President Rich Milner
H. Richard Milner IV, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, was voted president-elect of AERA in 2021. His presidency began at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Meeting.
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President-Elect Tyrone Howard
Tyrone Howard, a professor of education in the School of Education and Information Studies (SEIS) at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been voted president-elect of AERA in 2022. His presidency begins at the conclusion of the 2023 Annual Meeting.
Immediate Past President Na'ilah Suad Nasir Na'ilah Suad Nasir, president of the Spencer Foundation was voted president-elect of AERA in 2020.
Honorary President Edmund W. Gordon
Edmund W. Gordon, a distinguished education researcher renowned for his pioneering scholarship on the gaps in education opportunities and supports for children of color and low-income students, was named AERA honorary president. Gordon, the first person in AERA’s 105-year history to receive this recognition, was installed as honorary president at the association’s 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.
AERA Presidents 1915 - 2020