Who We Are
Who We Are
 
SIG Officers for 2026-2027
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SIG Chair
Erin Riley-Lepo
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, New Jersey, United States
rileylee@tcnj.edu 

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Program Chair
Divya Varier
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
dvarier@gmu.edu  		Photo of Divya Varier
Secretary/Treasurer
Clarissa Deverel-Rico
BSCS Science Learning
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
cdeverelrico@bscs.org 		Photo of Clarissa Deverel-Rico

Other Leaders in 2026-27

Early Career Representatives
Başak Çalık
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Istanbul, Turkey
basak.calik@medeniyet.edu.tr

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Amir Rasooli
National Institute of Education
Nanyang Technical University, Singapore
amirhossein.rasooli@nie.edu.sg 		Photo of Amir Rasooli
Graduate Student Representatives
Eric Asare
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia, United States
easar004@odu.edu 		Photo of Eric Asare


Sumaiya Chowdhury
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
21skc5@queensu.ca

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Oluyemisi Ajoke Oloniyo
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington, United States
oluyemisi.oloniyo@wsu.edu 		Photo of Oluyemisi Ajoke Oloniyo
Podcast Chair
Michael Holden
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
mi.holden@uwinnipeg.ca 		Photo of Michael Holden

Awards Chairs
Distinguished Paper Awards Committee Chair
Susan Brookhart
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
suebrookhart@gmail.com

 

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Emerging Scholar Award Committee Chair
Nicole Barnes 
American Psychological Association
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
nbarnes@apa.org 		Photo of Nicole Barnes
Assistant Awards Chair
Kyla McClure
Center for Assessment
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
kmcclure@nciea.org 		Photo of Kyla McClure
Website
Bethany Brunsman
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
bbrunsm@lps.org 		Photo of Bethany Brunsman
Katrina Carbone
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
17kmc11@queensu.ca
  		 

 

 
 
Structure/Governance
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The SIG Bylaws have been approved by AERA Governance.  They are available for review here.

 
 
Previous Leadership
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Past Chairs
2025-26 Dustin Van Orman
2024-25 Carla Evans
2023-24 Chad Gotch
2022-23 Mary Yakimowski
2021-22 Carrie Holmberg
2020-21 Tonya Moon
2019-20 Christopher DeLuca
2018-19 Nicole Barnes
2017-18 Lee Ann Jung
2016-17 Heidi Andrade
2015-16 Jay Parkes
2014-15 Lisa Abrams
2013-14 Sarah Bonner
2012-13 Thomas Guskey
2011-12 Lori Nebelsick-Gullett
2010-11 Bethany Brunsman