Who We Are
Who We Are
 
SIG Officers for 2025-2026
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SIG Chair
Dustin Van Orman
Western Washington University
Bellingham, Washington, United States
vanormd2@wwu.edu
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Program Chair
Erin Riley-Lepo
The College of New Jersey
Ewing, New Jersey, United States
rileylee@tcnj.edu 

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Secretary/Treasurer
Divya Varier
George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia, United States
dvarier@gmu.edu 

Other Leaders in 2025-26

Early Career Representatives
Caitlin Fine
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, Colorado, United States
cfine5@msudenver.edu

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Amir Rasooli
National Institute of Education
Nanyang Technical University, Singapore
amirhossein.rasooli@nie.edu.sg
Graduate Student Representatives
Si Chen
William & Mary
Williamsburgy, Virginia, United States
schen15@wm.edu 		Photo of Si Chen


Sumaiya Chowdhury
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
21skc5@queensu.ca

Oluyemisi Ajoke Oloniyo
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington, United States
oluyemisi.oloniyo@wsu.edu
Mi Jin Park
The Graduate Center
City University of New York
New York, New York, United States
mpark2@gradcenter.cuny.edu 		Photo of Mi Jin Park
Podcast Chair
Michael Holden
University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Awards Chairs
Distinguished Paper Awards Committee Chair
Tonya Moon
University of Virginia, Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
trm2k@virginia.edu

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Distinguished Paper Award Assistant
Lance Piantaggini
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
lpiantaggini@umass.edu
 
Emerging Scholar Award Committee Chair
Nicole Barnes 
American Psychological Association
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
nbarnes@apa.org 		Photo of Nicole Barnes
Emerging Scholar Award Assistant
Yuhan Xiong
The Education University of Hong Kong
Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong
xiongyh0809@gmail.com
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Bethany Brunsman
Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
bbrunsm@lps.org 		Photo of Bethany Brunsman

 

 
 
Structure/Governance
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The SIG Bylaws have been approved by AERA Governance.  They are available for review here.

 
 
Previous Leadership
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Past Chairs
2024-25 Carla Evans
2023-24 Chad Gotch
2022-23 Mary Yakimowski
2021-22 Carrie Holmberg
2020-21 Tonya Moon
2019-20 Christopher DeLuca
2018-19 Nicole Barnes
2017-18 Lee Ann Jung
2016-17 Heidi Andrade
2015-16 Jay Parkes
2014-15 Lisa Abrams
2013-14 Sarah Bonner
2012-13 Thomas Guskey
2011-12 Lori Nebelsick-Gullett
2010-11 Bethany Brunsman