Feminista Methodologies Speaker: Dolores Delgado Bernal (Loyola Marymount University) Sunday, April 14, 1:15 pm to 2:45 pm Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 100 - Michael A. Nutter Theater
Business Meeting Sunday, April 14, 8:15 am to 9:15 am Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 200 - Room 201A
The AERA Business Meeting offers a time for AERA members to discuss important issues regarding education research and the work of AERA.
Closing Ceremony Sunday, April 14, 3:05 pm to 4:35 pm Pennsylvania Convention Center, Level 200 - Room 201A
The Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series will return as a special component of the Annual Meeting that will give accepted graduate students the opportunity to share and discuss their work in progress on site in Philadelphia. The roundtable series features graduate students who are actively engaged in research but were not yet ready to advance a paper submission in response to the 2024 Call for Submissions. Friday, April 12 through Sunday, April 14
Graduate Student and Early Career Poster Sessions The Annual Meeting will feature the work of recent dissertation fellows and early career scholars.
AERA Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research Friday, April 12, 11:25 am to 12:55 pm
2024 AERA Undergraduate Fellows Research Poster Fair This poster session provides an opportunity for the undergraduate students who are participating in the Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop to visually display their work and receive comments and guidance from the education research community. Friday, April 12, 4:55 to 6:25 pm
Youth Teams in Education Research Special Program Poster Session High school students, grouped in teams led by education researchers, will present their work in a featured poster session after participating in a mini-workshop at the meeting where they will discuss their research projects, issues consequential to them, and potential opportunities for continuing to pursue research engagements. Friday, April 12, 3:05 pm to 4:35 pm