Who We Are
Who We Are
 
Division L Leadership and Committees
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Vice President

  • Sheneka M. Williams | Michigan State University | will3677@msu.edu

Program Chair(s)

  • Ricky Blissett | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | rblissett@umbc.edu
  • Sarah Lenhoff | Wayne State University | sarah.lenhoff@wayne.edu

Equity and Inclusion Officer(s)

  • Joshua Childs | University of Texas at Austin | jcchildspitt@gmail.com
  • Ain Grooms | University of Wisconsin | agrooms2@wisc.edu

Graduate Student Representatives

  • Michaela Pernetti | University of Texas at Austin | mpernetti@utexas.edu
  • John Wang | University of Virginia | johnwang2461@gmail.com

Secretary

  • Amy N. Farley | University of Cincinnati | farleyay@ucmail.edu

Webmaster

  • Joseph-Emery Kouaho | The Hunt Institute | jkouaho@hunt-institute.org

Vice President-Elect

  • Sonya Douglass | Teachers College, Columbia University | sdh2150@tc.columbia.edu

Secretary-Elect

  • Raquel Muñiz | Boston College | munizcas@bc.edu
 
 
Conference Program Leadership
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Section 1: Governance, Politics and Intergovernmental Relations

  • Ericka Weathers | University of Pennsylvania | erickasw@upenn.edu
  • Rachel White | University of Texas at Austin | rachel.white@austin.utexas.edu

Section 2: Legal and Judicial Issues for Equity and Access

  • Dwuana Bradley | University of Southern California | dwuana@bradley.usc.edu

Section 3: Curriculum and Instruction

  • Laura E. Hernandez | UC Berkeley | lehernandez@berkeley.edu 

Section 4: School Choice and Other Market Reforms

  • Zitsi Mirakhur | University of Kentucky | zitsi.mirakhu@uky.edu
  • Eupha Jeanne Daramola | UC Santa Barbara | daramola@ucsb.edu

Section 5: Testing, Accountability, and Data Use

  • Wesley Edwards | University of North Texas | wesley.edwards@unt.edu

Section 6: Human Capital and School Finance

  • David S. Knight | University of Washington | dsknight@uw.edu

Section 7: Social Context and Structural Inequalities

  • Alisha Butler | Wesleyan University | abutler@wesleyan.edu
  • Daniela Sutherland | University of Vermont | daniella.sutherland@uvm.edu

Section 8: Social Policy and Education

  • Tasminda Dhaliwal | Michigan State University | tkdhaliwal@gmail.com
  • Mark Chin | Vanderbilt University | mark.chin@vanderbilt.edu

Section 9: Policy Implementation and Going to Scale

  • Jerome Graham | Michigan State University | jgraham@msu.edu
  • Samantha Viano | George Mason University | sviano@gmu.edu
 
 
Division L Committees
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Graduate Student Committee

  • Senior Representative, Co-Chair: John Wang | University of Virginia | are2ag@virginia.edu
  • Junior Representative, Co-Chair: Michaela Pernetti | University of Texas at Austin | mpernetti@utexas.edu
  • Communications Chair: Alex Bittel | University of Kansas | abittel@ku.edu
  • Professional Development Chair: Desiree O'Neal | University of Southern California | dloneal@usc.edu
  • Service Chair: Tiyanna Peterson | Michigan State University | pete1678@msu.edu
  • Fireside Chair: Lesley Rivas López | University of Texas at Austin | lesrivas@utexas.edu

Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee

  • Chair: Alexandra Freidus | University of Connecticut | alexandra.freidus@uconn.edu
  • Brendan Bartanen | University of Virginia | yvp3tf@virginia.edu
  • Bryant Best | Morgan State University | bryant.best@morgan.edu
  • Ain Grooms | University of Wisconsin | agrooms2@wisc.edu
  • Mollie McQuillan | University of Wisconsin - Madison | mmcquillan@wisc.edu
  • Rachel Williams | University of Wisconsin - Madison | rachel.e.williams@wisc.edu

Outstanding Short Policy Report Award Committee

  • Chair: Terrenda White | University of Colorado Boulder | terrenda.white@colorado.edu
  • Josh Bleiberg | University of Pittsburgh | jbleiber@pitt.edu
  • Joshua Childs | University of Texas at Austin | jcchildspitt@gmail.com
  • Alvin Pearman | Stanford University| apearman@stanford.edu
  • Adriana Villavicencio | New York University | adriana.villavicencio@nyu.edu

Early Career Award Committee

  • Chair: Christopher Redding | University of Florida | c.redding@coe.ufl.edu
  • Joshua Childs | University of Texas at Austin | jcchildspitt@gmail.com
  • Diana Cordova-Cobo | Yale University | diana.cordova-cobo@yale.edu
  • Kevin Lawrence Henry | University of Wisconsin - Madison | kevin.henry@wisc.edu
  • Maddie Mavrogordato | Michigan State University | mavro@msu.edu

Non-Conference Programming Committee

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Graduate Student Involvement
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Looking for a way to be engaged in AERA as a graduate student? Reach out to the graduate student representatives listed on this page, and/or complete this form to indicate what type of involvement you would like.