* Events directed at graduate students, coordinated by Division L's Graduate Student Committee, are marked with an asterisk.
December 3, 2025 at 3pm EST/1pm PST
The Politics of Possibility Webinar Series Episode 2: Implications for Schools and Districts in the Post-Civil Rights Era
The Politics of Possibility webinar series continues with Carrie Sampson (Associate Professor, Arizona State University), Wilmer Chavarria (Superintendent, Winooski School District) and Jonathan E. Collins (Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University), in conversation with co-hosts Gordon Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS) Director Ezekiel Dixon-Román and Black Education Research Center Founding Director Sonya Douglass. Together, they will explore the implications of federal challenges to K-12 education for schools and districts and envision what it means to reclaim education for the social good.
The series is co-hosted by the Black Education Research Center (BERC) and the Gordon Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS) at Teachers College, Columbia University in partnership with American Education Research Association (AERA) Division L: Educational Policy & Politics and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
Register here → https://tinyurl.com/possibility-sign-up
For more information → https://gordon.tc.columbia.edu/all-events/education-equity-webinar-series/
**We are excited to announce our upcoming webinar, "Demystifying Academic Publishing: Insights and Guidance for Emerging Scholars," which will be held virtually on Friday, December 12th, 2025 from 1:00pm-2:30pm CT.
This webinar will be aimed at assisting graduate students in navigating the often-daunting realm of academic publishing. We'll discuss finding journals to submit to, avoiding common pitfalls, responding to reviewer feedback, and communicating effectively with editors. We'll also leave time for an interactive Q&A session to dig deeper into the topics you're most interested in.
We welcome graduate students across all AERA Divisions to join us. Please register if you plan to attend.
**Division L Graduate Student Writing Group
Fridays, starting November 14th, from 11:00am- 1:00pm ET on zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/95134554008
Meeting ID: 951 3455 4008 || Passcode: DivL25 || Click for dial in info & join instructions
Can't make it to our group? See other writing group opportunities across the Divisions here.
October 21, 2025 @ 1pm Eastern
The Politics of Possibility: Advancing Educational Equity for the Social Good
Join Division L for a four-part national webinar series co-hosted by the Black Education Research Center (BERC) and the Gordon Institute for Advanced Study (GIAS) at Teachers College, Columbia University in partnership with American Education Research Association (AERA) Division L: Educational Policy & Politics and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation.
This series, moderated by Division L Vice President and BERC Founder and Director Sonya Douglass and GIAS Director Ezekiel Dixon-Román, will convene researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to examine ongoing federal actions on education and their implications for knowledge production, equity, and democracy. Together, we will envision what it means to reclaim education for the social good.
The first episode—featuring Drs. Peggy Carr (2021-2025 Commissioner for the National Center for Education Statistics), Linda Darling-Hammond (Chief Knowledge Officer of the Learning Policy Institute) and Pedro A. Noguera (Dean of the University of Southern California’s Rossier School of Education) will take place at 1pm ET / 10am PT on October 21, 2025. We hope you will be part of this critical conversation.
For more information → https://gordon.tc.columbia.edu/events/education-equity-webinar-series/
AERA 2026 Annual Meeting
Check back soon for information about where you can find Division L researchers at the AERA Annual Meeting.