Who We Are
Who We Are
 
Profile of Division B Members
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We are Division B, a diverse and eclectic group of scholars who raises questions, studies issues, and explores possibilities related to curriculum--the official and unofficial bodies of knowledge taught and learned, or not. We are historians, critical social and cultural theorists, pedagogues, researchers, philosophers, teachers, teacher educators, artists, advocates, activists, thinkers, believers, intellectuals, learners, but above all else, we are curriculum workers--intergenerational, complex, and growing into inclusivity.

Curriculum Studies is the space where we examine, explore, investigate and interrogate what we know, and how we know what we know in the context of identity, space, and place. Knowledge acquisition , knowledge construction, and knowledge production are key concepts to this endeavor we call curriculum studies. Curriculum, like stories, does not live in isolation but is interdependent, intertwined, and inextricably tied to the lived experience. Every aspect of curriculum lives in the space we call Curriculum Studies.

 
 
Division Officers
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AERA Division B: Curriculum Studies

Officers, 2026-27

Vice President

Roland Sintos Coloma, Wayne State University, rscoloma@wayne.edu

Secretary

Min Yu, Wayne State University, minyu@wayne.edu

Program Chairs

Dowan McNair-Lee, University of District of Columbia, dowan.mcnairlee@udc.edu

Saba Khan Vlach, University of Iowa, saba-vlach@uiowa.edu

Equity & Inclusion Officer

Boni Fernandes Wozolek, Pennsylvania State University - Abington, bfw5188@psu.edu

Professional Development Directors

Ann Aviles, University of Delaware, amaviles@udel.edu

Erica Davila, Lewis University, ericardavila@gmail.com

Communications Managers (also Webmasters)

Parvej Ahmed, University of North Dakota, parvej.ahmed@und.edu

Rebecca Brown, Wayne State University, rebeccabrown@wayne.edu

Documentarian / Historian

Sujata Pishatory-Norman, University of Hartford, snorman@hartford.edu

Graduate Student Representatives

Curtis O’Dwyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, curtis.odwyer@wisc.edu

Obasanjo Fajemirokun, Purdue University, ofajemir@purdue.edu

 

Section Chairs

Section 1: Cultural Inquiry in Curriculum Studies

Raul Garza, University of Texas, Rio Grande, raul.garza11@utrgv.edu

Maia Sheppard, University of Iowa, maia-sheppard@uiowa.edu

Section 2: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Curricular Questions

Alexander Pratt, University of Memphis, ajpratt1@memphis.edu

Elizabeth Isidro, Western Michigan University, elizabeth.isidro@wmich.edu

Section 3: Theories, Methodologies, and Philosophies of Curriculum Studies

Jonathan Tunstall, Bowdoin College, j.tunstall@bowdoin.edu

Jen Bartee, University of District of Columbia, jennifer.bartee@udc.edu

Section 4: Policies and the Politics of Curriculum

Hilary Tackie, SUNY New Paltz, tackieh@newpaltz.edu

Angel Jones, University of Washington, drajones@umd.edu

Section 5: The Places and Praxis of Curriculum

Erin Bailey, Reading is Fundamental, ebailey@rif.org

Edward Curammeng, California State University, Dominguez Hills, ecurammeng@csudh.edu

Section 6: De/Colonization and Transformative Curriculum Studies

Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, San Jose State University, eduardo.munoz-munoz@sjsu.edu

Anthonio Castro, University of Missouri, castroaj@missouri.edu

Section 7: Materiality and Subject Matters of Curriculum

Stephanie McCall, Teachers College, Columbia University, sdm36@tc.columbia.edu

Durell Callier, University of Delaware, callier@udel.edu

 

Awards Chairs

Lifetime Achievement Award

Chair: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa (Canada), nngafook@uottawa.ca

Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award

Chair: Robert J. Helfenbein, Mercer University, helfenbein_rj@mercer.edu

Outstanding Book Award

Chair: Kyle Chong, Michigan State University, chongkyl@msu.edu

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Chair: Gabriel Huddleston, Texas Christian University, g.huddleston@tcu.edu