This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.

SIGs: | A–G | H–Q | R–Z

A–G

Abolition and Carceral Studies in Education (SIG #191)
Dues:	$10 for students; $15 for non-students
Purpose:	To uplift and center the knowledge, voices, and lived experiences of those directly impacted by carceral systems in education research and practice; provide a space for education scholars whose work interrogates carceral systems, logics, and geographies in and across educational and schooling contexts; foster direct scholarly engagement with abolition and abolitionist frameworks within education research; facilitate connections, collaborations, and multi-directional mentorship; and encourage intergenerational critical dialogue, innovative methodologies, and transformative practices.
Contact:	Julissa Muñiz, University of California - Los Angeles, j.muniz@ucla.edu
Website:	https://www.aera.net/SIG091

 

Access, Detracking, and Tracking (SIG #163)
Purpose:	To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers, and community members in dialogue about K-12 student access to educational opportunities, college and career preparation, and the tracking and detracking practices that perpetuate or address educational inequities. We aim to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate relevant research that addresses the structures that perpetuate educational inequities as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices for detracking schools. Our vision for K-12 schools ensures that all students, regardless of background, have access to high-quality educational opportunities and the structural supports needed to succeed.
Contact:	Constance Clark, Rutgers University - Newark, Bloomfield, NJ, constance.m.clark@rutgers.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Access, Detracking, and Tracking
X:	https://x.com/TrackDetrackSIG
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/@AccessDetrackTrackSIG
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/accessdetracktrack.bsky.social

 

Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation (SIG #174)
Purpose:	The purpose of the SIG is to accumulate and interpret research associated with accreditation, state review processes, or assessment and evaluation of educator preparation programs.
Contact:	Todd McCardle, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, todd.mccardle@eku.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Accreditation, Assessment, and Program Evaluation in Education Preparation
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_AAPE_SIG

 

Action Research (SIG #2)
Purpose:	The Action Research SIG builds community among those who are engaged in action research and those who teach others to do action research. This is accomplished through dialog about professional development strategies, educational practices and theory, and methods of action research.
Contact:	Grace Huang, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, g.h.huang@csuohio.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Action Research

 

Adolescence and Youth Development (SIG #3)
Purpose:	To bring together educators, researchers, and youth advocates interested in examining ways to improve upon the experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of adolescence and youth as they develop over time. This SIG includes a cross section of researchers interested in diverse topics associated with adolescence and youth development.
Contact:	Marie-Anne Suizzo, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, msuizzo@austin.utexas.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Adolescence and Youth Development

 

Adult Literacy and Adult Education (SIG #4)
Purpose:	Dedicated to research development, policy, and practice in adult literacy and adult education. This SIG takes an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective on learning and instruction among diverse populations.
Contact:	Amy Pickard, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, pickard@iu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Adult Literacy and Adult Education

 

Advanced Studies of National Databases (SIG #6)
Purpose:	To advance knowledge of the contexts and practices of education through facilitating awareness and understanding of the rigorous research methods required for valid and reliable analysis of national and state level databases.
Contact:	Anica G. Bowe, Rutgers University - Newark, Newark, NJ, anica.bowe@rutgers.edu
Dues:	$6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Advanced Studies of National Databases

 

Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG #7)
Purpose:	To design new technologies that structure educational environments and transform educational practice, and to help the AERA community understand and influence the use of advanced technologies.
Contact:	Candace Walkington, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, cwalkington@smu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Advanced Technologies for Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SIGATL
X:	https://twitter.com/SIG_ATL_LS

 

Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education (SIG #53)
Purpose:	This international inter-disciplinary SIG offers a space for visual artworks, live performance and theoretical/conceptual praxis, facilitating a platform for artistic researchers and practitioners.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Arts-Inquiry-SIG-101445872066731

 

Arts and Learning (SIG #8)
Purpose:	Recent themes include: arts performance and process in curriculum; arts integration, assessment, and criticism; cultural issues; semiotics creative process; aesthetic education; alternative research methodologies; and constructivism.
Contact:	Sarah Travis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, stravis2@illinois.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Arts and Learning

 

Arts-Based Educational Research (SIG #9)
Purpose:	To provide a community for those who view education through artistic lenses, who use a variety of arts-based methodologies, and who communicate understandings through diverse genres.
Contact:	Courtney C. Mauldin, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, ccmauldi@syr.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://abersigaera.weebly.com/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/888595361932531
X:	https://twitter.com/aber_sig

 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research (SIG #94)
Purpose:	To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support.
Contact:	Yeji Kim, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, yejikim@missouri.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERA.REAPA/
X:	https://twitter.com/REAPA_SIG

 

Bilingual Education Research (SIG #12)
Purpose:	To promote research in bilingual education and to provide a forum for innovative approaches in this field of inquiry. This SIG addresses all ethnoliguistically diverse groups.
Contact:	Suzanne García, Cal State Monterey Bay, Marina, CA, sugarcia@csumb.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Bilingual Education Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1477801139116319/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_BerSig
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/bilingualersig/

 

Biographical and Documentary Research (SIG #13)
Purpose:	To explore methodological issues in biographical and documentary research.
Contact:	Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, sdowell@lsu.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Biographical and Documentary Research

 

Bourdieu in Educational Research (SIG #185)
Purpose:	To provide a space for those interested in Bourdieu’s oeuvre where we explore and reflect on the use of his theories and concepts.
Contact:	Dan Cui, Brock University, Mawson Lakes, St. Catharines, Canada, dcui@brocku.ca; Frederick de Moll, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, frederick.demoll@uni-bielefeld.de
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Bourdieu in Educational Research
X:	https://twitter.com/AERABourdieuSIG

 

Brain, Neurosciences, and Education (SIG #14)
Purpose:	Provides a venue for research in the neurosciences that may inform and inspire educational research, and for rigorous educational research thus informed.
Contact:	Jiaxian Zhou, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, zhoujiaxian999@163.com
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Brain, Neurosciences, and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/bnesig.
X:	https://twitter.com/bnesig

 

Career & Technical Education and Workplace Learning (SIG #187)
Purpose:	To explore career and technical/vocational education, workplace learning, career development, human resource development, career issues in the schools (Grades K-12), postsecondary education, adult and lifelong learning, and workforce education at schools and workplaces with the intention to strengthen educational policy and to transform work-based learning.
Contact:
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Career & Technical Education and Workplace Learning

 

Caribbean and African Studies in Education (SIG #86)
Purpose:	To encourage, conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on education within and between Caribbean and African countries.
Contact:	Laurette Maria Stacy Bristol, University of the West Indies - Cave Hill, St Michael , Barbados, laurette.bristol@uwi.edu; Mercy Agyepong, New York University, New York, NY, mercy.agyepong@nyu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Caribbean and African Studies in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/aeraCASE/
X:	https://twitter.com/aeracasesig86
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/54098197/admin/

 

Catholic Education (SIG #175)
Purpose:	To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Catholic education written from a diverse set of perspectives, including interdisciplinary and international issues.
Contact:	Antonio Felix, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, antonio.felix@lmu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Catholic Education

 

Charters & School Choice (SIG #142)
Purpose:	To promote and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of charter schools written from a diverse set of perspectives.
Contact:	Charisse A. Gulosino, University of Memphis, Aptos, CA, cglosino@memphis.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Charters & School Choice

 

Classroom Assessment (SIG #18)
Purpose:	The purposes of the SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it is essential to do so. To achieve these purposes, the SIG includes among its goals the promotion of quality research into classroom assessment practices, using all legitimate research approaches and methods, and the active collaboration with other SIGs and AERA divisions who share an interest in promoting research into classroom assessment.
Contact:	Erin Riley-Lepo, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, rileylee@tcnj.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Classroom Assessment
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_CA_SIG

 

Classroom Management (SIG #19)
Purpose:	To promote research on classroom organization and management, alternative discipline models, group and learner social interactions, and approaches to teacher education.
Contact:
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Classroom Management
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pg/AERA-Classroom-Management-SIG-211799585499569
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12827073/

 

Classroom Observation (SIG #20)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Classroom Observation SIG is to provide members access to current research in observation techniques in educational settings.
Contact:	Bryant Jensen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, bryant_jensen@byu.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Classroom Observation
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/classroomobservationSIG
X:	https://twitter.com/AERAcoSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14144222/

 

Cognition and Assessment (SIG #167)
Purpose:	To promote research on educational assessment merging two traditionally distinct fields - cognition and psychometrics
Contact:	Kaiwen Man, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Mankaiwen@hotmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Cognition and Assessment

 

Complexity Theories in Education (SIG #17)
Purpose:	To apply, advance, and extend chaos and complexity theories to inquiry, research, and theory related to educational contexts.
Contact:	Daryn Dever, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ddever@ufl.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://complexityed.weebly.com/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/115233401853116
X:	@ComplexitySIG
LinkedIn:	@AERA Complexity Theories in Education (SIG17)
YouTube:	https://youtube.com/@complexityineducationsig1743

 

Computer and Internet Applications in Education (SIG #22)
Purpose:	To promote research and evaluation on the use of computer-based information and communications resources and software for learning, instruction, assessment, and accomplishment by students, teachers, and administrators.
Contact:	Olha Ketsman, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, oketsman@niu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://appsinedu.org/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/aeraciae
X:	https://twitter.com/CIAE_SIG_AERA
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aera.ciae.sig/

 

Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education (SIG #171)
Purpose:	The purpose of the SIG is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism and Taoism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice.
Contact:	Jin Jr Shi, Dharma Realm Buddhist University, Ukiah, CA, shijinjr@gmail.com
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/410128165526933/?rdid=vfHuSCs8PlgCLTUW&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2Fg%2F19LJ1CtPqe%2F

 

Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #25)
Purpose:	To facilitate communication and to promote theory, research and improvement in practices of educators at all levels from a constructivist or developmental perspective.
Contact:	Zitong Wei, China Women's University, Beijing, China, beifen365@163.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/890551595302570
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctrp-aera-sig-92b8792aa/
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aera_sig25/

 

Critical Educators for Social Justice (SIG #144)
Purpose:	Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) is committed to the struggle for social justice, human rights and democracy for diverse communities. We promote research, teaching, and activism centered on cultural, racial, linguistic, political, and economic self-determination within our classrooms, schools, and communities. A significant objective of CESJ is to promote communication and collaboration among critical educators and researchers working in public schools, universities, and community education programs. We believe that education, as a form of critical understanding, plays a crucial role in transforming society.
Contact:	Shamaine Bertrand, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, bertrans@tcnj.edu; LeAnne Salazar Montoya, eeanntoya@gmail.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Educators for Social Justice
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/CESJSIG
X:	https://twitter.com/CESJSIG

 

Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education (SIG #27)
Purpose:	To promote the integrated study of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as lenses for performing critical analyses and evaluations of prevailing theory and practice on education.
Contact:	Janice A. Byrd, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, byrdjanice91@gmail.com
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/120611961292065/

 

Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies (SIG #28)
Purpose:	To support and promote transdisciplinary research of education as experience. The SIG de-stabilizes commonly held boundaries of educational research beyond contemporary curriculum discourses. Members pursue curriculum inquiry using critical perspectives, and performative, auto-ethnographic and conceptual approaches to ask sociocultural, political, and theoretical questions.
Contact:	Justin Coles, University of Massachussetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, jacoles@umass.edu
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/share/1GDnK3AMGo/
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/ciccs_aerasig/
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/ciccs-aerasig28.bsky.social

 

Critical Muslim Education Research: SIG 188 (SIG #188)
Purpose:	Critical Muslim Education Research: SIG 188
Contact:
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); $5.00 (1 yr); $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Muslim Education Research: SIG 188
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/619896224300178
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14603916/
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/criticalmuslimedresearch/?hl=en

 

Critical Peace Education (SIG #74)
Purpose:	To create a global forum for scholars from diverse backgrounds and with varied perspectives to report and critically explore educational research and promote constructive changes in the areas of peace keeping, peace making, peace building, peace education, nonviolent conflict resolution, reconciliation, mediation, and more.
Contact:	Candice Carter, dr.carter@me.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Peace Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Peace-Education-SIG-AERA-401061593955408/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_PeaceEd

 

Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education (SIG #29)
Purpose:	The purpose of this SIG is to foster research on and critical analyses of issues in early childhood education and childhood studies and to encourage the development of alternative perspectives and curriculum in early childhood education.
Contact:	Nathaniel Bryan, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, nathaniel.bryan@austin.utexas.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/cpecesig/home
X:	https://twitter.com/aera_cpece

 

Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education (SIG #45)
Purpose:	Concerned with the historical/philosophical studies of education that engage the writings of Michel Foucault and with diverse contemporary theories in education.
Contact:	Saralyn McKinnon-Crowley, Baylor University, McLennan County, TX, saralyn_mckinnon@baylor.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Posthuman and Postfoundational Studies in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoucaultSIG/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERAFoucaultSIG

 

Critical Quantitative Methodologies (SIG #186)
Purpose:	To promote new approaches and foster best practices for conducting and evaluating critical quantitative research; train quantitative researchers how to use these innovative, equity-centered perspectives and research methods to question models, measures, and analysis techniques; and build a scholarship community for critical quantitative researchers.
Contact:	Christen Priddie, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, cpriddie@iu.edu
Dues:	$8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Quantitative Methodologies
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/criticalquant.bsky.social

 

Cultural Historical Research (SIG #30)
Purpose:	Focuses on human action, agency, and development as mediated by culture, history, and activity in the tradition of Vygotsky, Luria, Leont’ev, Bakhtin, Mead, and others.
Contact:	Peter Hick, Edge Hill University, Lancashire, United Kingdom, peter.hick@edgehill.ac.uk
Dues:	$14.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Cultural Historical Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/156178274407466/
X:	https://twitter.com/aerasig_ch

 

Data-Driven Decision Making in Education (SIG #179)
Purpose:	Data-Driven Decision Making in Education SIG #179
Contact:	Kara Lasater, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Lockwood, MO, klasater@uark.edu
Dues:	$12.50 (1 yr); students $7.50 (1 yr)
Website:	Data-Driven Decision Making in Education

 

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Intersectionalities and Perspectives (SIG #95)
Purpose:	To provide a multidisciplinary forum for the promotion of research related to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Contact:	Hannah M. Dostal, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, hannah.dostal@uconn.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Deaf and Hard of Hearing Intersectionalities and Perspectives
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/125612014139729/

 

Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education (SIG #153)
Purpose:	The Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education SIG is an international SIG devoted to the study of education in and as effects of postcolonial, transnational, and globalization contexts.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Decolonial, Postcolonial, and Anti-Colonial Studies in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Postcolonial-Studies-and-Education-Special-Interest-Group-AERA-198817803522052/
X:	https://twitter.com/decolonial_sig

 

Democratic Citizenship in Education (SIG #150)
Purpose:	To promote democratic citizenship-development research in K-12 classrooms, and to foster an interdependence among citizenship-democratic researchers.
Contact:	Ellen Middaugh, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, ellen.middaugh@sjsu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Democratic Citizenship in Education
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG150

 

Design and Technology (SIG #31)
Purpose:	To foster research, teaching, service and innovation in design education and technology education in formal educational settings and in other learning environments.
Contact:	Sangeetha Carmona, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, scarmona@fullerton.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Design and Technology
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERASIG31
X:	https://twitter.com/AERADesignSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3704774/

 

Dewey Studies (SIG #56)
Purpose:	To keep alive Dewey's commitment to the use of critical and reflective intelligence in the search for solutions to problems in education and culture.
Contact:	Jessica Heybach, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, jess.heybach@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Dewey Studies
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1124307752630474
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIGDewey

 

Disability Studies in Education (SIG #143)
Purpose:	Supports the development of disability studies, a series of interdisciplinary modes of critical advocacy scholarship, among educational researchers.
Contact:	Phillandra Samantha Smith, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, psmith06@pitt.edu; Lauren Shallish, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Lauren.Shallish@rutgers.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Disability Studies in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/356215848207216
X:	https://twitter.com/AERADSE
Instagram:	@aera_ds

 

Districts in Research and Reform (SIG #156)
Purpose:	To bring together researchers, central office administrators, reform support organization leaders, and others interested in key questions of system-wide improvement and leadership.
Contact:	Jennifer R. Cowhy, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, jcowhy@uark.edu; Simone Fried, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, sfried@buffalo.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Districts in Research and Reform
X:	https://twitter.com/DistrictSIG

 

Early Education and Child Development (SIG #32)
Purpose:	To promote research that has implications for theory, policy, practice, and teacher development in the diverse contexts serving children from birth to age eight.
Contact:	Alison Hooper, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, alhooper2@ua.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.aera-eecd-sig.org/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/earlyeducationandchilddevsig/
X:	https://x.com/AERA_EECD_SIG
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aeraeecd/?igsh=MTV6YXR4aGFnZDNoOA%3D%3D

 

Educational Change (SIG #155)
Purpose:	This SIG adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding many aspects of educational change, including large-scale reform, school-initiated change, school improvement, and classroom-level change.
Contact:	Patricia M. Virella, Montclair State University, Storrs Mansfield, CT, virellap@montclair.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Educational Change
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERAEducationalChangeSIG155/
X:	https://twitter.com/EdChangeSIG
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aeraedchangesig/

 

Educational Statisticians (SIG #37)
Purpose:	To increase interaction among educational researchers interested in the theory, applications, and teaching of statistics in the social sciences.
Contact:	Jian Li, Kent State University, Kent, OH, jli42@kent.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Educational Statisticians

 

Elliot Eisner (SIG #177)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Elliot Eisner SIG is to promote scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Eisner’s scholarship. The SIG will act as a catalyst for the development, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum built upon the foundation that Eisner established. The SIG will provide the opportunity to continue conceptualizing educational criticism and connoisseurship with an eye towards various forms of representation; will encourage new forms of evaluation based on Eisner’s ideas; will provide a home for the continuation of research into discipline-based art education and arts-integration; will continue to look at ways to conceptualize schooling (formal and informal) from arts-based perspectives; and will be a place of mentorship for young scholars of curriculum, school evaluation, qualitative research, the arts, and/or school reform.
Contact:	Todd Hodgkinson, Drake University, Des Moines, IA, todd.hodgkinson@drake.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Elliot Eisner
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Eisner-SIG-488895484598608
X:	https://twitter.com/EisnerSig
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/eisnersig/

 

Environmental Education (SIG #33)
Purpose:	To advance and critique environmental education research.
Contact:	Anne Armstrong, Worcester State University, Worcester, MA, aarmstrong3@worcester.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Environmental Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/154479114604736/

 

Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice (SIG #41)
Purpose:	Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice SIG is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education.
Contact:	Elaine Ramzinski, South Plains College, Levelland, TX, eramzinski@southplainscollege.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Experiential Education and Community Engagement: Scholarship and Practice
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/432166447148889/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SLEESIG

 

Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development (SIG #42)
Purpose:	To investigate, promote, and support research and development on college teaching and learning, issues related to faculty evaluation and development, and student ratings of teaching.
Contact:	Lisa A. Lambert Snodgrass, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, lsnodgra@purdue.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10024017/

 

Family, School, Community Partnerships (SIG #43)
Purpose:	To engage with and promote rigorous and innovative research exploring the nature and impact of partnerships between families, schools, and diverse communities, and to encourage evidence-based practices and policies that influence children's learning and development.
Contact:	Lori Delale-O'Connor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, loridoc@pitt.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Family, School, Community Partnerships

 

Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance (SIG #44)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for research in educational finance and its impact on policy for all levels and aspects of education.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance

 

Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines (SIG #168)
Purpose:	To identify and support doctoral education as a distinct area of research in higher education; questions to be addressed include the following: How is "doctoral education" or "research education" conceived? What key changes are occurring in doctoral and research education? What opportunities do these changes present for challenging previous pedagogies and developing new ones?;
Contact:	Kelly Hall, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, kelly.hall@tamuk.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Graduate and Postdoctoral Education across the Disciplines
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG168
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aerasig168/

 

Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Educational Justice (SIG #172)
Purpose:	To advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color. We will work to build a research community that engages with practitioners in organizing groups, educational institutions and policy-making circles. We seek to foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and educational equity, youth development, community/democratic revitalization and social justice.
Contact:	Julissa Ventura, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, julissa.ventura@marquette.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Grassroots Community and Youth Organizing for Educational Justice
X:	https://twitter.com/GCYO_SIG

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Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies (SIG #178)
Purpose:	Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies
Contact:	Edmund S. Adjapong, Seton Hall University, Bronx, NY, edmund.adjapong@shu.edu; Stevie D. Johnson, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, thedrview@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies
X:	https://twitter.com/HipHopEdSig
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aerahiphopsig/

 

Holistic Education (SIG #135)
Purpose:	Developing human potential through integrating intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual competencies in the teaching/learning process.
Contact:	Deepa Srikantaiah, American University, Bethesda, MD, deepasrikantaiahphd@gmail.com
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Holistic Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/HolisticEducationSIG135
X:	https://twitter.com/sig_135

 

Immigration and Education (SIG #192)
Contact:	Rabia Hos, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, hosr1@southernct.edu; Chandler Miranda, Molloy University, Rockville Centre, NY, cmiranda@molloy.edu
Dues:	$5 for students; $15 for nonstudents (1 yr)
Purpose:	To advance rigorous, interdisciplinary education research on immigration and education; provide a scholarly home for immigration/immigrant-focused education research; foster inclusive mentorship opportunities for graduate students and early-career scholars; build scholarly-community partnerships with immigrant-serving organizations; organize and coordinate conference programming on immigration and education research; disseminate research that informs educational practice and policy; promote ethical, justice-oriented research with immigrant communities; and strengthen international collaborations and comparative educational studies.
Contact:	Chandler Miranda, Molloy University, cmiranda@molloy.edu; Rabia Hos, Southern Connecticut State University, hosr1@southernct.edu
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/immedsig_aera/
Facebook Group:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463531528643453
Facebook Page:	https://www.facebook.com/people/AERA-Immigration-and-Education-SIG/61576497515859/
Bluesky:	https://bsky.app/profile/immedsig.bsky.social

 

Improvement Science in Education (SIG #183)
Purpose:	To provide a home for the growing scholarly community interested in applying (and adapting) the principles, methods, and tools of improvement science to educational problems.
Contact:	Maxwell Yurkofsky, Radford University, Radford, VA, maxyurkofsky@gmail.com
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Improvement Science in Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/improvementsig
X:	https://twitter.com/improvementSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13765755/

 

Inclusion and Accessibility in Educational Assessment (SIG #96)
Purpose:	To promote research and disseminate information on activities and projects promoting the inclusion of all students, including students with disabilities and English language learners in large-scale assessments.
Contact:	Lindsay Ruhter, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, lindsay.ruhter@ku.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Inclusion and Accessibility in Educational Assessment
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/6664975/

 

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (SIG #48)
Purpose:	Formally the American Indian and Alaska Native SIG, we have evolved in name and focus to promote a better understanding of theoretical-, policy-, and practice-related issues that influence the quality of traditional and contemporary education among indigenous peoples.
Contact:	Theresa J. Stewart-Ambo, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, tjambo@UCLA.edu; Kelly Leah Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, kleahstew@g.ucla.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAIPASIG/

 

Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific and Beyond (SIG #146)
Purpose:	To research Indigenous education related to the peoples of the Pacific and Pacific Rim, Asia, Africa, and Europe. This research includes Indigenous knowledge and practices that uplift the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples.
Contact:	Huia Jahnke, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, h.t.jahnke@massey.ac.nz
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific and Beyond

 

Informal Learning Environments Research (SIG #49)
Purpose:	To further educational research in informal learning environments and to promote a community of practice interested in establishing and maintaining a better understanding of teaching and learning.
Contact:	Kimberly Kelly, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, kim.kelly@csulb.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Informal Learning Environments Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1617729561813025

 

Innovative School Transformation and Reform (SIG #154)
Purpose:	To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform.
Contact:	Kerstin Carlson Le Floch, American Institutes for Research, Washington, DC, klefloch@air.org
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Innovative School Transformation and Reform

 

Instructional Technology (SIG #52)
Purpose:	To encourage, promote, and support research on the design and development of instruction and the computer-based, electronic, and non-electronic media technologies that are used for its delivery.
Contact:	Hentao Tang, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, htang@mailbox.sc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Instructional Technology
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerasigit
X:	https://twitter.com/aerasigit

 

International Studies (SIG #54)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for exchanging information among educators involved in research, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of international studies.
Contact:	Keanen McKinley, William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, kmckinl1@gmail.com; Madhu Narayanan, Florida International University, Miami, FL, mnarayan@fiu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	International Studies

 

Language and Social Processes (SIG #58)
Purpose:	To explore directions in and issues of language and discourse practices, literacy, and learning processes and social contexts through studies grounded in sociocultural, constructivist and constructionist perspectives.
Contact:	Laura A Taylor, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, taylorl@rhodes.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Language and Social Processes
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1423636351209251/
X:	https://twitter.com/LspSig

 

Large Scale Assessment (SIG #141)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for discussion of the status, issues, and concerns related to large-scale assessment, including practices and innovations in state assessment programs.
Contact:	Judy Tang, Westat, Bethesda, MD, JudyTang@Westat.com
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Large Scale Assessment

 

Latina/o/x Research Issues (SIG #46)
Purpose:	To provide opportunities for exchanging information among and between researchers and practitioners interested in issues of concern to Hispanics in the United States.
Contact:	Maria Espino, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, mespinoisu@gmail.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Latina/o/x Research Issues
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/latinxaoresearchissues/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG_Latinx
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aerasig_Latinx/
BlueSky:	https://web-cdn.bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tllbfidcjz66phxma337rued

 

Law and Education (SIG #59)
Purpose:	To focus on legal issues affecting K-12 public and private education, as well as post-secondary education.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Law and Education
X:	https://twitter.com/LawandEducSIG

 

Leadership for School Improvement (SIG #101)
Purpose:	To examine how leadership of teachers, principals, and superintendents influences instructional capacity resulting in improved student outcomes and how policy guides this collaborative effort.
Contact:	Samantha Viano, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, sviano@gmu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Leadership for School Improvement
X:	https://twitter.com/AERALSI

 

Leadership for Social Justice (SIG #165)
Purpose:	To promote social justice teaching, research, service, and policymaking agendas, with the corollary aim of seeking to proactively improve educational leadership as a means of addressing equity concerns for underrepresented populations throughout P-20 education; also to share innovative, promising, and research-based programs, policies, and teaching strategies and proactively advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations in educational leadership.
Contact:	Nakia Gray-Nicolas, Queens College, Queens, NY, nakia.graynicolas@qc.cuny.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Leadership for Social Justice
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/150822794956627
X:	https://twitter.com/AERALSJ

 

Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (SIG #129)
Purpose:	The LTEL SIG brings together professors and graduate students of educational leadership and administration, discipline specialists, educational theorists, curriculum developers, instructional technology specialists, learning specialists, educational researchers, classroom experts, practitioners, policymakers, and others concerned with Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership. The LTEL SIG provides a forum for: A managed conversation on issues related to learning and teaching in Educational Leadership and Administration; the integration of theoretical quantitative and qualitative studies of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; discussion of investigations conducted in real educational settings, including investigations involving application of technology to learning and instruction; exploration of innovative methodologies; analysis of the implications of research and practice for learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; and assessment of the relationship of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership to policy development at local, state, and national levels.
Contact:	Erin Anderson, University of Denver, Denver, CO, erin.anderson249@du.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership

 

Learning Environments (SIG #120)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research on all aspects of learning environments from classrooms and schools to non-school settings.
Contact:	Ridwan Maulana, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands, r.maulana@rug.nl
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Learning Environments
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/learningenvironments
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG120
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/67155871/admin/

 

Learning Sciences (SIG #39)
Purpose:	Purpose: To bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and empirical approaches to the study of learning as it occurs in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of novel environments with the potential to facilitate learning more effectively.
Contact:	Yilang Zhao, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, yilangzh@buffalo.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.50 (1 yr)
Website:	Learning Sciences

 

Lesson Study (SIG #180)
Purpose:	To promote the research and theoretical development of Lesson Study in education research.
Contact:	Gloriana Gonzalez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, ggonzlz@illinois.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Lesson Study
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/lessonstudysigaera/
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/@LessonStudySIG180

 

Literature (SIG #61)
Purpose:	To promote research that explores literary inquiry and interpretive practices, including innovative approaches to literary education in various contexts.
Contact:	Kelly Wissman, University at Albany, Albany, NY, kwissman@albany.edu
Dues:	$6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Literature
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1600100406973010/
X:	https://twitter.com/LiteratureSIG
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/AERA.Lit.SIG/

 

Lives of Teachers (SIG #62)
Purpose:	To promote the interchange of ideas and scholarly activities focused on inquiry into the lives of teachers. Teachers shall be defined as those working with students in classroom and tutorial settings, from pre-school through university. Research shall be viewed as inclusive of methods appropriate to the question of study and topics such as teacher narrative, biography, research on teacher development, including career trajectories, teacher characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes, and teaching as a profession; accounts of teachers lives in different times and in different countries; and portrayal of teachers in written literature, film and television.
Contact:	Lora Bartlett, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, lorab@ucsc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Lives of Teachers
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/283212348677268/

 

Longitudinal Studies (SIG #63)
Purpose:	To support and foster the understanding of longitudinal research designs and analyses in education and the use and dissemination of longitudinal data and substantive findings, including data from national (e.g., NCES), state (e.g., state administrative/tracking systems), and local (e.g., district) sources.
Contact:	Felice Levine, flevine@aera.net
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Longitudinal Studies

 

Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education (SIG #157)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for and advance research that examines educational and social issues from Marxian perspectives.
Contact:	Rekia Jibrin, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, rjibrin@ucsc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/2014252842115976/

 

Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education (SIG #64)
Purpose:	To provide an association, and to promote continuing education for individuals with an interest in college-level administration of educational and psychological measurement services.
Contact:	Elizabeth E. Smith, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, elizabeth.smith@eku.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERASIG64/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SIG64
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13297338/

 

Media, Culture, and Learning (SIG #65)
Purpose:	Devoted to critical inquiry and pedagogy on the use of media within cultural settings in formal and informal learning environments.
Contact:	T. Philip Nichols, Baylor University, Waco, TX, phil_nichols@baylor.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sigmcl.weebly.com/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MCL.SIG/
X:	https://twitter.com/MCL_SIG
Instagram:	@mediaculturelearning
BlueSky:	@mediaculturelearning

 

Mentorship and Mentoring Practices (SIG #66)
Purpose:	To foster mentoring programs and experiences, initiating research on the topic and providing networking and support.
Contact:	Robin Brandehoff, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, robin.brandehoff@ucdenver.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Mentorship and Mentoring Practices

 

Middle-Level Education Research (SIG #88)
Purpose:	To improve, promote, and disseminate educational research reflecting early adolescence and middle-level education.
Contact:	Stacie Pettit, George College & State University, Augusta, GA, stacie.pettit@gmail.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://mlersig.net/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/mlersig/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG_MLER

 

Mixed Methods Research (SIG #158)
Purpose:	To support, encourage, and increase dialogue and idea exchange among educational researchers utilizing mixed methods and those interested in integrating qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
Contact:	Marcia Gail Headley, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, gheadley@udel.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Mixed Methods Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/aerammrsig/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_MMR_SIG

 

Montessori Education (SIG #181)
Purpose:	To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Montessori education and philosophy, in both the public and private sector, through diverse research approaches and collaborations.
Contact:	Angela Murray, University of Kansas, Eudora, KS, akmurray@ku.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Montessori Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERAMontessoriSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8446484/

 

Moral Development and Education (SIG #67)
Purpose:	To promote discussion about controversies and areas of agreement within the fields of moral development and education, and to provide informal opportunities for social interaction.
Contact:	Brandy P Quinn, Louisville High School, Woodland Hills, CA, brandy.quinn1276@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Moral Development and Education

 

Motivation in Education (SIG #68)
Purpose:	To advance the understanding of motivational processes in education, particularly by promoting research, exchanging ideas and perspectives, and by developing practices and interventions to improve learner motivation.
Contact:	Toni Rogat, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, tkrogat@purdue.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://motsig.org
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_MotSIG
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/@aeramotivationsig7616

 

Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG #162)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the introduction, promotion, consideration, interaction of theory, research and practices regarding multicultural and multiethnic education, broadly defined, within all educational, cultural, societal and social settings, contexts, levels and locations.
Contact:	Christopher J.P. Sewell, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, drchristophersewell@gmail.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAMulticulturalEducationSIG
X:	https://twitter.com/AERAmultiethnic
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aeramcme/

 

Multiple Linear Regression: The General Linear Model (SIG #70)
Purpose:	Interested in any methodological, applied, or teaching innovations related to multiple linear regression and/or the general linear model
Contact:	Jingshun Zhang, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL, jzhang@fgcu.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Multiple Linear Regression: General Linear Model
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MLRSIG

 

Music Education (SIG #71)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Music Education SIG is to provide a professional forum for the discussion and dissemination of current research related to music teaching and learning.
Contact:	Olivia Tucker, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, olivia.tucker@utah.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Music Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/218295164860183/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG_MusicEd

 

NAEP Studies (SIG #99)
Purpose:	To facilitate secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ongoing surveys regarding U.S. students knowledge, attitudes and experiences in diverse learning areas.
Contact:	Regina Lewis, Maine Department of Education, Gardiner, ME, regina.lewis@maine.gov
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	NAEP Studies
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERA.NAEP
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8861880/
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7ohPYm54TAGtza81UQlSHw

 

Narrative Research (SIG #145)
Purpose:	The Narrative Research SIG (Special Interest Group) of AERA is dedicated to supporting conversations about the place of narratives in educational research including but not limited to phenomenological, literary, critical, and performance conceptions of narrative analysis. The purpose of the Narrative Research SIG is to provide a forum for the exchange of information among individuals interested in informing/rethinking narrative research through a variety of narrative research studies in/with participants in a variety of educational settings.
Contact:	Leia Cain, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, LeiaCain@utk.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Narrative Research
X:	https://twitter.com/NarrativeSIG

 

Online Teaching and Learning (SIG #35)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for discussion and reporting on issues and research related to online teaching and learning
Contact:	Rebecca M. Quintana, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, rebeccaq@umich.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Online Teaching and Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERAOTL/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERAOTL

 

Open Scholarship (SIG #190)
Purpose:	To investigate and promote the effectiveness and use of open scholarship and its application to education research efforts. This SIG will serve as a forum for: 1. ) sharing and developing open scholarship research practices, 2.) methods for teaching open scholarship principles and practices, and 3.) meta-scientific educational research.
Contact:	Matthew C. Makel, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, matthew.makel@gmail.com
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Open Scholarship

 

Organizational Theory (SIG #73)
Purpose:	To encourage scholarly inquiry and debate relating to traditional and alternative views of educational organizations.
Contact:	Kate Kennedy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, kate.kennedy@uc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Organizational Theory
X:	https://twitter.com/OrgSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13168173/

 

Out-of-School Time (SIG #160)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for researchers in out-of-school time teaching and learning to share resources and become each others' resources; to provide venues and opportunities to present related research; to bring additional knowledge and resources to AERA.
Contact:	Sabrina J. Curtis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, sabrinajcurtis@virginia.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://aeraostsig.wixsite.com/ostworld
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/OSTSIG
X:	https://twitter.com/OSTSIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12260538/

 

Paulo Freire (SIG #159)
Purpose:	To honor Freire’s legacy by promoting scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Freirean pedagogy. Also, to promote historical scholarship that looks at the life of Paulo Freire and the context of his ideas and practices. Finally, to act as a catalyst for the creation of new forms of critical pedagogies that build upon the foundation that Freire established.
Contact:	Roseli Fischmann, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, roselif@usp.br
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Paulo Freire
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/PauloFreireAERASIG
X:	https://twitter.com/PauloFreireSIG

 

Philanthropy and Education (SIG #148)
Purpose:	To bring together researchers and members of the philanthropic foundation and non-profit communities interested in developing and disseminating knowledge about the role of philanthropy in educational policy and practice.
Contact:	Laurie Beth Goodman, UMASS Global, Clovis, CA, dr.laurie.goodman@gmail.com; Abbie Cohen, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, abbiecohen@g.ucla.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Philanthropy and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/199980850360206

 

Philosophical Studies in Education (SIG #76)
Purpose:	Dedicated to the philosophical study of education and encourages scholarship within all types of philosophical study.
Contact:	Samantha Deane, University of Notre Dame, North Weymouth, MA, sdeane2@nd.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://aerasig76.wixsite.com/sig76

 

Politics of Education (SIG #152)
Purpose:	To foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion, and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels.
Contact:	Cory Brown, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, brown.2903@osu.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Politics of Education
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_PEA

 

Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education (SIG #77)
Purpose:	To discuss research and practice in developing, mentoring, and evaluating portfolios, as well as other forms of reflective pedagogy and assessment.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1710734455685546/

 

Problem‐Based and Project‐Based Learning (SIG #78)
Purpose:	To provide a professional forum and network for those involved in research, theory, teaching, and development in problem-based learning for kindergarten through professional school learners.
Contact:	Elizabeth Ayano, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Elizabeth.Ayano@uga.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Problem‐Based and Project‐Based Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/177430106144640/
X:	https://twitter.com/AeraPBL_PjBL
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/7490386/

 

 

Qualitative Research (SIG #82)
Purpose:	To provide opportunities for discussion related to the philosophy, purposes, and methodological issues surrounding the use of qualitative research in social and educational contexts.
Contact:	Stephanie Shelton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, sashel@unc.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Qualitative Research

 

Queer Studies (SIG #60)
Purpose:	To foster empirical, interpretive, and critical educational research relating to queer studies, and to network individuals and organizations conducting or supporting such research.
Contact:	Pablo Montes, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, p.montes@tcu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Queer Studies
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/aeraqsig/
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/queersig-aera.bsky.social

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Rasch Measurement (SIG #83)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures.
Contact:	Courtney Donovan, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, courtney.m.donovan@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Rasch Measurement
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/raschmeasurement

 

Religion and Education (SIG #84)
Purpose:	To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions.
Contact:	Kevin J. Burke, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, burkekq@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://religionanded.com/aera-re/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/72817175357/
X:	https://twitter.com/ReligionAndEd

 

Research Focus on Black Education (SIG #85)
Purpose:	To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals).
Contact:	Khalilah Ali, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, khalilahalimc@gmail.com
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Black Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ResearchFocusOnBlackEducation/
X:	https://twitter.com/RFBE_AERA
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/RFBE_AERA/

 

Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG #164)
Purpose:	To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realities and concerns of education and sport in general.
Contact:
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Education and Sport
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Research-Focus-on-Education-Sport-AERA-SIG-120845847979371/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_RFESSIG

 

Research in Mathematics Education (SIG #87)
Purpose:	To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field.
Contact:	Luis Leyva, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, luis.a.leyva@vanderbilt.edu; Erica Litke, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, litke@udel.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research in Mathematics Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/sigrme
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SIGRME

 

Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG #11)
Purpose:	To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives.
Contact:	Emily M. Rodgers, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, rodgers.42@osu.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research in Reading and Literacy
X:	https://twitter.com/AERAReading

 

Research on Evaluation (SIG #90)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods.
Contact:	DreSha Singleton, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, dreshatsingleton@gmail.com
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Evaluation
X:	https://twitter.com/aera_roe

 

Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (SIG #91)
Purpose:	The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
Contact:	Michael Matthews, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, michael.matthews@uncc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERA.ROGCT/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_GiftedSIG

 

Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG #93)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education.
Contact:	Mara Simon, Springfield College, Springfield, MA, msimon3@springfield.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education
X:	https://twitter.com/AeraRlipe
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/aera-sig93-research-on-learning-instruction-in-pe/
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/@AERASIG93RLIPE

 

Research on Teacher Induction (SIG #149)
Purpose:	To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Teacher Induction
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERA-SIG-149-Research-on-Teacher-Induction-105172040906056/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG_149

 

Research on the Superintendency (SIG #97)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform.
Contact:	Rachel White, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, rachel.white@austin.utexas.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Superintendency
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/company/aera-sig-97-research-on-the-superintendency/about/

 

Research on Women and Education (SIG #98)
Purpose:	To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences.
Contact:	LeAnne Salazar Montoya, eeanntoya@gmail.com
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Women and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pg/Research-on-Women-and-Education-SIG-of-AERA-162989193722352

 

Research Use (SIG #100)
Purpose:	To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings.
Contact:
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sigru.org/wp/

 

Rural Education (SIG #102)
Purpose:	To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Rural Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/321796728020270

 

School Community, Climate and Culture (SIG #104)
Purpose:	To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large.
Contact:	Jennifer R. Renick, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, renickj1@msu.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Community, Climate and Culture

 

School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG #105)
Purpose:	To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement.
Contact:	Amanda S. Mayeaux, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Saint Martinville, LA, amanda.mayeaux@louisiana.edu
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Effectiveness and School Improvement

 

School/University/Community Collaborative Research (SIG #107)
Purpose:	To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work.
Contact:	JoHyun Kim, Texas A&M University, Frisco, TX, johyunkim@tamu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School/University/Community Collaborative Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SUCCR.SIG
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SUCCR_SIG

 

School-University Partnership Research (SIG #79)
Purpose:	The School-University Partnership Research (SUPR) SIG fosters scholarly exchange and collaboration around school-university partnerships, promoting comprehensive research drawn from a wide range of theoretical frameworks and investigative techniques. While embracing this diversity, SUPR SIG upholds the core principles championed by seminal partnership movements including the Holmes Group, National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER), Research Practice Partnerships, and National Association for School-University Partnerships [formerly National Association for Professional Development Schools (NAPDS)].
Contact:	Valerie Hill-Jackson, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, vhjackson@tamu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School-University Partnership Research

 

Science Teaching and Learning (SIG #122)
Purpose:	To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues.
Contact:	Clausell Mathis, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, mathisc8@msu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Science Teaching and Learning
X:	https://twitter.com/aerastl

 

Second Language Research (SIG #108)
Purpose:	To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration.
Contact:	Kongji Qin, New York University, New York, NY, kongji.qin@nyu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Second Language Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/223153721182396
X:	https://twitter.com/SLR_SIG_of_AERA

 

Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG #109)
Purpose:	Self-study research is initiated and conducted by teacher educators, teachers, and other practitioners who study their own practice to contribute to professional learning, ways of knowing, and knowledge generation.
Contact:	Monica Taylor, Montclair State University, Upper Montclair, NJ, taylorm@mail.montclair.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/415704359067343/
X:	https://twitter.com/sstepsig

 

Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality (SIG #110)
Purpose:	To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics."
Contact:	Sabrina Sembiante, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, ssembiante@fau.edu
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERASemiotics/posts/2070180509870505
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_Semiotics
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/@aerasigsemioticsineducatio9946

 

Social and Emotional Learning (SIG #170)
Purpose:	To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents.
Contact:	Almut Zieher, Yale University, New Haven, CT, almut.zieher@yale.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social and Emotional Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1658791114393304
X:	https://twitter.com/aera_sig_sel
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/in/aera-sig-sel-45879920b/
Blog:	https://aeraselsig.wordpress.com/

 

Social Studies Research (SIG #89)
Purpose:	To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers.
Contact:	Timothy Monreal, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, tmonreal42@gmail.com
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social Studies Research
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASocialStud1
YouTube:	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCltKUdiz-gHbyVoWKHpcmiw
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/ssr-sig.bsky.social

 

Sociology of Education (SIG #112)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues.
Contact:	Ran Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, ran.liu@wisc.edu
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Sociology of Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/aerasocofed
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASocofEd
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/AERASocofEd

 

Socio-Political Issues in Mathematics and Science Education (SIG #184)
Purpose:	To support and build a research network among critical mathematics and science educators and researchers who generate diverse and new research approaches and focus on sociopolitical dimensions of mathematics and science education.
Contact:	Daniel Morales-Doyle, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, moralesd@uic.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Socio-Political Issues in Mathematics and Science Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERASIG184
X:	https://twitter.com/AERASIG184

 

Special and Inclusive Education Research (SIG #113)
Purpose:	To promote the study and dissemination of topics, research-based practices, and research methodologies related to implementation, access, equity, progress, and outcomes in the education of persons with disabilities and their families, advancing equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency throughout the lifespan.
Contact:	Chelsea Tracy-Bronson, Stockton University, Galloway Township, NJ, Chelsea.Tracy-Bronson@Stockton.edu; Mallika Scott, California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, mhscott@fullerton.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Special and Inclusive Education Research
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/370159613550543
X:	https://twitter.com/SIER_SIG
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/in/aera-sier-sig-5b7037318/
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aerasiersig

 

Spirituality and Education (SIG #114)
Purpose:	To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing
Contact:	Michelle Tichy, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, drmichtich@gmail.com
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Spirituality and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/593388468088255/

 

Stress, Coping, and Resilience (SIG #117)
Purpose:	To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations.
Contact:	Elizabeth F. Levine-Brown, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, ebrown11@gmu.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Stress, Coping, and Resilience
X:	https://twitter.com/aerasig117

 

Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Modeling Methods (SIG #189)
Purpose:	To develop, study, and disseminate new and existing analytic approaches and estimation techniques for structural equation models (also known as latent variable modeling and covariance analysis) and/or multilevel data analysis models (also known as random effects models, mixed effects models, and hierarchical models, and with additional historical roots in handling clustering effects such as cluster-robust and bootstrapped standard errors), collectively known as multivariate quantitative methods, that support best practices in education research and related social science disciplines.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Structural Equation Modeling and Multilevel Modeling Methods

 

Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG #121)
Purpose:	The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments.
Contact:	Allyson Pitzel, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, aapitzel@ua.edu; Aloysius C. Anyichie, Brandon University, Brandon, Canada, AnyichieA@BrandonU.CA
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://ssrlsig.org
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERASSRL/
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_SSRL

 

Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG #51)
Purpose:	To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction.
Contact:	Megan E. Lynch, Boise State University, Boise, ID, meganlynch@boisestate.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Supervision and Instructional Leadership

 

Survey Research in Education (SIG #123)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work.
Contact:	Jeffrey Albrecht, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, jrajr@umich.edu
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Survey Research in Education

 

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG #176)
Purpose:	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Contact:	Carlton J. Fong, Texas State University, Austin, TX, carlfong@gmail.com; Derek Rodgers, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, derek-rodgers@uiowa.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://www.srmasig.org/
X:	https://twitter.com/SRMA_SIG
Mastodon:	https://fediscience.org/@srmasig
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/srma-sig.bsky.social

 

Systems Thinking in Education (SIG #124)
Purpose:	To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education.
Contact:	Lok-Sze Wong, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, Lok-Sze.Wong@unt.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Systems Thinking in Education

 

Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG #125)
Purpose:	To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk.
Contact:	Ashley Griffin Gilchrist, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, agilchrist@bowiestate.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/TalentDevelopmentSIG
X:	https://twitter.com/AERATalentDev

 

Teacher as Researcher (SIG #126)
Purpose:	To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners.
Contact:	Kevin Cataldo, Newark Board of Education/Montclair State University, Newark, NJ, cataldok1@montclair.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher as Researcher

 

Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG #127)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture.
Contact:	Dana Morrison, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, dmorrison@wcupa.edu; Brianne Kramer, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, briannekramer@suu.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/teacherwork/

 

Teaching and Learning Research Methods (SIG #81)
Purpose:	To promote dialogue and research on the teaching and proper usage of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods.
Contact:	Vicki Plano Clark, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, planocvi@ucmail.uc.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teaching and Learning Research Methods

 

Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG #128)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use.
Contact:	Susanne Narciss, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, susanne.narciss@tu-dresden.de
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teaching Educational Psychology
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/463597090640623
X:	https://twitter.com/AERA_TEPsig
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/aeratepsig.bsky.social

 

Teaching History (SIG #130)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history.
Contact:	Erin Bronstein, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, erinab@umich.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teaching History
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/1683986055230049

 

Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG #151)
Purpose:	TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs.
Contact:	Matthew Wilson, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, mwils268@kennesaw.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/tactl
X:	https://twitter.com/TACTLSIG

 

Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (SIG #119)
Purpose:	TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions.
Contact:	Ayesha Sadaf, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, asadaf@charlotte.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning
X:	https://twitter.com/AERATICL
LinkedIn:	https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12970186/

 

Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG #72)
Purpose:	Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis.
Contact:	Hao Song, Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, Tyrone, GA, hsong@asppb.org
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Test Validity Research and Evaluation

 

Urban Learning, Teaching and Research (SIG #147)
Purpose:	To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching.
Contact:	Katrina Liu, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Henderson, NV, katrina.liu@unlv.edu
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G2rOBf8REWnEwv7Qxfifdqjlz2HMkEKVMsTwvGT0mZ0/edit

 

Vocabulary (SIG #133)
Purpose:	To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary.
Contact:	Emily Phillips Galloway, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, emily.phillips.galloway@vanderbilt.edu
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Vocabulary
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/AERAvocabularySIG/
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/aeravocabsig.bsky.social

 

Writing and Literacies (SIG #137)
Purpose:	To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Contact:	Grace Player, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, grace.player@uconn.edu
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Writing and Literacies
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/68918490972
X:	https://twitter.com/writinglit
Instagram:	https://www.instagram.com/aera.wl.sig/
SoundCloud:	https://soundcloud.com/writing-and-literacies
BlueSky:	https://bsky.app/profile/writinglit.bsky.social