2021 AERA Conference- Rutgers University

Members of Rutgers University and the Graduate School of Education (GSE) will be participating in the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting this April. This conference allows the research conducted by members of our community to be shared and discussed, contributing to the future of educational research and measurement.

AERA will take place Thursday, April 8 through Monday, April 12 virtually. This year’s theme is Accepting Educational Responsibility.

For more information on AERA’s Annual Meeting, please visit the AERA website

 
Wednesday, April 7th
Division K Graduate Student Pre-Conference Seminar
Author: Nicole Mirra, “Mirra”
Place: Division K, Division K Pre-Conference Mentoring 2
Time: 1:00 to 5:00pm EDT
Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session
 
Thursday, April 8th
Advanced Technologies for Learning Round Table Session
Author: Rachel Fallon Dickler, Mariel O’Brien, Janice Gobert, Joseph Olsen, Amy Elise Adair, and Huma Hussain- Abidi, “Analyzing Student-Teacher Discourse Prompted by a Real-Time Alerting Dashboard for Science Inquiry Practices”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Advanced Technologies for Learning Roundtable Sessions
Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm EDT (12:00 to 1:00pm EDT)
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Developing and Studying Mathematics Understandings
Moraima Castro-Faix, “Shape Composition and a Progression of Spatial Reasoning Sophistication”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Roundtable Sessions
Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Current Topics in Early Childhood Literacy
Author: Catherine Rand, “An Examination of Early Literacy Learning Opportunities in a Creative Dramatics Program”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Early Education and Child Development Roundtable Sessions
Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm EDT (12:00 to 1:00pm EDT),
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Centering the Interests, Agendas, Narratives, Perspectives, and Voices of Disabled Students
Author: Robin Roscigno, “Opportunities, Agency, and Dignity: Reimagining Responsible Education for Autistic Students”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Disability Studies in Education Roundtable Sessions
Time: 12:00 to 1:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Environment, Achievement, and Self-Regulated Learning: A Discussion
Author: Angela M. Lui and Timothy J. Cleary, “Self-Regulated Learning and Academic Achievement in Online Learning for Adult Learners”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Roundtable Sessions
Time: 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Exploring In-Service Teachers’ Professional Learning
Authors: Sharon Ryan and Zijia Li, “Time Use of Coaches in a City Wide Pre-Kindergarten Program”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Early Education and Child Development Roundtable Sessions
Time: 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
AERA Faculty of Color Handbook Session 1
Author: Lynette K. Mawhinney, What’s under the Hood? Networks, hierarchy, and rhythms that support preservice teachers of color at Minority Serving Institutions”
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Sessions 3
Time: 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Roundtable
 
AERA Educational Policy Handbook Roundtable Session
Author: Drew Gitomer, Teacher Policy, Table 5
Author: Leah Owens & Keith Benson, Teacher Unions & Intermediary Organizations, Table 10
Author: Domingo Morel, Education Policy Research and Social Science Disciplines, Table 2
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Sessions 2
Time: 3:00 to 4:30pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Roundtable
 
Black and Latino Student Athletes
Author: Joanna Williams, “Predictors of Division I Black Women Student Athletes Academic Satisfaction”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research Focus on Education and Sport Roundtable Sessions
Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Exploring the Experiences of Black School Leaders and Their Work
Juail Goode
Place: Division A, Division A – Section 1 Roundtable Sessions 2
Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Leveraging Social Emotional Learning for At-Risk Students
Author: Danielle Hatchimonji “Can School Closeness Buffer against the Impact of Cumulative Risk in Philadelphia High School Students?”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Social and Emotional Learning Roundtable Sessions
Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Friday, April 9th
 
Science Education in Computer-Supported Collaborative Settings
Authors: Ravit Golan Duncan, Clark A. Chinn, and Danielle Murphy, “Scientific Model Evaluation during a Gallery Walk”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Learning Sciences Roundtable Sessions
Time: 9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Writing New Imaginaries through Critical Consciousness, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, and Self-Determination
Author: Sierra Winder, “Troublemaking as Responsible Action: Building a Freedom Dreaming Institute”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Roundtable Sessions
Time: 9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Addressing Essential Needs of College Students
Chair: Dana Michelle Harris
Place: Division J, Division J – Section 2b Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Equity-Oriented Perspectives on Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Author: Brittany Leslie Marshall, “Instructors’ and Students’ Perceptions of Calculus Instruction through the Lens of White, Patriarchal Benevolence”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
Residential, School, and Classroom Racial Stratification and Its Impacts on Educational Outcomes
Discussant: Shari C. Cunningham
Place: Division L, Division L – Section 7 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Hip Hop Theories, Praxis and Pedagogies SIG Business Meeting
Participants: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies Business Meeting
Time: 6:15 to 8:15pm EDT
Session Type: Business Meeting
 
Saturday, April 10th
 
Technology Supports and Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Authors: Janice Gobert, Jeremy Lee, Rachel Fallon Dickler, Amy Elise Adair “Inq-ITS Supports Students Maintaining Their Science Inquiry Competencies during Remote Learning Due to COVID-19“
Place: Division C, Division C – Section 3b: Technology-Based Environments Poster Sessions
Time: 10:40 to 11:40am EDT
Session Type: Poster Session
 
Teachers and Students of Color: Race and Identities in K–12 and Higher Education
Author: Tasha Austin, “‘Bout That Teacher Preparation Life”: Preparing White Preservice Teachers to Teach Students of Color”
Place: Division K, Division K – Section 3 Paper and Symposium Sessions 2
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Culturally Responsive Literacy Education
Authors: Angella O’Donell and Kanika Chopra “Designing for Ethnocultural Empathy: Critical Literacy and Intergroup Contact in English Language Arts”
Place: Division C, Division C – Section 1a: Literacy Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Classroom Management: Remote Learning, Professional Development, Teacher Bias, and Achievement
Author: Catherine Rand “Issues of Classroom Management in an Online Learning Setting”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Classroom Management Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Finding Language for Linguistic Justice in Teacher Education
Author: Elizabeth Kim, “Who Are Bilinguals? Surfacing Preservice Teachers’ Conceptions of Bilingualism”
Place: Division K, Division K – Section 5 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
How to Convey the Methodology of Mixed-Methods Research in Conference Proposals: Advice From Mixed Methods Scholars
Panelist: Stephanie Cronenberg
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Mixed Methods Research Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 12:20 to 1:20pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Motivation and Cognition in Learning and Instruction
Author: Clark A. Chinn, “Learning to Evaluate Sources of Knowledge: A Microgenetic Study”
Place: Division C, Division C – Section 2a: Cognitive and Motivational Processes Poster Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 3:30pm EDT
Session Type: Poster Session
 
Marginalized Graduate Student Experiences and Trajectories
Chair: Dana Michelle Harris
Place: Division J, Division J – Section 2b Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Youth Cultures of Collaboration and Community Empowerment
Author: Jomaira Solas Pujois, “Articulating Black Latinidad: Fosters Black Latinx Identity in Community-Based Educational Spaces”
Place: Division G, Division G – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Critical Digital Pedagogies: Educators, Parents, and Rsearchers Co-Designing Consequential Learning Through Play and Transformative Agency
Discussant: Nicole Mirra
Place: Division G, Division G – Section 5 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Place: Division G, Division G – Section 5 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Session Type: Structured Poster Session
 
Remixing Response-ability: An Interactive Session Exploring Accountability and Praxis in Hip-Hop-Based Education and Research
Discussant: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies, Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
The 24th Conversations With Senior Scholars on Advancing Research and Professional Development Related to Black Education
Author: Wanda Blanchet, Women of Color in Academe: The Difference Makers
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Presidential Sessions, Virtual Room 2
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Roundtable
 
Division C Shark Tank: Graduate Students Pitch Equity and Inclusion–Focused Research Designs (for Money)
Participant: Brittany Leslie Marshall
Place: Division C, Division C Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
The National Education Association: Co-Creating New Models for Learning and Power in America’s Schools
Discussant: Saul A. Rubinstein
Place: 2021 AERA Global, Public Good: Power and Possibilities 3
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Classroom Management SIG Business Meeting and Social
Participant: Carol S. Weinstein
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Classroom Management Business Meeting
Time: 6:15 to 8:15pm EDT
Session Type: Business Meeting
 
 
Sunday, April 11th
 
Social Emotional Learning in Various Contexts
Authors: Maurice J. Elias, Marissa McDonell, Angela Wang, Danielle Hatchimonji, Arielle Linksy, and Samuel Nayman, “Impact of an Urban Schools Social-Emotional Learning–Character Virtues Intervention on Policy-Relevant Indicators of Behavior and Achievement”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Social and Emotional Learning Roundtable Sessions
Time: 9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
The Politics of Gender and Sexuality in Education Policy Making
Chair: Catherine Lugg
Place: Division L, Division L – Section 1 Roundtable Sessions
Time: 9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Session Type: Roundtable Session
 
Condition or Process? Researching Race in Education – An AERA Books Publication
Chair: Wanda J. Blanchett
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Science Policy 2
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Identities in Context: Understanding How Context Influences Adolescents’ and Emerging Adults’ Functioning
Author: Brittany Leslie Marshall, Counter storytelling Queer Women of Color’s Experiences of Undergraduate STEM Education as a White, Cis-Heteropatriarchal Space
Place: Division E, Division E – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
Racial Violence on Campus
Chair: Shari Cunningham
Place: Division J, Division J – Section 6 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Intersectional Responsibilities: The Linguistic Rights of Disabled Students
Author: Robin Roscigno, “Talk(ing) “Right”: Right to Communicate or Right to Services?”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Disability Studies in Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
Research on Self-Regulated Learning Poster Session
Author: Timothy J. Cleary and Angela M. Lui, “Investigating Science Teachers’ Professional Growth in Self-Regulated Learning Through Professional Development: An Extreme Case Analysis”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Poster Sessions
Time: 12:20 to 1:20pm
Session Type: Poster Session
 
Exploring and Disrupting Marginality and Inequity in Mathematics Classrooms
Authors: Dan Battey, Brittany Leslie Marshall, and Aziel Rosado, “Black Mathematics Teachers Cultivating Black Girl Magic: Two Case Studies”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Transgender Studies in Education: Taking Responsibility for Harms in Schools and Charting a New Path Forward
Participant: Melinda Mangin
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Presidential Sessions – Chair Sessions 2
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Reframing the Economics of Education to Center Equity: Exploring Collaborative Approaches to Promote Finance Policies for the Public Good
Participant: Bruce D. Baker
Place: 2021 AERA Global, Public Good: Power and Possibilities 3
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Social Justice and Equity Leadership in Changing Times: New Perspectives on Research, Theory, and Practice
Author: Elizabeth Kim, “Pathways to Culturally Responsive Leadership in Diverse Schools”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Leadership for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Emergent Research Relating to Kindergarten
Author: Zijia Li, “How Early Education Programs Impact Child Development: A Longitudinal Study Based on Shanghai Kindergartens”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Early Education and Child Development Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Identifying, Developing, and Sustaining Learning Environments
Author: Timothy J. Cleary, “ Effects of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) Training on Teachers’ SRL, Self-Efficacy, and Perceived Instructional Effectiveness in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Environments”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Studying and Self-Regulated Learning Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Racism in Math Education: Where Responsibility Is Due
Author: Brittany Leslie Marshall, “They’re Just Students. There’s No Clear Distinction”: Detailing Color Blindness in Instructor Perceptions of Calculus Instruction”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
Research in Mathematics Education SIG Business Meeting
Participant: Dan Battey
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Mathematics Education Business Meeting
Time: 6:15 to 8:15pm EDT
Session Type: Business Meeting
 
Service-Learning and Experiential Education SIG (041) Business Meeting
Officer: Thomas A. Dahan
Time: 6:15 to 8:15pm EDT
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Service-Learning & Experiential Education Business Meeting
Session Type: Business Meeting
 
Monday, April 12th
 
Roundtable: Improving Education in the Professions
Authors: Matthew Wright, Erich Vidal, James Parrot, and Yuane Jia, “Flipped Classroom Improves Student Learning in Health Professions Education: A Comparison Study”
Place: Division I, Division I Roundtable Sessions
Time: 9:30 to 10:30am EDT
Session Type: RoundTable Session
 
Toward More Relevant Testing Standards for Researchers: Standards Roundtables
Authors: Drew Gitomer, Division K
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Science Policy
Time: 9:30 to 11:00am EDT
Session Type: Invited Roundtable
 
Psychometrics and Educational Measurement Poster Session 2
Authors: Drew Gitomer, Kevin Crous, Megen Eisenberg, “Design and Development of a Research Methods Repository”
Place: Division D, Division D – Section 1 Poster Sessions
Time: 11:10am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Poster Session
 
Cinematic Intersections (Get Out): Waking Up & Getting Out: “Dear Academy” A Poetry Open Mic Town Hall
Participant: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Place: 2021 AERA Global, AERA Presidential Sessions – Chair Sessions 2
Time: 11:10am to 12:40pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Lincoln Annex Is Not for Sale: A Political Dispute for Recognition and Educational Futures
Author: Marina Feldman, “ Lincoln Annex Is Not for Sale: A Political Dispute for Recognition and Educational Futures”
Place: Division G, Division G – Section 1 Poster Sessions
Time: 11:10am to 12:10pm EDT
Session Type: Poster Session
 
Tracing Learning Progressions/Trajectories: Novel Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives at the Intersection of Mathematics and Science
Discussant: Ravit Golan Duncan
Place: Division D, Division D – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 11:10am to 12:40pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
Imagined and Realized Places: Spatializing Youth Political and Racial Identity Development
Author: Charity Anderson, “How May I be Affecting This Person’s Personal Social Justice? Conceptions of Social Justice Among Rutgers-Newark Honors Living Learning Community Students”
Place: Division G, Division G – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
Session Type: Symposium
 
College Reading Consortium
Participant: Jennifer Moschella-Schuller
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Research in Reading and Literacy Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
 
Exploring Pedagogy and Teacher Development
Chair: Shari Cunningham
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Caribbean and African Studies in Education Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT (2:50 to 4:20pm EDT),
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Online Teaching and Learning During COVID-19 in K–12 Settings
Author: Catherine Rand, “Elementary School Students Perceptions of Remote Learning during Covid-19”
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Online Teaching and Learning Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
Session Type: Paper Session
 
Platicando en comunidad: Cultivating Virtual Survival Spaces for Latina/o/x Scholars During the Pandemic
Participant: Roberto Carlos Orozco
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Latina/o/x Research Issues Paper and Symposium Sessions
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm EDT
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Latina/o/x Research Issues Paper and Symposium Sessions
Session Type: Workshop
 
Identity Development in Bilingual and Dual-Language Settings
Author: Elizabeth Kim, “Positive Identity Development in Latinx Students in Spanish Dual-Language Programs”
Time: 4:30 to 6:00pm EDT (4:30 to 6:00pm EDT),
Place: SIG Sessions, SIG-Bilingual Education Research Paper and Symposium Sessions
Session Type: Paper Session