SIG Directory


Special Interest Groups (SIGs) 2024-2025

This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.

SIGs: | A–G | H–Q | R–Z | All |

A–Z

Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation (SIG #174)
Purpose: The purpose of the SIG is to accumulate and interpret research associated with accreditation, state review processes, or assessment and evaluation of educator preparation programs.
Contact: Carla Lynn Tanguay, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, ctanguay@gsu.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_AAPE_SIG
Action Research (SIG #2)
Purpose: The Action Research SIG builds community among those who are engaged in action research and those who teach others to do action research. This is accomplished through dialog about professional development strategies, educational practices and theory, and methods of action research.
Contact: Catherine A. Lammert, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, catherine.lammert@ttu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Action Research
Adolescence and Youth Development (SIG #3)
Purpose: To bring together educators, researchers, and youth advocates interested in examining ways to improve upon the experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of adolescence and youth as they develop over time. This SIG includes a cross section of researchers interested in diverse topics associated with adolescence and youth development.
Contact: Andrea Frazier, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, frazier_andrea@columbusstate.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Adolescence and Youth Development
Adult Literacy and Adult Education (SIG #4)
Purpose: Dedicated to research development, policy, and practice in adult literacy and adult education. This SIG takes an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective on learning and instruction among diverse populations.
Contact: Elizabeth Tighe, Georgia State University, Decatur, GA, etighe@gsu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Adult Literacy and Adult Education
Advanced Studies of National Databases (SIG #6)
Purpose: To advance knowledge of the contexts and practices of education through facilitating awareness and understanding of the rigorous research methods required for valid and reliable analysis of national and state level databases.
Contact: Walter L. Leite, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, walter.leite@coe.ufl.edu
Dues: $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Advanced Studies of National Databases
Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG #7)
Purpose: To design new technologies that structure educational environments and transform educational practice, and to help the AERA community understand and influence the use of advanced technologies.
Contact: Nitasha Mathayas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Mahomet, IL, mathaya2@illinois.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SIGATL
X: https://twitter.com/SIG_ATL_LS
Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education (SIG #53)
Purpose: This international inter-disciplinary SIG offers a space for visual artworks, live performance and theoretical/conceptual praxis, facilitating a platform for artistic researchers and practitioners.
Contact: Daniel X. Harris, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, daniel.harris@rmit.edu.au
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Arts-Inquiry-SIG-101445872066731
Arts and Learning (SIG #8)
Purpose: Recent themes include: arts performance and process in curriculum; arts integration, assessment, and criticism; cultural issues; semiotics creative process; aesthetic education; alternative research methodologies; and constructivism.
Contact: Matt Omasta, Miami University (OH), Oxford, OH, matt@mattomasta.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Arts and Learning
Arts-Based Educational Research (SIG #9)
Purpose: To provide a community for those who view education through artistic lenses, who use a variety of arts-based methodologies, and who communicate understandings through diverse genres.
Contact: Camea Davis, Research Partnership for Professional Learning, Atlanta, GA, cdavis@rpplpartnership.org
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://abersigaera.weebly.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/888595361932531
X: https://twitter.com/aber_sig
Bilingual Education Research (SIG #12)
Purpose: To promote research in bilingual education and to provide a forum for innovative approaches in this field of inquiry. This SIG addresses all ethnoliguistically diverse groups.
Contact: Zhongfeng Tian, Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, NJ, zhongfeng.tian@rutgers.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr)
Website: Bilingual Education Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1477801139116319/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_BerSig
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bilingualersig/
Biographical and Documentary Research (SIG #13)
Purpose: To explore methodological issues in biographical and documentary research.
Contact: Lucy E. Bailey, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, lucy.bailey@okstate.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Biographical and Documentary Research
Bourdieu in Educational Research (SIG #185)
Purpose: To provide a space for those interested in Bourdieu’s oeuvre where we explore and reflect on the use of his theories and concepts.
Contact: Guanglun Michael Mu, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia, michael.mu@unisa.edu.au; Frederick de Moll, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, frederick.demoll@uni-bielefeld.de
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Bourdieu in Educational Research
X: https://twitter.com/AERABourdieuSIG
Brain, Neurosciences, and Education (SIG #14)
Purpose: Provides a venue for research in the neurosciences that may inform and inspire educational research, and for rigorous educational research thus informed.
Contact: Kay Brocato, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, kaybrocato@icloud.com
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Brain, Neurosciences, and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bnesig.
X: https://twitter.com/bnesig
Career and Technical Education (SIG #134)
Purpose: To discuss topics in vocational/career and technical education, career development, human resource development, career issues in the schools (Grades K-12), postsecondary education, adult and lifelong learning, and workforce education.
Contact: Walter G. Ecton, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, ecton@umich.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Career and Technical Education
Caribbean and African Studies in Education (SIG #86)
Purpose: To encourage, conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on education within and between Caribbean and African countries.
Contact: Dave A. Louis, University of Houston, Houston, TX, dalouis@uh.edu; Verna Charleen Knight, University of the West Indies - Cave Hill, Bridgetown, Barbados, verna.knight@cavehill.uwi.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Caribbean and African Studies in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aeraCASE/
X: https://twitter.com/aeracasesig86
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/54098197/admin/
Catholic Education (SIG #175)
Purpose: To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Catholic education written from a diverse set of perspectives, including interdisciplinary and international issues.
Contact: Julie W. Dallavis, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, jwernick@nd.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Catholic Education
Charters & School Choice (SIG #142)
Purpose: To promote and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of charter schools written from a diverse set of perspectives.
Contact: Jeanne M. Powers, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, jeanne.powers@asu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Charters & School Choice
Classroom Assessment (SIG #18)
Purpose: The purposes of the SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it is essential to do so. To achieve these purposes, the SIG includes among its goals the promotion of quality research into classroom assessment practices, using all legitimate research approaches and methods, and the active collaboration with other SIGs and AERA divisions who share an interest in promoting research into classroom assessment.
Contact: Carla Evans, Center for Assessment, Dover, NH, cevans@nciea.org
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Classroom Assessment
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_CA_SIG
Classroom Management (SIG #19)
Purpose: To promote research on classroom organization and management, alternative discipline models, group and learner social interactions, and approaches to teacher education.
Contact: Dorothy E. Hines, University of Kansas, Shawnee, KS, dhinesd@ku.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Classroom Management
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/AERA-Classroom-Management-SIG-211799585499569
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12827073/
Classroom Observation (SIG #20)
Purpose: The purpose of the Classroom Observation SIG is to provide members access to current research in observation techniques in educational settings.
Contact: Elizabeth L. Adams, American Institutes for Research, Dallas, TX, beth.greive@gmail.com
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Classroom Observation
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/classroomobservationSIG
X: https://twitter.com/AERAcoSIG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14144222/
Cognition and Assessment (SIG #167)
Purpose: To promote research on educational assessment merging two traditionally distinct fields - cognition and psychometrics
Contact: Kaiwen Man, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mankaiwen@hotmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Cognition and Assessment
Complexity Theories in Education (SIG #17)
Purpose: To apply, advance, and extend chaos and complexity theories to inquiry, research, and theory related to educational contexts.
Contact: Emma P. Bullock, Sam Houston State University, Houston, TX, ebullock@shsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://complexityed.weebly.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115233401853116
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@complexityineducationsig1743
Computer and Internet Applications in Education (SIG #22)
Purpose: To promote research and evaluation on the use of computer-based information and communications resources and software for learning, instruction, assessment, and accomplishment by students, teachers, and administrators.
Contact: Amy Lynn Jasmin Mueller, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, almueller@ou.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://appsinedu.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aeraciae
X: https://twitter.com/CIAE_SIG_AERA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aera.ciae.sig/
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education (SIG #171)
Purpose: The purpose of the SIG is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism and Taoism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice.
Contact: Dengting Boyanton, Sino-American Educational Research Association, Stone Mountain, GA, dengting.boyanton@yahoo.com
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/410128165526933/?rdid=vfHuSCs8PlgCLTUW&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fg%2F19LJ1CtPqe%2F
Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #25)
Purpose: To facilitate communication and to promote theory, research and improvement in practices of educators at all levels from a constructivist or developmental perspective.
Contact: Karyn A. Allee, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA, allee_ka@mercer.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/890551595302570
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_CTRP_SIG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aera_sig25/
Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #26)
Purpose: To exchange information about current research, theory, and improvements in implementation of cooperative learning procedures; to provide a structured forum for discussions related to cooperative learning.
Contact: Allen Thurston, Queen's University - Belfast, Lisburn, Northern Ireland BT274SG, United Kingdom, a.thurston@qub.ac.uk
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice
Critical Educators for Social Justice (SIG #144)
Purpose: Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) is committed to the struggle for social justice, human rights and democracy for diverse communities. We promote research, teaching, and activism centered on cultural, racial, linguistic, political, and economic self-determination within our classrooms, schools, and communities. A significant objective of CESJ is to promote communication and collaboration among critical educators and researchers working in public schools, universities, and community education programs. We believe that education, as a form of critical understanding, plays a crucial role in transforming society.
Contact: Fatima M. Brunson, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, fatimab06@gmail.com; Megan L. Ruby, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, mlruby2021@gmail.com
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Educators for Social Justice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CESJSIG
X: https://twitter.com/CESJSIG
Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education (SIG #27)
Purpose: To promote the integrated study of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as lenses for performing critical analyses and evaluations of prevailing theory and practice on education.
Contact: Janice A. Byrd, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, byrdjanice91@gmail.com
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $15.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/120611961292065/
Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies (SIG #28)
Purpose: To support and promote transdisciplinary research of education as experience. The SIG de-stabilizes commonly held boundaries of educational research beyond contemporary curriculum discourses. Members pursue curriculum inquiry using critical perspectives, and performative, auto-ethnographic and conceptual approaches to ask sociocultural, political, and theoretical questions.
Contact: Ganiva Reyes, Miami University (OH), Oxford, OH, reyesg@miamioh.edu
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/125036057513372/
Critical Peace Education (SIG #74)
Purpose: To create a global forum for scholars from diverse backgrounds and with varied perspectives to report and critically explore educational research and promote constructive changes in the areas of peace keeping, peace making, peace building, peace education, nonviolent conflict resolution, reconciliation, mediation, and more.
Contact: Sandra Candel, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, slcandel@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Peace Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Peace-Education-SIG-AERA-401061593955408/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_PeaceEd
Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education (SIG #29)
Purpose: The purpose of this SIG is to foster research on and critical analyses of issues in early childhood education and childhood studies and to encourage the development of alternative perspectives and curriculum in early childhood education.
Contact: Brian L. Wright, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, BLWRGHT1@memphis.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/cpecesig/home
X: https://twitter.com/aera_cpece
Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education (SIG #45)
Purpose: Concerned with the historical/philosophical studies of education that engage the writings of Michel Foucault and with diverse contemporary theories in education.
Contact: Kathryn J. Strom, California State University - East Bay, Daly City, CA, kathryn.strom2@csueastbay.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoucaultSIG/
X: https://twitter.com/AERAFoucaultSIG
Critical Quantitative Methodologies (SIG #186)
Purpose: To promote new approaches and foster best practices for conducting and evaluating critical quantitative research; train quantitative researchers how to use these innovative, equity-centered perspectives and research methods to question models, measures, and analysis techniques; and build a scholarship community for critical quantitative researchers.
Contact: Kamden Strunk, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, strunkk2@vcu.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Critical Quantitative Methodologies
Cultural Historical Research (SIG #30)
Purpose: Focuses on human action, agency, and development as mediated by culture, history, and activity in the tradition of Vygotsky, Luria, Leont’ev, Bakhtin, Mead, and others.
Contact: Elina Lampert-Shepel, Touro University, New York, NY, elina.lampert-shepel@touro.edu
Dues: $12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Cultural Historical Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/156178274407466/
X: https://twitter.com/aerasig_ch
Data-Driven Decision Making in Education (SIG #179)
Purpose: Data-Driven Decision Making in Education SIG #179
Contact: Lisa M. Abrams, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, lmabrams@vcu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Data-Driven Decision Making in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DDDMSIGAERA
X: https://twitter.com/DDDMSIGAERA
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@data-drivendecisionmakingi7562
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Intersectionalities and Perspectives (SIG #95)
Purpose: To provide a multidisciplinary forum for the promotion of research related to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Contact: Marlon H. Kuntze, California School for the Deaf, Fremont, CA, marlon.kuntze@gallaudet.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Intersectionalities and Perspectives
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/125612014139729/
Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education (SIG #153)
Purpose: The Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education SIG is an international SIG devoted to the study of education in and as effects of postcolonial, transnational, and globalization contexts.
Contact: Ana Carolina Diaz Beltran, University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX, anacarolina.diazbeltran@utrgv.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Postcolonial-Studies-and-Education-Special-Interest-Group-AERA-198817803522052/
X: https://twitter.com/decolonial_sig
Democratic Citizenship in Education (SIG #150)
Purpose: To promote democratic citizenship-development research in K-12 classrooms, and to foster an interdependence among citizenship-democratic researchers.
Contact: Ellen Middaugh, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, ellen.middaugh@sjsu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Democratic Citizenship in Education
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG150
Design and Technology (SIG #31)
Purpose: To foster research, teaching, service and innovation in design education and technology education in formal educational settings and in other learning environments.
Contact: Patricia A. Young, University of Maryland - Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, pyoung@umbc.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Design and Technology
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERASIG31
X: https://twitter.com/AERADesignSIG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3704774/
Dewey Studies (SIG #56)
Purpose: To keep alive Dewey's commitment to the use of critical and reflective intelligence in the search for solutions to problems in education and culture.
Contact: Jiwon Kim, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, jkim@monmouth.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Dewey Studies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERA-DEWEY-Studies-SIG-107076587675621
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIGDewey
Disability Studies in Education (SIG #143)
Purpose: Supports the development of disability studies, a series of interdisciplinary modes of critical advocacy scholarship, among educational researchers.
Contact: Kathleen M. Collins, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, kmc40@psu.edu; Lydia L Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, lpo5123@psu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Disability Studies in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/356215848207216
X: https://twitter.com/AERADSE
Districts in Research and Reform (SIG #156)
Purpose: To bring together researchers, central office administrators, reform support organization leaders, and others interested in key questions of system-wide improvement and leadership.
Contact: Debbie Kim, NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, kim-debbie@norc.org; Alice Huguet, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, ahuguet@rand.org
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Districts in Research and Reform
X: https://twitter.com/DistrictSIG
Early Education and Child Development (SIG #32)
Purpose: To promote research that has implications for theory, policy, practice, and teacher development in the diverse contexts serving children from birth to age eight.
Contact: Jennifer Jo Baumgartner, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, jbaum@lsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera-eecd-sig.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/earlyeducationandchilddevsig/
X: https://x.com/AERA_EECD_SIG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeraeecd/?igsh=MTV6YXR4aGFnZDNoOA%3D%3D
Educational Change (SIG #155)
Purpose: This SIG adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding many aspects of educational change, including large-scale reform, school-initiated change, school improvement, and classroom-level change.
Contact: Patricia M. Virella, Montclair State University, Storrs Mansfield, CT, virellap@montclair.edu
Dues: $12.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Educational Change
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERAEducationalChangeSIG155/
X: https://twitter.com/EdChangeSIG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeraedchangesig/
Educational Statisticians (SIG #37)
Purpose: To increase interaction among educational researchers interested in the theory, applications, and teaching of statistics in the social sciences.
Contact: Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, tsweet@umd.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Educational Statisticians
Elliot Eisner (SIG #177)
Purpose: The purpose of the Elliot Eisner SIG is to promote scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Eisner’s scholarship. The SIG will act as a catalyst for the development, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum built upon the foundation that Eisner established. The SIG will provide the opportunity to continue conceptualizing educational criticism and connoisseurship with an eye towards various forms of representation; will encourage new forms of evaluation based on Eisner’s ideas; will provide a home for the continuation of research into discipline-based art education and arts-integration; will continue to look at ways to conceptualize schooling (formal and informal) from arts-based perspectives; and will be a place of mentorship for young scholars of curriculum, school evaluation, qualitative research, the arts, and/or school reform.
Contact: Jennifer Bartee, University of the District of Columbia, North Potomac, MD, Jennifer.bartee@udc.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Elliot Eisner
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Eisner-SIG-488895484598608
X: https://twitter.com/EisnerSig
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eisnersig/
Environmental Education (SIG #33)
Purpose: To advance and critique environmental education research.
Contact: Alexandra Schindel, University at Buffalo - SUNY, Buffalo, NY, schindel@buffalo.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Environmental Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/154479114604736/
Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice (SIG #41)
Purpose: Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice SIG is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education.
Contact: Carmine Perrotti, Providence College, Providence, RI, cperrotti@providence.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/432166447148889/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SLEESIG
Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development (SIG #42)
Purpose: To investigate, promote, and support research and development on college teaching and learning, issues related to faculty evaluation and development, and student ratings of teaching.
Contact: Laura Cruz, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, lxc601@psu.edu
Dues: $12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development
Family, School, Community Partnerships (SIG #43)
Purpose: To engage with and promote rigorous and innovative research exploring the nature and impact of partnerships between families, schools, and diverse communities, and to encourage evidence-based practices and policies that influence children's learning and development.
Contact: Shana J. Haines, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, shana.haines@uvm.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Family, School, Community Partnerships
Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance (SIG #44)
Purpose: To provide a forum for research in educational finance and its impact on policy for all levels and aspects of education.
Contact: David S. Knight, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, dsknight@uw.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance
Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines (SIG #168)
Purpose: To identify and support doctoral education as a distinct area of research in higher education; questions to be addressed include the following: How is "doctoral education" or "research education" conceived? What key changes are occurring in doctoral and research education? What opportunities do these changes present for challenging previous pedagogies and developing new ones?;
Contact: Deniece Dortch, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, dortch@gwu.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG168
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aerasig168/
Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Educational Justice (SIG #172)
Purpose: To advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color. We will work to build a research community that engages with practitioners in organizing groups, educational institutions and policy-making circles. We seek to foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and educational equity, youth development, community/democratic revitalization and social justice.
Contact: Ana Carolina Fernandes de Bessa Antunes, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ana.antunes@utah.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Educational Justice
X: https://twitter.com/GCYO_SIG
Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies (SIG #178)
Purpose: Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies
Contact: Justin A. Coles, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, MA, jacoles@umass.edu; Aysha Upchurch, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, aysha.upchurch@utexas.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies
X: https://twitter.com/HipHopEdSig
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aerahiphopsig/
Holistic Education (SIG #135)
Purpose: Developing human potential through integrating intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual competencies in the teaching/learning process.
Contact: Jing Lin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, jinglin@umd.edu
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Holistic Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HolisticEducationSIG135
X: https://twitter.com/sig_135
Improvement Science in Education (SIG #183)
Purpose: To provide a home for the growing scholarly community interested in applying (and adapting) the principles, methods, and tools of improvement science to educational problems.
Contact: Erin Anderson, University of Denver, Denver, CO, erin.anderson249@du.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Improvement Science in Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/improvementsig
X: https://twitter.com/improvementSIG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13765755/
Inclusion and Accessibility in Educational Assessment (SIG #96)
Purpose: To promote research and disseminate information on activities and projects promoting the inclusion of all students, including students with disabilities and English language learners in large-scale assessments.
Contact: Abby Javurek Andres, Marzano Research, Scappoose, OR, abby.andres@marzanoresearch.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Inclusion and Accessibility in Educational Assessment
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6664975/
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (SIG #48)
Purpose: Formally the American Indian and Alaska Native SIG, we have evolved in name and focus to promote a better understanding of theoretical-, policy-, and practice-related issues that influence the quality of traditional and contemporary education among indigenous peoples.
Contact: Stephanie Masta, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, szywicki@purdue.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAIPASIG/
Indigenous Peoples of The Pacific (SIG #146)
Purpose: To research indigenous education related to the peoples of the Pacific and Pacific Rim, including indigenous ways of knowing and indigenous practices.
Contact: Nadell Karatea-Kokiri, Massey University, PALMERSTON NORTH, New Zealand, N.I.Karatea-Kokiri@massey.ac.nz
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Indigenous Peoples of The Pacific
Informal Learning Environments Research (SIG #49)
Purpose: To further educational research in informal learning environments and to promote a community of practice interested in establishing and maintaining a better understanding of teaching and learning.
Contact: Megan Ennes, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, mennes@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Informal Learning Environments Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1617729561813025
X: https://twitter.com/aeraILER
Slack: https://join.slack.com/t/informallearn-mhy1512/shared_invite/zt-vfrdyxyr-wIMDt7oklNxfslvg5B6n3w
Innovative School Transformation and Reform (SIG #154)
Purpose: To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform.
Contact: Kathleen Provinzano, Binghamton University - SUNY, Mountain Top, PA, kprovinzano@binghamton.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Innovative School Transformation and Reform
Instructional Technology (SIG #52)
Purpose: To encourage, promote, and support research on the design and development of instruction and the computer-based, electronic, and non-electronic media technologies that are used for its delivery.
Contact: Enilda J. Romero-Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, eromerohall@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Instructional Technology
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerasigit
X: https://twitter.com/aerasigit
International Studies (SIG #54)
Purpose: To provide a forum for exchanging information among educators involved in research, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of international studies.
Contact: Victoria Showunmi, UCL Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom, v.showunmi@ucl.ac.uk
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: International Studies
Language and Social Processes (SIG #58)
Purpose: To explore directions in and issues of language and discourse practices, literacy, and learning processes and social contexts through studies grounded in sociocultural, constructivist and constructionist perspectives.
Contact: Michiko Hikida, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, hikida.3@osu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Language and Social Processes
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1423636351209251/
X: https://twitter.com/LspSig
Large Scale Assessment (SIG #141)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion of the status, issues, and concerns related to large-scale assessment, including practices and innovations in state assessment programs.
Contact: Parul Acharya, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA, acharya_parul@columbusstate.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Large Scale Assessment
Latina/o/x Research Issues (SIG #46)
Purpose: To provide opportunities for exchanging information among and between researchers and practitioners interested in issues of concern to Hispanics in the United States.
Contact: Marco A. Murillo, Santa Clara University, San Francisco, CA, mmurillo2@scu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Latina/o/x Research Issues
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/latinxaoresearchissues/
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG_Latinx
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aerasig_Latinx/
Law and Education (SIG #59)
Purpose: To focus on legal issues affecting K-12 public and private education, as well as post-secondary education.
Contact: Steven L. Nelson, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, steven.nelson@unlv.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Law and Education
X: https://twitter.com/LawandEducSIG
Leadership for School Improvement (SIG #101)
Purpose: To examine how leadership of teachers, principals, and superintendents influences instructional capacity resulting in improved student outcomes and how policy guides this collaborative effort.
Contact: DeMarcus A Jenkins, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, demarcus@upenn.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Leadership for School Improvement
X: https://twitter.com/AERALSI
Leadership for Social Justice (SIG #165)
Purpose: To promote social justice teaching, research, service, and policymaking agendas, with the corollary aim of seeking to proactively improve educational leadership as a means of addressing equity concerns for underrepresented populations throughout P-20 education; also to share innovative, promising, and research-based programs, policies, and teaching strategies and proactively advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations in educational leadership.
Contact: Leslie Ann Locke, Minnesota State University - Mankato, Maple Plain, MN, leslie.locke@mnsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Leadership for Social Justice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/150822794956627
X: https://twitter.com/AERALSJ
Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (SIG #129)
Purpose: The LTEL SIG brings together professors and graduate students of educational leadership and administration, discipline specialists, educational theorists, curriculum developers, instructional technology specialists, learning specialists, educational researchers, classroom experts, practitioners, policymakers, and others concerned with Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership. The LTEL SIG provides a forum for: A managed conversation on issues related to learning and teaching in Educational Leadership and Administration; the integration of theoretical quantitative and qualitative studies of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; discussion of investigations conducted in real educational settings, including investigations involving application of technology to learning and instruction; exploration of innovative methodologies; analysis of the implications of research and practice for learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; and assessment of the relationship of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership to policy development at local, state, and national levels.
Contact: Shelby A. Cosner, University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, Shelby.Cosner@uga.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership
Learning Environments (SIG #120)
Purpose: To provide a forum for dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research on all aspects of learning environments from classrooms and schools to non-school settings.
Contact: Paul E. Rijken, University of Adelaide, Hallett Cove, Australia, perijken@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Learning Environments
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/learningenvironments
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG120
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/67155871/admin/
Learning Sciences (SIG #39)
Purpose: Purpose: To bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and empirical approaches to the study of learning as it occurs in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of novel environments with the potential to facilitate learning more effectively.
Contact: Lisa Lundgren, Utah State University, Logan, UT, lisa.lundgren@usu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $7.50 (1 yr)
Website: Learning Sciences
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SIGATL
X: https://twitter.com/SIG_ATL_LS
Lesson Study (SIG #180)
Purpose: To promote the research and theoretical development of Lesson Study in education research.
Contact: Gloriana Gonzalez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, ggonzlz@illinois.edu
Dues: $8.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Lesson Study
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lessonstudysigaera/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LessonStudySIG180
Literature (SIG #61)
Purpose: To promote research that explores literary inquiry and interpretive practices, including innovative approaches to literary education in various contexts.
Contact: Nora Peterman, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Overland Park, KS, petermanno@umkc.edu
Dues: $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Literature
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1600100406973010/
X: https://twitter.com/LiteratureSIG
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AERA.Lit.SIG/
Lives of Teachers (SIG #62)
Purpose: To promote the interchange of ideas and scholarly activities focused on inquiry into the lives of teachers. Teachers shall be defined as those working with students in classroom and tutorial settings, from pre-school through university. Research shall be viewed as inclusive of methods appropriate to the question of study and topics such as teacher narrative, biography, research on teacher development, including career trajectories, teacher characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes, and teaching as a profession; accounts of teachers lives in different times and in different countries; and portrayal of teachers in written literature, film and television.
Contact: Rebecca Buchanan, University of Maine, Southwest Harbor, ME, rebecca.buchanan@maine.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Lives of Teachers
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/283212348677268/
Longitudinal Studies (SIG #63)
Purpose: To support and foster the understanding of longitudinal research designs and analyses in education and the use and dissemination of longitudinal data and substantive findings, including data from national (e.g., NCES), state (e.g., state administrative/tracking systems), and local (e.g., district) sources.
Contact:
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Longitudinal Studies
Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education (SIG #157)
Purpose: To provide a forum for and advance research that examines educational and social issues from Marxian perspectives.
Contact: Ndindi Kitonga, Angeles Workshop School, Los Angeles, CA, ndindi@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2014252842115976/
Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education (SIG #64)
Purpose: To provide an association, and to promote continuing education for individuals with an interest in college-level administration of educational and psychological measurement services.
Contact: David E. Allen, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, David.E.Allen@mail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERASIG64/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG64
Media, Culture, and Learning (SIG #65)
Purpose: Devoted to critical inquiry and pedagogy on the use of media within cultural settings in formal and informal learning environments.
Contact: Danielle R. Filipiak, University of Connecticut, Storrs Mansfield, CT, danielle.filipiak@uconn.edu
Dues: $8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://sigmcl.weebly.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCL.SIG/
X: https://twitter.com/MCL_SIG
Mentorship and Mentoring Practices (SIG #66)
Purpose: To foster mentoring programs and experiences, initiating research on the topic and providing networking and support.
Contact: Nora Dominguez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, noradg@unm.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Mentorship and Mentoring Practices
Middle-Level Education Research (SIG #88)
Purpose: To improve, promote, and disseminate educational research reflecting early adolescence and middle-level education.
Contact: Lisa Harrison, Ohio University, Athens, OH, harrisl1@ohio.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: http://mlersig.net/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlersig/
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG_MLER
Mixed Methods Research (SIG #158)
Purpose: To support, encourage, and increase dialogue and idea exchange among educational researchers utilizing mixed methods and those interested in integrating qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
Contact: Kim D. MacGregor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, smacgre@lsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Mixed Methods Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aerammrsig/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_MMR_SIG
Montessori Education (SIG #181)
Purpose: To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Montessori education and philosophy, in both the public and private sector, through diverse research approaches and collaborations.
Contact: Maria K. McKenna, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, mmckenn9@nd.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Montessori Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERAMontessoriSIG
X: https://twitter.com/AERAMontessori1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8446484/
Moral Development and Education (SIG #67)
Purpose: To promote discussion about controversies and areas of agreement within the fields of moral development and education, and to provide informal opportunities for social interaction.
Contact: Brandy P Quinn, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, b.quinn@tcu.edu
Dues: $12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Moral Development and Education
Motivation in Education (SIG #68)
Purpose: To advance the understanding of motivational processes in education, particularly by promoting research, exchanging ideas and perspectives, and by developing practices and interventions to improve learner motivation.
Contact: Jason A. Chen, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, jachen@email.wm.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: http://motsig.org
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_MotSIG
Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG #162)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the introduction, promotion, consideration, interaction of theory, research and practices regarding multicultural and multiethnic education, broadly defined, within all educational, cultural, societal and social settings, contexts, levels and locations.
Contact: Yiting Chu, University of South Florida - Tampa, Tampa, FL, ytchu2012@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAMulticulturalEducationSIG
X: https://twitter.com/AERAmultiethnic
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aeramcme/
Multilevel Modeling (SIG #140)
Purpose: To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding hierarchical linear modeling.
Contact: Elizabeth A. Sanders, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, lizz@uw.edu
Dues: $8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Multilevel Modeling
Multiple Linear Regression: The General Linear Model (SIG #70)
Purpose: Interested in any methodological, applied, or teaching innovations related to multiple linear regression and/or the general linear model
Contact: Hongwei Yang, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, pyang@uwf.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Multiple Linear Regression: General Linear Model
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MLRSIG
Music Education (SIG #71)
Purpose: The purpose of the Music Education SIG is to provide a professional forum for the discussion and dissemination of current research related to music teaching and learning.
Contact: Andrea VanDeusen, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, vandeusena17@ecu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Music Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/218295164860183/
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG_MusicEd
NAEP Studies (SIG #99)
Purpose: To facilitate secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ongoing surveys regarding U.S. students knowledge, attitudes and experiences in diverse learning areas.
Contact: Martin Hooper, American Institutes for Research, Natick, MA, mhooper@air.org
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: NAEP Studies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERA.NAEP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8861880/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ohPYm54TAGtza81UQlSHw
Narrative Research (SIG #145)
Purpose: The Narrative Research SIG (Special Interest Group) of AERA is dedicated to supporting conversations about the place of narratives in educational research including but not limited to phenomenological, literary, critical, and performance conceptions of narrative analysis. The purpose of the Narrative Research SIG is to provide a forum for the exchange of information among individuals interested in informing/rethinking narrative research through a variety of narrative research studies in/with participants in a variety of educational settings.
Contact: Amy L. Boniface, Maricopa Community Colleges, Phoenix, AZ, amy.boniface@paradisevalley.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Narrative Research
X: https://twitter.com/NarrativeSIG
Online Teaching and Learning (SIG #35)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion and reporting on issues and research related to online teaching and learning
Contact: Mary F. Rice, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, maryrice@unm.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Online Teaching and Learning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERAOTL/
X: https://twitter.com/AERAOTL
Organizational Theory (SIG #73)
Purpose: To encourage scholarly inquiry and debate relating to traditional and alternative views of educational organizations.
Contact: Maxwell Yurkofsky, Radford University, Roanoke, VA, maxyurkofsky@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Organizational Theory
X: https://twitter.com/OrgSIG
Out-of-School Time (SIG #160)
Purpose: To provide a forum for researchers in out-of-school time teaching and learning to share resources and become each others' resources; to provide venues and opportunities to present related research; to bring additional knowledge and resources to AERA.
Contact: Deepa Sriya Vasudevan, American Institutes for Research, Framingham, MA, dvasudevan@air.org
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://aeraostsig.wixsite.com/ostworld
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OSTSIG
X: https://twitter.com/OSTSIG
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12260538/
Paulo Freire (SIG #159)
Purpose: To honor Freire’s legacy by promoting scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Freirean pedagogy. Also, to promote historical scholarship that looks at the life of Paulo Freire and the context of his ideas and practices. Finally, to act as a catalyst for the creation of new forms of critical pedagogies that build upon the foundation that Freire established.
Contact: Inny Accioly, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, innyaccioly@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Paulo Freire
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PauloFreireAERASIG
X: https://twitter.com/PauloFreireSIG
Philanthropy and Education (SIG #148)
Purpose: To bring together researchers and members of the philanthropic foundation and non-profit communities interested in developing and disseminating knowledge about the role of philanthropy in educational policy and practice.
Contact: Laurie Beth Goodman, UMASS Global, Clovis, CA, dr.laurie.goodman@gmail.com; Ida Oberman, Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Alameda, CA, dridaoberman@gmail.com
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Philanthropy and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/199980850360206
Philosophical Studies in Education (SIG #76)
Purpose: Dedicated to the philosophical study of education and encourages scholarship within all types of philosophical study.
Contact: Cara Elizabeth Furman, Hunter College - CUNY, Lewisboro, NY, cara.furman@hunter.cuny.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://aerasig76.wixsite.com/sig76
Politics of Education (SIG #152)
Purpose: To foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion, and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels.
Contact: DeMarcus A Jenkins, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, demarcus@upenn.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Politics of Education
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_PEA
Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education (SIG #77)
Purpose: To discuss research and practice in developing, mentoring, and evaluating portfolios, as well as other forms of reflective pedagogy and assessment.
Contact: Richard C. Miller, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, richard.miller@unlv.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1710734455685546/
Problem‐Based and Project‐Based Learning (SIG #78)
Purpose: To provide a professional forum and network for those involved in research, theory, teaching, and development in problem-based learning for kindergarten through professional school learners.
Contact: Emily Adah Miller, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, GA, emily.adahmiller@uga.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Problem‐Based and Project‐Based Learning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/177430106144640/
X: https://twitter.com/AeraPBL_PjBL
LinkedIn: ttps://www.linkedin.com/groups/7490386/
Qualitative Research (SIG #82)
Purpose: To provide opportunities for discussion related to the philosophy, purposes, and methodological issues surrounding the use of qualitative research in social and educational contexts.
Contact: Jennifer R. Wolgemuth, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, jrwolgemuth@usf.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Qualitative Research
Queer Studies (SIG #60)
Purpose: To foster empirical, interpretive, and critical educational research relating to queer studies, and to network individuals and organizations conducting or supporting such research.
Contact: Omi Salas-SantaCruz, University of Utah, North Salt Lake, UT, o.salas-santacruz@utah.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Queer Studies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aeraqsig/
X: https://twitter.com/aeraqueersig
Rasch Measurement (SIG #83)
Purpose: To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures.
Contact: Stefanie A. Wind, University of Alabama, Northport, AL, swind@ua.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Rasch Measurement
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/raschmeasurement
Religion and Education (SIG #84)
Purpose: To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions.
Contact: Elizabeth M. Pope, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, epope@westga.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://religionanded.com/aera-re/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/72817175357/
X: https://twitter.com/ReligionAndEd
Research Focus on Black Education (SIG #85)
Purpose: To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals).
Contact: Lakia M Scott, Yale University, New Haven, CT, lakia.scott@yale.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research Focus on Black Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ResearchFocusOnBlackEducation/
X: https://twitter.com/RFBE_AERA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RFBE_AERA/
Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG #164)
Purpose: To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realities and concerns of education and sport in general.
Contact: Joseph N. Cooper, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Abington, MA, josephn.cooper@umb.edu
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research Focus on Education and Sport
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Research-Focus-on-Education-Sport-AERA-SIG-120845847979371/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_RFESSIG
Research in Mathematics Education (SIG #87)
Purpose: To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field.
Contact: Meghan M. Shaughnessy, Boston University, Wakefield, RI, mshaugh@bu.edu; Karen L. Terrell, Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD, klterrell@loyola.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research in Mathematics Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sigrme
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SIGRME
Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG #11)
Purpose: To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives.
Contact: Wayne H Slater, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, wslater@umd.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research in Reading and Literacy
X: https://twitter.com/AERAReading
Research on Evaluation (SIG #90)
Purpose: To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods.
Contact: Jingshun Zhang, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, jzhang@fgcu.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on Evaluation
X: https://twitter.com/aera_roe
Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (SIG #91)
Purpose: The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
Contact: Jennifer L. Jolly, University of Alabama, Waco, TX, jljolly1@ua.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERA.ROGCT/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_GiftedSIG
Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG #93)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education.
Contact: Cory Elijah Dixon, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, dixonc@rowan.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education
X: https://twitter.com/AeraRlipe
Research on Teacher Induction (SIG #149)
Purpose: To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction.
Contact: Jenny Quintana, University of Louisiana at Monroe, West Monroe, LA, quintanacifuentes@ulm.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on Teacher Induction
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERA-SIG-149-Research-on-Teacher-Induction-105172040906056/
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG_149
Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG #94)
Purpose: To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support.
Contact: Yinying Wang, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, ywang103@gsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERA.REAPA/
X: https://twitter.com/REAPA_SIG
Research on the Superintendency (SIG #97)
Purpose: To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform.
Contact: Liz Hollingworth, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, liz-hollingworth@uiowa.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on the Superintendency
Research on Women and Education (SIG #98)
Purpose: To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences.
Contact: Pamela L. Gray, New Mexico State University, Kyle, TX, pgray@nmsu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Research on Women and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Research-on-Women-and-Education-SIG-of-AERA-162989193722352
Research Use (SIG #100)
Purpose: To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings.
Contact: Sarah A. van Ingen Lauer, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, vaningen@usf.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://sigru.org/wp/
Rural Education (SIG #102)
Purpose: To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities.
Contact: Catharine Biddle, University of Maine, Orono, ME, catharine.biddle@maine.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Rural Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/321796728020270
School Community, Climate and Culture (SIG #104)
Purpose: To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large.
Contact: Francis H. Lim Huang, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, huangf@missouri.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: School Community, Climate and Culture
School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG #105)
Purpose: To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement.
Contact: Jennifer Watters, University of Texas - Tyler, Tyler, TX, jwatters@uttyler.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: School Effectiveness and School Improvement
School/University/Community Collaborative Research (SIG #107)
Purpose: To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work.
Contact: Kathleen Provinzano, Binghamton University - SUNY, Mountain Top, PA, kprovinzano@binghamton.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: School/University/Community Collaborative Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SUCCR.SIG
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SUCCR_SIG
School-University Partnership Research (SIG #79)
Purpose: The School-University Partnership Research (SUPR) SIG is committed to exploring the intricacies of school-university collaborations. We offer a context where scholars can exchange insights, forging deeper understanding through collective discussion, while also nurturing an environment of mutual camaraderie and support. At the heart of SUPR SIG's mission is the promotion of comprehensive research — one that draws from a rich mosaic of theoretical frameworks and is armed with a diverse arsenal of investigative techniques. Yet, amidst this diversity, we staunchly uphold the timeless core principles championed by seminal school-university partnership movements, including the likes of the Holmes Group, NNER, Research Practice Partnerships, and NAPDS. Through SUPR SIG, we cultivate a space for introspection, analysis, critique, and, most importantly, collaboration, inviting educators from every corner of the educational spectrum and spanning diverse institutional contexts.
Contact: Susan L. Ogletree, Georgia State University, Mableton, GA, sogletree1@gsu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: School-University Partnership Research
Science Teaching and Learning (SIG #122)
Purpose: To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues.
Contact: Douglas B. Larkin, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, larkind@montclair.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Science Teaching and Learning
X: https://twitter.com/aerastl
Second Language Research (SIG #108)
Purpose: To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration.
Contact: David González Nieto, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, dnieto@niu.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Second Language Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/223153721182396
X: https://twitter.com/SLR_SIG_of_AERA
Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG #109)
Purpose: Self-study research is initiated and conducted by teacher educators, teachers, and other practitioners who study their own practice to contribute to professional learning, ways of knowing, and knowledge generation.
Contact: Valerie A. Allison, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, allisonv@susqu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/415704359067343/
X: https://twitter.com/sstepsig
Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality (SIG #110)
Purpose: To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics."
Contact: Angel Mei Yi Lin, The Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, Hong Kong, angellin@eduhk.hk
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERASemiotics/posts/2070180509870505
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_Semiotics
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aerasigsemioticsineducatio9946
Social and Emotional Learning (SIG #170)
Purpose: To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents.
Contact: Christi Crosby Bergin, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, berginc@umsystem.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Social and Emotional Learning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1658791114393304
X: https://twitter.com/aera_sig_sel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aera-sig-sel-45879920b/
Blog: https://aeraselsig.wordpress.com/
Social Studies Research (SIG #89)
Purpose: To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers.
Contact: Kristin Sinclair, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, kristin.sinclair@georgetown.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Social Studies Research
X: https://twitter.com/AERASocialStud1
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCltKUdiz-gHbyVoWKHpcmiw
Sociology of Education (SIG #112)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues.
Contact: Chaddrick James-Gallaway, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX, cdjgway@exchange.tamu.edu
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Sociology of Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerasocofed
X: https://twitter.com/AERASocofEd
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AERASocofEd
Socio-Political Issues in Mathematics and Science Education (SIG #184)
Purpose: To support and build a research network among critical mathematics and science educators and researchers who generate diverse and new research approaches and focus on sociopolitical dimensions of mathematics and science education.
Contact: Jasmine Y. Ma, New York University, New York, NY, j.ma@nyu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Socio-Political Issues in Mathematics and Science Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AERASIG184
X: https://twitter.com/AERASIG184
Special and Inclusive Education Research (SIG #113)
Purpose: To explore areas of educational research of interest to special and general educators, including individual differences, teaching strategies, and issues related to learning.
Contact: Katie Mae McCabe, Buffalo State University - SUNY, BUFFALO, NY, mccabekm@buffalostate.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website: Special and Inclusive Education Research
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/370159613550543
X: https://twitter.com/SIER_SIG
Spirituality and Education (SIG #114)
Purpose: To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing
Contact: Anne W. Anderson, Independent Researcher, Safety Harbor, FL, awanderson.editing@gmail.com
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Spirituality and Education
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/593388468088255/
Stress, Coping, and Resilience (SIG #117)
Purpose: To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations.
Contact: Elizabeth F. Levine-Brown, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, ebrown11@gmu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Stress, Coping, and Resilience
X: https://twitter.com/aerasig117
Structural Equation Modeling (SIG #118)
Purpose: To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding structural equation modeling, and to share problems, issues, solutions, and various approaches.
Contact: Katerina M. Marcoulides, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, kmarcoul@umn.edu; Yu-Yu Hsiao, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, yuyuhsiao@unm.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Structural Equation Modeling
Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG #121)
Purpose: The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments.
Contact: Divya Varier, George Mason University, Clifton, VA, dvarier@gmu.edu; Michelle Taub, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, michelle.taub@ucf.edu
Dues: $15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://ssrlsig.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERASSRL/
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_SSRL
Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG #51)
Purpose: To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction.
Contact: Bernard J. Badiali, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, bxb8@psu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Supervision and Instructional Leadership
Survey Research in Education (SIG #123)
Purpose: To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work.
Contact: Peter H. Siegel, RTI International, RTP, NC, siegel@rti.org
Dues: $7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Survey Research in Education
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG #176)
Purpose: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Contact: James E. Pustejovsky, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, pustejovsky@wisc.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://www.srmasig.org/
X: https://twitter.com/SRMA_SIG
Mastodon: https://fediscience.org/@srmasig
Systems Thinking in Education (SIG #124)
Purpose: To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education.
Contact: Linda K. Mayger, The College of New Jersey, Newtown, PA, maygerl@tcnj.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Systems Thinking in Education
Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG #125)
Purpose: To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk.
Contact: Sean T. Coleman, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, scoleman@bowiestate.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalentDevelopmentSIG
X: https://twitter.com/AERATalentDev
Teacher as Researcher (SIG #126)
Purpose: To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners.
Contact: Mary Klehr, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, maryklehr@gmail.com; Alan D. Amtzis, The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ, amtzis@tcnj.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Teacher as Researcher
Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG #127)
Purpose: To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture.
Contact: Dana Morrison, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, dmorrison@wcupa.edu; Brianne Kramer, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, briannekramer@suu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teacherwork/
Teaching and Learning Research Methods (SIG #81)
Purpose: To promote dialogue and research on the teaching and proper usage of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods.
Contact: Jennifer Richardson McGee, Appalachian State University, Hampstead, NC, mcgeejr@appstate.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Teaching and Learning Research Methods
Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG #128)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use.
Contact: Anna C. Brady, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, abrady@georgiasouthern.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Teaching Educational Psychology
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/463597090640623
X: https://twitter.com/AERA_TEPsig
Teaching History (SIG #130)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history.
Contact: Jenni Conrad, Oregon State University, Bend, OR, jenni.conrad@osucascades.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: Teaching History
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1683986055230049
Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG #151)
Purpose: TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs.
Contact: Ai-Chu Elisha Ding, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, ading@uga.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tactl
X: https://twitter.com/TACTLSIG
Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (SIG #119)
Purpose: TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions.
Contact: Meina Zhu, Wayne State University, Ann Arbor, MI, meinazhuiu@gmail.com
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning
X: https://twitter.com/AERATICL
Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG #72)
Purpose: Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis.
Contact: Hao Song, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, Tyrone, GA, hsong@asppb.org
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Test Validity Research and Evaluation
Tracking and Detracking (SIG #163)
Purpose: To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers and community members in a dialogue about tracking and detracking; to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate research on tracking and detracking as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices in detracking schools.
Contact: Margaret Thornton, Rowan University, Philadelphia, PA, thorntonm@rowan.edu
Dues: $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Tracking and Detracking
X: https://x.com/TrackDetrackSIG
Urban Learning, Teaching and Research (SIG #147)
Purpose: To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching.
Contact: John A. Williams, III, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, jwilliams3@tamu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr)
Website: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G2rOBf8REWnEwv7Qxfifdqjlz2HMkEKVMsTwvGT0mZ0/edit
Vocabulary (SIG #133)
Purpose: To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary.
Contact: Rebecca Silverman, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, rdsilver@stanford.edu
Dues: $12.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website: Vocabulary
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAvocabularySIG/
Workplace Learning (SIG #136)
Purpose: Dedicated to articulating, studying, and applying research relating to adult learning processes within the context of work.
Contact: James E. Bartlett, II, Old Dominion University, Cary, NC, drjamesbartlett@gmail.com
Dues: $20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Workplace Learning
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WorkplaceLearningSIG
Writing and Literacies (SIG #137)
Purpose: To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Contact: Jennifer L. VanDerHeide, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, jvheide@msu.edu
Dues: $10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website: Writing and Literacies
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/68918490972
X: https://twitter.com/writinglit
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aera.wl.sig/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/writing-and-literacies