September 2024

AERA President Janelle Scott recently concluded her appointment of new members to AERA standing committees. Standing committees are those that AERA Council deems necessary for operating over long spans of time and on a continuing basis. Varying in functions and responsibilities, they serve to support and guide Council on important education research issues (e.g., a change in the scope of the AERA Annual Meeting or the mission of a journal) or serve to advise AERA on programs, initiatives and activities (e.g., serve as the peer review group for the Minority Fellowship Program).

Standing committee terms are usually three years with typically two members appointed each year by the president for open positions, with input from the AERA executive director. Award committee members serve for two years, and new appointments to these committees will be announced in the October issue of Highlights.

“AERA committees are vital to the sustained success and growth of our organization,” said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “The new members appointed by President Scott will do important work to ensure the association continues to meet its strategic objectives and fulfills its mission.”

The standing committees with their new appointments are listed below. Click the links to view the full roster of each committee.

• Annual Meeting Policies and Procedures Committee
  • Carolyn Herrington (Florida State University), Chair
  • Erica Frankenberg (Pennsylvania State University)
  • Kevin Gee (University of California Davis)
  • James Earl Davis (Temple University)
• Books Editorial Board
  • Bianca Baldridge (Harvard University), Chair-Designate
  • Christopher Lubienski (Indiana University Bloomington)
• Committee on Scholars and Advocates for Gender Equity in Education (SAGE)
  • Francesca López (Pennsylvania State University), Chair-Designate
  • Elise Castillo (Trinity College)
• Ethics Committee
  • Michele Moses (University of Colorado Boulder), Chair-Designate
  • Thomas Philip (University of California Berkeley)
• Fellows Committee
  • Kara Finnigan (Spencer Foundation), Chair-Designate
  • Jennifer Rice (University of Maryland)
  • Erica Walker (University of Toronto–OISE)
• Government Relations Committee
  • Elizabeth DeBray (University of Georgia), Chair-Designate
  • Walker Swain (University of Georgia)
• International Relations Committee
  • Krystal Strong (Rutgers University)
  • Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng (New York University)
• Journal Publications Committee
  • Peter Youngs (University of Virginia), Chair-Designate
  • Adai Tefera (University of Arizona)
• Minority Fellowship Selection Committee
  • Makeba Jones (University of California San Diego)
  • Rachel Williams (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
• Nominating Committee
  • Amy Stuart Wells (Bank Street Graduate School of Education), Chair
  • William Tate (Louisiana State University)
  • Tesha Sengupta-Irving (University of California Berkeley)
• Professional Development & Training Committee
  • Courtney Bell (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Chair-Designate
  • Odis Johnson Jr. (Johns Hopkins University)
• Research Advisory Committee
  • Dorothy Espelage (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), Chair-Designate
  • Lawrence Winn (University of California Davis)
• Scholars of Color in Education Committee
  • Laura Hernández (Learning Policy Institute), Chair-Designate
  • Nikole Richardson (University of San Francisco)
• Social Justice Action Committee
  • Denise Taliaferro Baszile (Wayne State University), Chair-Designate
  • Ruth López (University of Arizona)
  • Rand Quinn (University of Pennsylvania)