AERA Highlights - September 2021


September 2021


AERA News
Research and Science Policy News​
Education Research Accolades​
AERA Important Nominations

AERA Calls
AERA Editor Calls
Beyond AERA
In Memoriam
AERA in the News


AERA News

Lori Patton Davis to Challenge Narratives Surrounding Brown v. Board of Education in 18th Annual Brown Lecture—Register Now
In her Brown Lecture talk on October 21, Lori Patton Davis, professor of higher education and student affairs at Ohio State University, will challenge prevailing narratives surrounding Brown and introduce perspectives that might help account for our lack of progress—perspectives that typically are overlooked or erased in wider Brown discourses. Read more

Mark Wilson to Deliver AERA Lindquist Lecture on November 15
Mark R. Wilson, a longstanding AERA Fellow and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will give the 2021 AERA E. F. Lindquist Lecture on November 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. ET. Read more

AERA Releases Summary Report of External Review of 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting
Following the AERA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, AERA leadership engaged the Center for Applied Research to conduct an independent performance assessment to evaluate what contributed to the virtual meeting’s underperformance and to determine what could be improved for future meetings. Read more

AERA-ICPSR-NSF PEERS Data Hub Will Hold No-Fee Workshop on the ProQual Institute for Research Methods on October 13
The AERA-ICPSR-NSF PEERS Data Hub will hold a no-fee workshop, “The ProQual Institute for Research Methods,” on October 13, 2021, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Read more

AERA Awards 10 New Education Research Service Projects Grants
AERA has announced the recipients of 10 new Education Research Service Projects awards. Since its inception in 2012, the AERA ERSP initiative has sought to support pro bono service and promote the value of such work widely in the education research profession. Read more


Research and Science Policy News

House Build Back Better Act Includes Funding for R&D Infrastructure
Throughout September, the House has been working to advance the Build Back Better Act, a $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package that includes many of President Biden’s priorities advanced in the proposals for the American Jobs Plan and the American Families Plan earlier this year. Read more

White House Issues R&D Priorities for FY 2023
On August 27, the White House Office of Management and Budget and Office of Science and Technology Policy released a memorandum to federal agencies to provide guidance on multi-agency research and development priorities for the FY 2023 Budget. Read more

Appointments Made to President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
On September 22, President Biden announced 26 appointments to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Read more


Education Research Accolades

Researchers Honored by Yidan and McGraw Prizes
Several prominent education researchers received the highest of honors this month with two prestigious awards: the Yidan Prize and the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. Read more


AERA Important Nominations

AERA Nominating Committee for Graduate Student Council Welcomes Recommendations of Potential Candidates for Five GSC Offices—Extended Deadline: October 12.  Read more

 

 


AERA Calls

AERA-NSF Grants Program, Dissertation and Small Research Grant Proposals—Deadline: October 5; watch the September 14 Informational Webinar

Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program—Deadline December 1; watch the September 23 Informational Webinar

2022 AERA Fellows Nominations—Deadline: December 1

2022 AERA Awards Nominations—Deadline: December 1 (except for nominations for the Outstanding Book Award, which are due November 17)


AERA Editor Calls
 

Review of Educational Research 2022–2024—Deadline: November 8

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 2023–2025—Deadline: Applications be will reviewed as soon as possible on a rolling basis or until the position is filled.


Beyond AERA

Visit the Beyond AERA webpage for professional advancement opportunities from other organizations, including calls for papers and submissions, meetings and conferences, and other activities.


In Memoriam

AERA members who have recently passed away

Roger Weissberg, 69, died on September 5. He was a distinguished professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. Weissberg was an AERA Fellow, founder of the AERA Social and Emotional Learning Special Interest Group, and a member of AERA Division H—Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools. Read more


AERA in the News

Recent media coverage of AERA and AERA-published research

What almost 150 studies say about how to motivate students
Hechinger Report, September 27

Productive failure makes learning 2x faster, study shows
Yahoo!Finance, September 21

Opinion: Schools Should Embrace the Hybrid Work Model
Psychology Today, September 17

‘We Did Not Prepare Them’: More Black Students Are Needed In STEM, Educator Says State and Parents Must Do Better to Improve Readiness
Atlanta Black Star, September 17

Study: Productive Failure a Success in Education
Tech & Learning, September 16

Opinion: SVVSD needs to ensure support for LGBTQ students, families
Times-Call, September 12

More AERA in the News


AERA Highlights is published by the American Educational Research Association monthly to inform members and others interested in education research about the latest news and developments in AERA and in the field.

Editor: Felice J. Levine
Managing Editors: Tony Pals and John Neikirk

Contributors: Audrey Poe, Christy Talbot, and Martha Yager