Dr. Min Wang is an Associate Professor in Inclusive Education at Houghton University. Her research interests include narrative analysis, multimodality and semiotics, second language acquisition, positioning and agency, teacher education, multilingualism, and linguistic racism. Over the past years, she has productively conducted high-quality research and published widely, including one book, 17 articles, and four book chapters. Her articles have appeared in various journals, such as TESOL Quarterly, The Journal of Educational Research, Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, and Journal of Multilingual Education Research. Her book, Multimodalities and Chinese students’ L2 practices: Positioning, agency, and community, explored the complicated interactions among multimodality, positioning, and agency in increasingly digitized, multilingual, and multicultural contexts in and through which Chinese international students practiced their L2 literacies. Dr. Wang has been an AERA member since 2014. She served as a member of the Narrative SIG Outstanding Dissertation Committee in 2019 at AERA and is now proud to serve as chair.
Dr. Amy Boniface is the Education Program Director for the Bachelor's Degree in Elementary and Special Education at Paradise Valley Committee College, in Arizona. She teaches a variety of teacher preparation courses including Literacy, Science Methods, Curriculum, Assessment, and Foundations of Education. Her research interests include using the Narrative Research Methodology to explore experiences of teachers integrating technology into their curriculum and instructional strategies. Currently, Amy is working with Dr. Vicki Ross on research involving experiences of beginning teachers and teacher candidates who enter the classroom full time before they are credentialed. In the AERA Narrative Research SIG, she has served as Secretary, Chair Elect, and proposal reviewer for the Narrative Research SIG and is proud to be the current Chair. Amy strives to support the SIG in creating a strong Narrative Research Community.
Dr. Simmee Chung is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Concordia University of Edmonton in Canada. Simmee has over 20 years of teaching and teacher leadership experience in K-12 and post-secondary school contexts. As a narrative inquirer, Simmee has engaged in numerous research collaborations, presentations, and publications alongside national and international colleagues. She was a recipient of the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Education Outstanding Dissertation Award for her SSHRC funded study. Simmee has also received other generous grants and teaching awards. In research and in life, Simmee continually strives to attend to the experiences of often marginalized populations including children and families of color, immigrants, and Indigenous youth and families. Dr. Chung served as the Program Chair-Elect from 2024-2025 and is now thrilled to serve as the Program Chair-Elect (2025-2026) to support educators and scholars with diverse narrative research and that are at all stages of their personal and professional journeys.
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