January 2022

AERA President Na'ilah Suad Nasir and Presidential Program Co-Chairs Tryphenia Peele-Eady and Elizabeth Tipton have developed 39 presidential sessions that contribute to the 2022 Annual Meeting theme, “Cultivating Equitable Education Systems for the 21st Century,” which focuses on ways to build education systems that champion equity and justice.

The sessions focus on compelling topics that will engage attendees, such as how to better create supportive environments for Asian/Asian American students, examining the effects of COVID-19 in higher education, and re-envisioning civic education in light of growing social inequity and political polarization.

A selection of highlighted sessions is listed below. Complete descriptions for all presidential sessions are posted on the Annual Meeting website. These sessions provide a sample of the rich content available for attendees at the 2022 Annual Meeting. Additional sessions will be featured in future AERA Highlights as the meeting approaches.

• An Intergenerational Conversation on Equity
• Beyond Stopping Hate: Cultivating Safe, Equitable and Affirming Educational Systems for Asian/Asian American Students
• California’s Investment in Universal Preschool: What’s the Role for Research?
• Centering Cultural and Artistic Practice in Scientific Design
• Community Within: Activism and Community-based Research as a Way of Life
• Continuous Improvement Research and Critical Theoretical Perspectives: Bridging Two Conversations with a Common Goal?
• COVID-19 and Higher Education: Cultivating New Pathways to Higher Learning and Equity
• Cultivating and Expanding Equitable Education Opportunity by Implementing Multicultural Research, Policy, and Practice
• Early Childhood Education for a New Age—Centering Equity and Social Justice
• Educational Equity and Federal Education Policy Priorities
• Education’s Role in Cultivating Indigenous Futures
• Envisioning New Paradigms for Civic Learning and Engagement
• Expansive Futures for Disability Intersectional Learning Research Braiding Culture, History, Equity, and Enabling Technologies

In addition, the AERA 2022 Presidential Address will take place on April 25. Information on general sessions is available to view in the full program. Learn more about the Annual Meeting theme on the AERA website.