Who We Are
Who We Are

Purpose

The purpose of Division C is to advance knowledge about learning and instruction, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to learning and instruction, and to promote the use of research to improve learning and instruction in order to serve the public good.
 
Division Officers
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Division C Officers and Committee Chairs

Vice-President (2024-2027)
Helenrose Fives
fivesh@montclair.edu

Program Co-Chairs
DeLeon Gray, Co-Chair (2024-2027)
dlgray2@ncsu.edu 

Emily Rosenzweig, Co-Chair (2025-2027)
eqr2000@tc.columbia.edu


Secretary (2026-2028)
Marcus Johnson
marcusjohnson@vt.edu


Communications Director
Alexandra Lee
alexandlee@gmail.com 

Graduate Student Council Representatives

Micaha Dean Hughes
mrdean@ncsu.edu

Yining (Elaine) Yan
yy2848@tc.columbia.edu

Equity and Inclusion Committee 

Marketa Burnett
Marketa.Burnett@uconn.edu

Taylor Payne
tpayne@rice.edu

1. Literacy, Arts, Humanities, Social Science

Courtney Hattan
chattan@unc.edu

Jackie Reylea
jrelyea@ncsu.edu

2. Mathematics

Zareen Aga
agazg@jmu.edu

Jonee Wilson
vma8ze@virginia.edu

3. Science
Daniel Pimental

drpimentel@ua.edu

Suzanne Patzelt
spatzelt@touro.edu

4. Data Science Education
Shiyan Jiang
jiang33@upenn.edu

Kate Miller
kmiller@concord.org

5. Engineering, Computer Science, Digital Literacy
Michael Lachney
lachneym@msu.edu

6. Cognitive and Motivational Processes

Patrick Beymer
beymerpk@ucmail.uc.edu

Jessica Gladstone
jglads2@illinois.edu

7. Learning and Motivation in Social and Cultural Contexts
Brooke Harris-Thomas
brookeht@umich.edu

Alana Kennedy
Alana.Kennedy@nau.edu

8. Technology Mediated Learning and Instruction
Joey Huang
joeyhuang@ncsu.edu

Daryl Tate
datate@ualr.edu

9. Teachign Practices, Instructional Discoures, and Classrooms
Alyson Levigne
alyson.lavigne@usu.edu

Rebecca Louick
rlouick@emich.edu

10. Community Engaged Approaches to Learning and Instruction
Tamika McElveen
mcelvet@miamioh.edu

David Naff
naffdb@vcu.edu

11. Digital Learning Enviornments
Ha Nguyen
ha.nguyen@unc.edu

Daniela (Ela) Castellanos Reyes
dcastel2@ncsu.edu
 
 
Division C Award Committees
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Awards Committee Chair (2026-27)
Carla Fieretto
Carla.Firetto@asu.edu 

Jan Hawkins Award

Outstanding Early Career Research Award 

Graduate Student Research Excellence Award 

Shark Tank

Graduate Student Poster Recognition


 
 
Division C Development Committees
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Graduate Student Mentoring Program

New Faculty Mentoring Program 

 

 

Year Round Programming

   

   
 
 
Profile of Division C Members
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Division C promotes the study of learning and instruction in formal and informal settings across the lifespan and among diverse populations. 
 
 
Committees
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Structure & Governance
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AERA Division C Bylaws as amended at the 2012 annual meeting on 4/14/12

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