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AERA Division B: Curriculum Studies

Officers, 2026-27

Vice President

Roland Sintos Coloma, Wayne State University, rscoloma@wayne.edu

Secretary

Min Yu, Wayne State University, minyu@wayne.edu

Program Chairs

Dowan McNair-Lee, University of District of Columbia, dowan.mcnairlee@udc.edu

Saba Khan Vlach, University of Iowa, saba-vlach@uiowa.edu

Equity & Inclusion Officer

Boni Fernandes Wozolek, Pennsylvania State University - Abington, bfw5188@psu.edu

Professional Development Directors

Ann Aviles, University of Delaware, amaviles@udel.edu

Erica Davila, Lewis University, ericardavila@gmail.com

Communications Managers (also Webmasters)

Parvej Ahmed, University of North Dakota, parvej.ahmed@und.edu

Rebecca Brown, Wayne State University, rebeccabrown@wayne.edu

Documentarian / Historian

Sujata Pishatory-Norman, University of Hartford, snorman@hartford.edu

Graduate Student Representatives

Curtis O’Dwyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison, curtis.odwyer@wisc.edu

Obasanjo Fajemirokun, Purdue University, ofajemir@purdue.edu

 

Section Chairs

Section 1: Cultural Inquiry in Curriculum Studies

Raul Garza, University of Texas, Rio Grande, raul.garza11@utrgv.edu

Maia Sheppard, University of Iowa, maia-sheppard@uiowa.edu

Section 2: Exploring Past, Present, and Future Curricular Questions

Alexander Pratt, University of Memphis, ajpratt1@memphis.edu

Elizabeth Isidro, Western Michigan University, elizabeth.isidro@wmich.edu

Section 3: Theories, Methodologies, and Philosophies of Curriculum Studies

Jonathan Tunstall, Bowdoin College, j.tunstall@bowdoin.edu

Jen Bartee, University of District of Columbia, jennifer.bartee@udc.edu

Section 4: Policies and the Politics of Curriculum

Hilary Tackie, SUNY New Paltz, tackieh@newpaltz.edu

Angel Jones, University of Washington, drajones@umd.edu

Section 5: The Places and Praxis of Curriculum

Erin Bailey, Reading is Fundamental, ebailey@rif.org

Edward Curammeng, California State University, Dominguez Hills, ecurammeng@csudh.edu

Section 6: De/Colonization and Transformative Curriculum Studies

Eduardo Muñoz-Muñoz, San Jose State University, eduardo.munoz-munoz@sjsu.edu

Anthonio Castro, University of Missouri, castroaj@missouri.edu

Section 7: Materiality and Subject Matters of Curriculum

Stephanie McCall, Teachers College, Columbia University, sdm36@tc.columbia.edu

Durell Callier, University of Delaware, callier@udel.edu

 

Awards Chairs

Lifetime Achievement Award

Chair: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa (Canada), nngafook@uottawa.ca

Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award

Chair: Robert J. Helfenbein, Mercer University, helfenbein_rj@mercer.edu

Outstanding Book Award

Chair: Kyle Chong, Michigan State University, chongkyl@msu.edu

Outstanding Dissertation Award

Chair: Gabriel Huddleston, Texas Christian University, g.huddleston@tcu.edu