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Presidential Address—Rich Milner
4:40 – 6:10 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Ballroom (CD North/South, E & F)

Rich Milner’s (Vanderbilt University) enlightening and engaging Presidential Address, titled “Consequential Research in Education,” will speak to the 2023 Annual Meeting theme, "Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth." Milner will also present three Presidential Citations. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

2021 Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education Award Lecture—Carol D. Lee
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Ballroom B

Current syntheses across disciplines examine the complexity of how humans learn and develop across the life span, making clear the centrality of participation in cultural practices and the essentiality of diversity in pathways of development. Carol D. Lee’s (Northwestern University) lecture, “How the Science(s) of Human Learning and Diversity (SoLD) Can Inform Foundational Truths About the Centrality and Complexity of Diversity: Wrestling With Interrogations of Race and Resiliency — From a Grandma's Lens” will illustrate through everyday practices these complex relationships. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

2022 E. F. Lindquist Award Lecture—Daniel M. Koretz
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall I

Daniel M. Koretz’s (Harvard University) lecture, “A Legacy of E. F. Lindquist: Improving Balance in Educational Measurement,” will describe several well-documented, serious problems in current practice that have not been sufficiently addressed in the measurement field. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

2022 Early Career Award Lecture—Nelson Flores
1:30 – 2:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall J

Nelson Flores’ (University of Pennsylvania) lecture, “What Can Bilingual Education Teach Us About Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era?,” will trace the roots of contemporary approaches to bilingual education within anti-Black, white settler colonial and imperialist logics that provided the foundation of the Bilingual Education Act passed in 1968. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

2022 Social Justice in Education Award Lecture—Tyrone C. Howard
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, West Tower – Lobby Level – Crystal Ballroom A

Tyrone C. Howard’s (University of California, Los Angeles) lecture, “Seeking Justice in Unjust Schools and Classrooms: Implications for Education Researchers and Practitioners,” will focus on the attacks on democratic and inclusive education, and how the work of educational researchers, practitioners, and policymakers can disrupt and dismantle unjust learning opportunities in schools and colleges.

The Role of Education Research in National STEM Education Priorities: A Conversation With National Science Foundation Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) Assistant Director James L. Moore III
9:50 – 11:20 am
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Hall I

Presenter: James L. Moore (National Science Foundation); Chair: Deborah Loewenberg Ball (University of Michigan)

This open discussion forum provides an opportunity to meet with James L. Moore, III, Assistant Director for the STEM Education Directorate (EDU) at the National Science Foundation. Moore will discuss important opportunities for the education research community and priority areas meriting attention, including the role of education research in strengthening STEM education across the lifespan and developing a diverse and inclusive STEM workforce. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

The COVID Effect: Rethinking Learning, Data Systems, and Truth for Justice
2:50 – 4:20 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Ground Hall J

Chair: Tyrone C. Howard (University of California - Los Angeles); Discussant: Janelle T. Scott (University of California - Berkeley); Participants: Thomas S. Dee (Stanford University), Andrew Ho (Harvard University), Lucrecia Santibanez (University of California - Los Angeles), Joseph P. Bishop (University of California - Los Angeles), Susanna Loeb (Brown University)

Studying the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on students and schools and the opportunities it provides for authentic change is the kind of consequential research that can have real effects on public policy and practice. This research, and the calls it makes for better data and systems to inform educational service delivery, asks uncomfortable questions about what was done, what should have been done, and how we can learn from this experience to construct a more equitable future. Session researchers will push boundaries of ideas, methods and data by providing a rigorous assessment of student academic outcomes, enrollment, school climate and social-emotional outcomes during and after the pandemic. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations
11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Ballroom Level – Grand Ballroom B

Chair: Shirley M. Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science); Commentators: John B. Diamond (Brown University), Stella M. Flores (University of Texas at Austin); Participants: Layne Scherer (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine), Julie Renee Posselt (University of Southern California)

A new report from National Academies’ Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences examines the backdrop of systemic racism in the United States that has harmed and continues to harm people from minoritized groups, which is critical for understanding the unequal representation in STEMM. The report outlines actions that top leaders and gatekeepers in STEMM organizations, such as presidents and chief executive officers, can take to foster a culture and climate of antiracism, diversity, equity, and inclusion that is genuinely accessible and supportive to all. This session will be livestreamed on the Annual Meeting online platform and mobile app.

Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series

New this year, the Graduate Student Research-in-Progress Roundtable Series features 200 graduate students who are actively engaged in research but were not yet ready to advance a paper submission in response to the 2023 Call for Submissions. They are participating in 55 roundtables that will be held April 13-15, from 2:50 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. All three sessions will take place in the Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower - Ballroom Level, Grand Ballroom A.

Youth Teams in Education Research Poster Session
9:50 – 11:20 am
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Exhibit Level – Riverside Exhibit Hall

New this year, the Youth Teams in Education Research initiative is bringing 69 high school students, grouped in 13 teams led by education researchers, to the Annual Meeting. Among the opportunities being provided to them to pursue their research interests is a featured poster session.

Promising Scholarship in Education Research: Dissertation Fellows and Their Research Poster Session
11:40 am – 1:10 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Exhibit Level – Riverside Exhibit Hall

The dissertation fellows poster session highlights research supported by the AERA-NSF Grants Program, the AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship Program in Education Research, and the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship Program.

Empower Chicago’s Communities: The Black and Brown Business Marketplace
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Exhibit Level – Riverside Exhibit Hall

The Black and Brown Business Marketplace opens today!

AERA Hip-Hop 50
Hyatt Regency Chicago, East Tower – Exhibit Level – Riverside Exhibit Hall

When Scholar Talks Wax Poetic: AERA Hip Hop 50 Open Mic with Dr. Crystal Leigh Endsley & Dr. Tony Keith Jr.
11:00 am – 12:00 pm

"Back to School Jam" & Exhibit Opening featuring DJ Faro!
4:00 – 5:00 pm

Join us as we take it back to the beginning with a back-to-school block party to officially open the AERA Hip Hop 50 Exhibit!

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