Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to officially inform you that the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting Call for Submissions is now available on the AERA website. We encourage you to consider a paper or session submission to a division, special interest group (SIG), or committee that best aligns with your research interests. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. PT on July 25, 2025.
The 2026 Annual Meeting will be held in Los Angeles, California, April 8-12. Submitters will have the option of electing to submit a paper that, if accepted, will not be presented onsite, but instead will be presented only virtually through the AERA i-Presentation Gallery. There will be a registration fee for presenting authors who choose the virtual-only option.
The overall theme is “Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research.” We hope that you will consider a submission in response to the Call. The theme advanced by AERA President Maisha Winn invites scholars “to imagine and plan for research agendas that bridge our histories, current struggles, and desired outcomes for education.”
We are looking forward to creating an Annual Meeting that will attract participants worldwide. This meeting will provide an opportunity to share research, assess the state of our knowledge, and explore how our work can become more relevant to diverse communities, publics, practitioners, and policy makers.
Please submit and join us in Los Angeles, April 8-12, 2026.
Cordially,
Felice J. Levine, PhD (she/her)
Executive Director
flevine@aera.net
Tune in to the Center for Educational Neuroscience recorded seminars and plan to join free, upcoming, digitally offered seminars with these titles on Thursdays.
Register for free here: https://tinyurl.com/tucbkoo
YouTube Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/c/CentreforEducationalNeuroscience%20
When: Thursday (April 24); 8:50PM
Where: Convention Center
Meet Brianna Kennedy, author of Frame Shifting for Teachers: Developing a Conscious Approach to Solving Persistent Teaching Dilemmas, plus authors of Writing, Thinking, and the Brain: How Neuroscience Can Improve Writing Instruction; The Bloomsbury Handbook of Montessori Education and other scholars with new texts at the reception.
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