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A selection of AERA sessions of major and highlighted sessions will be streamed live on the Annual Meeting virtual platform. All times are in Central Time.
Consequential Research on Learning and Development: Diverse Pathways for Learning and Integration Across Domains of Development Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Maxine McKinney de Royston (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Discussant: Linda Darling-Hammond (Learning Policy Institute) Presenters: Carol D. Lee (Northwestern University), Mary Helen Immordino-Yang (University of Southern California), Na'ilah Suad Nasir (Spencer Foundation)
The Truth About the Overwhelming Presence of Whiteness 20 Years Later: Today’s Interrogations of Race, Racism, and White Supremacy in Teacher Education Thursday, April 13, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Cheryl E. Matias (University of Kentucky) Discussant: Christine E. Sleeter (California State University - Monterey Bay) Presenters: Mariana Souto-Manning (Erikson Institute), Cheryl E. Matias (University of Kentucky), Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales (San Francisco State University), Manka M. Varghese (University of Washington)
Consequentiality of Engagement Research With, For, and About Families Thursday, April 13, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall I
Chair: Lori Ann Delale-O'Connor (University of Pittsburgh) Participants: Ann M. Ishimaru (University of Washington), Cheryl A. Fields-Smith (University of Georgia), John B. Diamond (Brown University), Rema E. Reynolds Vassar (Eastern Michigan University)
What is (In)Effective About the Concept of “Effective” Teaching and (How) Should it Be Replaced? A Discussion Thursday, April 13, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan) Participants: Drew H. Gitomer (Rutgers University), Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Jarvis R. Givens (Harvard University), Guillermo Solano-Flores (Stanford University), Suzanne M. Wilson (University of Connecticut)
Coalition of Black Education Deans. Truth and Consequences: Leading in a Post-Truth Era Thursday, April 13, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall I
Chair: Laura P. Kohn-Wood (University of Miami) Participants: Donald Easton-Brooks (University of Nevada - Reno), Don Pope-Davis (The Ohio State University), Valerie Kinloch (University of Pittsburgh), Marvin Lynn (University of Colorado - Denver), Kimberly A. White-Smith (University of San Diego), Michael E. Dantley (Miami University)
When You See Her, You See Me: Authentic and Consequential Mentoring for Black Women Thursday, April 13, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Cynthia B. Dillard (Seattle University) Moderators: Cynthia B. Dillard (Seattle University), Bettina L. Love (University of Georgia) Participants: Kristen Duncan (Clemson University), Damaris C. Dunn (University of Georgia), Amber Neal (Purdue University), Yaribel Mercedes (Teachers College, Columbia University)
2022 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Lecture Thursday, April 13, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Speaker: William H. Schmidt (Michigan State University)
Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture Thursday, April 13, 1:30 to 2:30pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Speaker: Linda C. Tillman (Loyola Marymount University)
Asian American Education Scholars Speaking Truth to the U.S. Empire Thursday, April 13, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Stacey J. Lee (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Discussant: Roland Sintos Coloma (Wayne State University) Presenters: Kevin Kumashiro (Kevin Kumashiro Consulting), Lin Wu (Western Oregon University), Thomas M. Philip (University of California - Berkeley), Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath (University of San Francisco), Bic H. Ngo (University of Minnesota), Phitsamay Sychitkokhong Uy (University of Massachusetts - Lowell), Sohyun An (Kennesaw State University), Noreen Naseem Rodriguez (University of Colorado - Boulder)
How a City Learned to Improve Its Schools: Chicago's Story Thursday, April 13, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Penny B. Sebring (University of Chicago) Presenters: Anthony S. Bryk (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Sharon Greenberg (Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Timothy Knowles (Urban Education Institute, University of Chicago), Al Bertani (University of Illinois at Chicago), Steven E. Tozer (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Talk Time with the OGs: Big Homies That Risked It All To Make Pursuits of Hard Truths More Possible in Research and Practice Thursday, April 13, 4:40 to 6:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Participants: Antonia Darder (Loyola Marymount University), Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California - Berkeley), Tyrone C. Howard (University of California - Los Angeles), Gloria J. Ladson-Billings (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Ernest D. Morrell (University of Notre Dame), Na'ilah Suad Nasir (Spencer Foundation), Pedro A. Noguera (University of Southern California), Sonia Nieto (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)
Athletes are (=) Scholars: (Re)positioning Black Athletic Genius to Answer the Educational Crisis Thursday, April 13, 4:40 to 6:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall I Chair: Ty Douglas (University of California, Berkeley) Discussant: Shaun R. Harper (University of Southern California) Participants: Keith Harrison (University of Central Florida), John Nathaniel Singer (Texas A&M University - College Station), Joy G. Gayles (North Carolina State University), Joseph Nehemiah Cooper (University of Massachusetts - Boston), Eddie Comeaux (University of California - Riverside)
Opening Plenary Thursday, April 13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom (CD North/South, E & F)
Speaker: Cornel West (Union Theological Seminary)
The “Truths” and Politics of School District Governance, Leadership, and Social Justice in a Time of Increasing Controversy Friday, April 14, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Janelle T. Scott (University of California - Berkeley) Discussants: Erica O. Turner (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Terah T. Venzant Chambers (Michigan State University) Presenters: Ann LoBue (Teachers College, Columbia University), Sonya Douglass (Teachers College, Columbia University), Carrie Sampson (Arizona State University), Mary Lou Fulton (Teachers College, Columbia University), Ruth María López (University of Houston), Alfonso Ayala (San Jose State University), Jasmine Pham (University of Toronto), Emily N. Nunez-Eddy (Arizona State University), René Espinoza Kissell (University of California - Santa Cruz), Jacinto Ramos (Texas Christian University)
A Hit Dog Will Holler: Attacks on Education as Backlash to Truth-Seeking Friday, April 14, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower- Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Patricia A. Edwards (Michigan State University) Participant: Aaron Bird Bear (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Baldwin Chiu (Giant Flashlight Media)
How Research Can Help Develop a New Accountability System for Chicago Public Schools Friday, April 14, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall J
Chair: John Q. Easton (University of Chicago) Discussants: Kirabo Jackson (Northwestern University), Tonya E. Wolford (School District of Philadelphia) Presenters: Elizabeth Todd-Breland (University of Illinois at Chicago), Bogdana Chkoumbova (Chicago Public Schools), Shanette C Porter (University of Chicago Consortium), Sebastian Kiguel (Northwestern University)
Pedagogical Analytics Friday, April 14, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Edmund W. Gordon (Teachers College, Columbia University) Panelists: Lorrie A. Shepard (University of Colorado - Boulder), Paul G. LeMahieu (The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching), Jennifer Randall (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor), Temple Sharese Lovelace (Advanced Education Research and Development Fund), Elham Zandvakili (University of Massachusetts - Amherst), Ernest Washington (University of Massachusetts - Amherst)
The Role of Education Research in National STEM Education Priorities: A Conversation With National Science Foundation Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) Assistant Director James L. Moore III Friday, April 14, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower- Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Moderator: Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan) Speaker: James L. Moore (National Science Foundation)
The COVID Effect: Rethinking Learning, Data Systems and Truth for Justice Friday, April 14, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall J
Chair: Tyrone C. Howard (University of California - Los Angeles) Discussant: Janelle T. Scott (University of California - Berkeley) Participants: Thomas S. Dee (Stanford University), Andrew Ho (Harvard University), Lucrecia Santibanez (University of California - Los Angeles), Joseph P. Bishop (University of California - Los Angeles), Susanna Loeb (Brown University)
Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations: Beyond Broadening Participation – A Report From the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Friday, April 14, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Shirley M. Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Commentators: John B. Diamond (Brown University), Stella M. Flores (University of Texas at Austin)
Critical Race Theory, Truth-Telling, and "Consequential Education Research" Friday, April 14, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Moderators: Adrienne D. Dixson (University of Kentucky), Enrique Aleman (Trinity University) Participants: Celia Rousseau Anderson (The University of Memphis), Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy (Arizona State University), Thandeka K. Chapman (University of California - San Diego), Jessica T. Decuir-Gunby (University of Southern California), Jamel K. Donnor (William & Mary), Gerardo R. López (Michigan State University), David O. Stovall (University of Illinois At Chicago), Tara J. Yosso (University of California - Riverside)
Next-Generation Solutions: International Youth Forum on Emerging Initiatives and Potential Impacts Friday, April 14, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall J
Chair: Sharon Nelson-Barber (WestEd) Discussant: Venus E. Evans-Winters (African American Policy Forum) Session Organizer: A. Lin Goodwin (Boston College)
2021 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Lecture Friday, April 14, 1:30 to 2:30 pmHyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Speaker: Carol D. Lee (Northwestern University)
2022 E. F. Lindquist Award Lecture Friday, April 14, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Speaker: Daniel M. Koretz (Harvard University)
2022 Early Career Award Lecture Friday, April 14, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall J
Speaker: Nelson Flores (University of Pennsylvania)
The Future of Education Research and Development Friday, April 14, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Edmund W. Gordon (Teachers College, Columbia University) Panelists: Na'ilah Suad Nasir (Spencer Foundation), Jim Shelton (Blue Meridian), Mark Schneider (Institute of Education Sciences), James L. Moore (National Science Foundation)
Why Brown Matters, Especially Now: Unsettling Histories of Desegregation Friday, April 14, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Discussant: Marc Lamont Hill (Temple University) Presenters: Crystal R. Sanders (The Pennsylvania State University), James D. Anderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Jarvis R. Givens (Harvard University), Leslie T. Fenwick (Howard University)
The Audacity to Dream: What Does Mathematics Education Have to Do With It? Friday, April 14, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall J
Chairs: Maxine McKinney de Royston (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Melissa Adams Corral (The University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley), Kari Kokka (University of Nevada - Las Vegas) Presenters: Maisha Moses (The Young People's Project), Gabrielle Elizabeth Bernal (University of Michigan - Ann Arbor), Jennifer Dao (Nepantla Teachers Community), Jerica Jurado (Nepantla Teachers Community), Michelle Cody (Willie L. Brown Jr. Middle School)
Presidential Address Friday, April 14, 4:40 to 6:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom (CD North/South, E & F)
Speaker: Rich Milner (Vanderbilt University)
2022 Social Justice in Education Award Lecture Friday, April 14, 7:00 to 8:00 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, West Tower - Lobby Level - Crystal Ballroom A
Speaker: Tyrone C. Howard (University of California, Los Angeles)
Toward the Fulfillment of Full Personhood: The Persistent Invisibility of Latinx Communities Across Institutions 2.0 Saturday, April 15, 8:00 to 9:30 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California - Berkeley) Discusssants: Angela Valenzuela (The University of Texas at Austin), Guadalupe Valdes (Stanford University) Presenters: Alfredo J. Artiles (Stanford University), Cecilia Rios-Aguilar (University of California - Los Angeles), Krista L. Cortes (University of Pennsylvania), Amalia Z. Dache (University of Pennsylvania), Laura K. Munoz (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Manuel L. Espinoza (University of Colorado - Denver), Sofia A. Villenas (Cornell University), Cindy Cruz (University of Arizona), Luis Urrieta (The University of Texas at Austin), Dolores Calderon (Western Washington University), Anne-Marie Nunez (University of Texas El Paso), Gina Ann Garcia (University of Pittsburgh)
Black College Leadership in Pre-K–12 Education Saturday, April 15, 8:00 t0 9:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Ivory A. Toldson (Howard University), Ebony O. McGee (Vanderbilt University) Participants: Dawn G. Williams (Howard University), Allyson Leggett Watson (Florida A&M University), Anthony A. Pittman (Claflin University), VerJanis Peoples (Southern University and A&M College), Ivan Banks (Alcorn State University)
Bolstering Innovation in Education Research: A Conversation With Institute of Education Sciences Director Mark Schneider Saturday, April 15, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower- Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Speaker: Mark Schneider (Institute of Education Sciences)
Will the Court Resegregate Our Colleges? Amid Troubled Waters, Can Research Show the Way? Saturday, April 15, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower- Ballroom Level - Hall I
Chair: Felice J. Levine (American Educational Research Association) Discussant: Gary A. Orfield (University of California - Los Angeles) Presenters: Angelo Ancheta (Santa Clara University), OiYan A. Poon (Spencer Foundation), Liliana Garces (The University of Texas at Austin), Uma Madhure Jayakumar (University of California - Riverside), James D. Anderson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Whose Truth Matters in Education Research? Deconstructing, Reconstructing, and Advancing Indigenous Truths in the Pacific Region (and Beyond) Saturday, April 15, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Margaret J. Maaka (University of Hawaii - Manoa) Discussant: Huia Tomlins Jahnke (Massey University) Participants:Kekailoa Perry (University of Hawaii - Manoa), Te Rina Warren (Massey University), Maung T. Nyeu (New York University), Kamuela M Kimokeo (Windward Community College), Tanya L.M. Samu (University of Auckland)
2022 Distinguished Public Service Award Lecture Saturday, April 15, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Speaker: Peggy G. Carr (National Center for Education Statistics)
AERA Distinguished Lecture [This session has been canceled] Saturday, April 15, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, West Tower - Lobby Level - Grand Hall I
Speaker: Arnetha Ball (Stanford University)
In Pursuit of "Truth" in Research on Teachers, Teaching, and Teacher Preparation Saturday, April 15, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Boston College) Discussant: A. Lin Goodwin (Boston College) Presenters: Marilyn Cochran-Smith (Boston College), Reid Jewett Smith (Disability Inclusion), Thomas M. Philip (University of California - Berkeley), Veer Kothari, Andy Castro (University of California - Berkeley), Christian Asante (Boston College), Nicole Mockler (The University of Newcastle)
Structural Racism and School Discipline: Replicating the Racialized Hierarchy through Coercion and Control Saturday, April 15, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Russell J. Skiba (Indiana University) Discussant: Ellen Reddy (Nollie Jenkins Family Center, Inc.) Presenters: Aaron Kupchik (Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice), Cresean Hughes (University of Delaware), Geoff Ward (Washington University in St. Louis), Tyler Whittenberg (Advancement Project), Britany Beauchesne (Indiana University - Bloomington), Russell J. Skiba (Indiana University), Angela Groves (Advancement Project), Ashley White (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Harold Jordan (American Civil Liberties Union), Thomas Mowen (Bowling Green State University), Benjamin W. Fisher (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Samantha Viano (George Mason University), Aishia Brown (University of Louisville), Alex Widdowson (University of Louisville), John H. Boman (Bowling Green State University)
2023 Awards Ceremony and Celebration Saturday, April 15, 4:40 to 6:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom (CD North/South, E & F)
Join AERA in honoring the esteemed recipients of the 2023 awards for education research.
Interrogating Educators' Working Conditions in the Era of Intersecting Crises Sunday, April 16, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Melissa Braaten (University of Colorado - Boulder) Discussant: Sarah L. Woulfin (University of Texas at Austin) Presenters: Lora Bartlett (University of California - Santa Cruz), Doris A. Santoro (Bowdoin College), Joshua Childs (The University of Texas at Austin), Mary Alvirez (Austin ISD), Allison C. Atteberry (University of Virginia), Jeffrey J. Rozelle (Knowles Science Teaching Foundation)
Data Sharing Across Multiple Languages and Multiple Global Perspectives Sunday, April 16, 9:50 to 11:20 am Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Chair: Ingrid Gogolin (Universität Hamburg) Panelist: Marc Rittberger (DIPF Leibniz-Institute), Margaret Levenstein (University of Michigan), Courtney A. Bell (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Gustavo E. Fischman (Arizona State University), Kirsti Klette (University of Oslo)
Consequential Research for Youth Programs: Insights about Racial Reckoning and Equity from Scholars, Youth Workers, and Young People Sunday, April 16, 11:40 am to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chairs: Bianca Jontae Baldridge (Harvard University), Deepa Sriya Vasudevan (Wellesley College) , Daniela Kruel DiGiacomo (University of Kentucky), Ben Kirshner (University of Colorado - Boulder), Sam Mejias (Parson School of Design) Discussants: Deb Maroney (American Institutes for Research), Nichole D. Pinkard (Northwestern University), Jane M. Quinn (City University of New York (CUNY)), Vanessa Roberts (University of Colorado - Boulder) Participants: Virginia Downing (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Edom Tesfa (Harvard University), Bianca Jontae Baldridge (Harvard University), Deepa Sriya Vasudevan (Wellesley College), Ben Kirshner (University of Colorado - Boulder), Sam Mejias (Parson School of Design), Carl Greer (University of Wisconsin - Madison), Sanaa Kahloon (Harvard University), Connor Daniel Flick (Western Kentucky University), Daniela Kruel DiGiacomo (University of Kentucky), Moisés Gabriel Contreras (Harvard University)
Early Career Research Fellowship and Funding Opportunities Sunday, April 16, 11:40 to 1:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Hall I
Participants: George L. Wimberly (American Educational Research Association), Kara S. Finnigan (University of Michigan/Spencer Foundation), Andrea Kent (Foundation for Child Development), Abigail Bell (National Academy of Education)
Closing Ceremony: Presidential Citation and Transition Sunday, April 16, 1:30 to 2:30 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom (CD North/South, E & F)
Educating for Civic Reasoning and Discourse: Preparing Young People to Wrestle with Complex Truths in the Public Domain Sunday, April 16, 2:50 to 4:20 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chair: Gregory A. White (National Academy of Education) Discussants: Carl Cohn (Claremont Graduate University) Participants: Carol D. Lee (Northwestern University), Alan H. Schoenfeld (University of California - Berkeley), Marcia Linn (University of California - Berkeley), Korah Wiley (University of California - Berkeley), Abby Reisman (University of Pennsylvania)
The Uvalde School Shooting: Whose Truth Matters? Sunday, April 16, 4:40 to 6:10 pm Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level - Grand Ballroom B
Chairs: Betty M. Merchant (The University of Texas - San Antonio) Participants: Idalia De La Cruz (Southwest College Junior College), Raquel Esquivel (Knippa ISD), Ana Maria Herrera, Monica Herrera (Eagle Pass ISD), Cruz Mata (Southwest Texas Junior College), Maria Villarreal (Carrizo ISD)