Join Rutgers Graduate School of Education at the 2023 AERA Conference in Chicago, Illinois!

10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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 13 through Sunday, April 16 in Chicago, Illinois. This year’s theme is Interrogating Consequential Education Research in Pursuit of Truth.

We are also proud to announce that we will be holding the Rutgers Graduate School of Education 100th Anniversary Reception at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Chicago Ballroom VIII, Level 4 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm on Friday, April 14.

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

Wednesday, April 12  

Event Title: Reckoning, Reconciliation, and Reciprocity in Historical Research
Panelist: Benjamin J. Justice
Session Type: Pre-Conference Mentoring Session
Time: 5:00 to 9:00pm CDT (6:00 to 10:00pm EDT)
Location: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, Floor: 1st Floor, Atlantic A 


Thursday, April 13
 

Event Title: Antiracist, Social Justice, and Inclusive Pedagogies
Presenting Author: Mary E. Curran, Marina Feldman, Christelle J.L. Palpacuer Lee, Xiaowen Qiu, Anel V. Suriel
Session Type: Paper Session
Time:  8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Zurich D 

Event Title: AERA Fairmont Roundtable 1 – 20: Borderlands Biliteracies: Centering Education on the Realities of Transfronterizx Communities
Chair: Sarah Gallo
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Event Title: AERA Fairmont Roundtable 1
Non-Presenting Author: Esther, O. Ohito
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Event Title: “Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You?” Defending Yourself From Haters, Racists, and Trolls
Participant: Nichole M. Garcia
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby – Level 3, Gold Coast 

 Event Title: Fairmont Roundtable 1
Presenting Author: Yuane Jia
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Event Title: Architects of History: Rethinking the Power of Individuals in Education
Presenting Author: Ajua Kouadio
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, Floor: 2nd Floor, Pacific 1 & 2  

Event Title: What Is (In)Effective About the Concept of “Effective” Teaching and (How) Should It Be Replaced? A Discussion
Participant: Drew H. Gitomer
Session Type: Invited Speaker Session
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower- Ballroom Level, Grand Hall L 

Event Title: Decolonial Theories, Pedagogies, Research Practices
Discussant: Karishma Desai
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Mississippi 

Event Title: Issues in Music Education
Presenting Author: Marjoris V. Regus
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Michigan A 

Event Title: Whose Truth? Theoretical Considerations for Disability Studies in Education
Presenting Author: Robin Roscigno
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Chicago Ballroom X 

Event Title: Discourse and Ideology, Past and Present: Toward a Critical Race-Conscious Policy Awakening
Presenting Author: Benjamin J. Justice
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Chicago Ballroom VIII 

Event Title: You’re Invited: Black Women Educators (Re)Membering Ghana and the Complex Realities of Building Community
Discussant: Esther O. Ohito
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 6th Floor, Indiana 

Event Title: Fairmont Roundtable 5 – Reimaging School Safety and Relational Ontologies Across Communities
Presenting Author: Briana Bivens
Session Type: Roundtable
Time: 4:40 to 6:10pm CDT (5:40 to 7:10pm EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Friday, April 14 

Event Title: Fairmont Roundtable 6
Chair: Jessie Hutchison Curtis, Karishma Desai
Presenting Author: Angela L. Malorni
Session Type: Roundtable
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Event Title: Interrogating Mathematics Classroom Teaching Practices for the Pursuit of Racial and Intersectional Justice
Chair and Presenting Author: Brittany L. Marshall
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II 

Event Title: Partnering With Youth in Hip-Hop-Based Education and Research
Session Organizer and Presenting Author: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, Floor: Lobby Level, Avenue West 

Event Title: Mobilization, Organization, and Rebellion in Higher Education
Presenting Author: Molly E O’Connor
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, Floor: 2nd Floor, Aegean 

Event Title: Teaching for Justice in Digital Landscapes
Discussant and Chair: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Montreux 2 

Event Title: Teacher Learning in Changing Contexts
Discussant: Drew H. Gitomer
Session Type: Structured Poster Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Ballroom Level, Regency A 

Event Title: Fairmont Roundtable 9
Presenting Author: Yuane Jia
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: B2 Level, Imperial Ballroom 

Event Title: Full Sheraton Roundtable 9
Chair: Benjamin J. Justice
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V 

Event Title: Division B Business Meeting: Community as Curriculum
Participant: Esther O. Ohito
Session Type: Business Meeting
Time: 6:00 to 7:30pm CDT (7:00 to 8:30pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Ballroom Level, Regency B 

Saturday, April 15 

Event Title: AERA Poster Session 9
Non-Presenting Author: Clark A. Chinn, Ravit Golan Duncan, Danielle Murphy
Session Type: Poster Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower – Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall 

Event Title: Sheraton Roundtables 10
Presenting Author: Nichole M. Garcia
Session Type: Roundtable Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 4, Sheraton Ballroom IV and V 

Event Title: New Insights on Restorative and Trauma-Centered Approaches
Non-Presenting Author: Anne Gregory
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 6th Floor, Indiana 

Event Title: Five Perspectives on Leveraging Systemic Social and Emotional Learning to Create Equity in Schools
Presenting Author: Anne Gregory
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park, Floor: 2nd Level, Embassy Room 

Event Title: Games, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Environments for Cognition and Learning
Presenting Author: David J. Shernoff
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 3rd Floor, McHenry 

Event Title: Vice-Presidential Session. Consequential Futures: The Contested Pursuit of Truth in Freedom Dreaming
Session Organizer: Nicole Mirra
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Zurich C 

Event Title: In Pursuit of Justice: Teachers of Color as Change Agents
Presenting Author: David Antunes, Dan Battey, Nora E. Hyland, Renee Roundy
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Montreux 1  

Event Title: AERA Poster Session 10 – 42
Non-Presenting Author: Timothy J. Cleary
Session Type: Poster Session
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower – Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall 

Event Title: Toward Responsive Media Pedagogies: Youth Sociopolitical Sense-Making and Platform Politics in Digitally Mediated Worlds
Presenting Author: Nicole Mirra
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel, Chicago, Floor: 2nd Floor, Baltic 

Event Title: Centering Belonging in DisCrit: Toward the Dismantling of “Citizenship” and Imagined Boundaries
Chair: Sarah Gallo
Presenting Author: Anel V. Suriel
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Lucerne 2 

Event Title: Against Mundane White Supremacy: Revealing the Affective, Relational, and Spatial Dynamics of Everyday Racism
Presenting Author: Esther O. Ohito
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Lucerne 1 

Event Title: Excellence in Education Research: Early Career Scholars and Their Work
Presenting Author: Lauren Leigh Kelly, Krystal Strong
Session Type: Poster Session
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: East Tower – Exhibit Level, Riverside West Exhibition Hall 

Event Title: Automated Analysis of Students’ Science Explanations: Techniques, Issues, and Challenges
Non-Presenting Author: Amy Elise Adair, Janice Gobert
Session Type: Structured Poster Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT),
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Ballroom Level, Regency A 

Event Title: Resisting Racist-Sexism: Black Girl Literacies and Black Feminist Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Activism
Presenting Author: Lauren Leigh Kelly
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 6th Floor, Indiana 

Event Title: Teaching and Engaging With Students’ Emotions as They Navigate Social Media
Discussant: Nicole Mirra
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Level 2, Superior A 

Sunday, April 16 

Event Title: A.I.-Augmented Assessment Tools to Support Instruction in STEM
Presenting Author: Amy Elise Adair, Janice Gobert, Joe Olsen, Jessica Owens
Session Type: Structured Poster Session
Time: 8:00 to 9:30am CDT (9:00 to 10:30am EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Ballroom Level, Regency A 

Event Title: Using Large-Scale Education Data to Advance Intersectional Policies and Practices for Queer and Trans Students
Presenting Author: Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Lucerne 3 

Event Title: Critical Approaches With/in Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research
Discussant: Nichole M. Garcia
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, Floor: 4th Floor, Armitage – Avenue Ballroom 

Event Title: Black Womanist Epistemology and Experience at the Nexus of Truth-Telling in Consequential Scholarship
Presenting Author: Brittany L. Marshall
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 9:50 to 11:20am CDT (10:50am to 12:20pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, St. Gallen 3  

Event Title: Differential Learning Formats for Self-Regulated Learning
Discussant: Timothy J. Cleary
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 11:40am to 1:10pm CDT (12:40 to 2:10pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Ballroom Level, New Orleans 

Event Title: Truths and Consequences: Guadalupe Valdés’s Contributions to Pursuing Equity for Multilingual Students, Families, and Communities
Presenting Author: Sarah Gallo
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Vevey 3 

Event Title: Exploring Teaching and Learning in the Professions
Presenting Author: Yuane Jia
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: West Tower – Concourse Level, Gold Coast 

Event Title: Equitable Allocation of School Funding
Presenting Author: Ajay Srikanth
Session Type: Paper Session
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Event Centre, 1st Floor, Zurich E 

Event Title: The Mess of Educational Leadership: Embracing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Gender, Sexuality, Race, and Class in Educational Leadership
Presenting Author: Melinda M. Mangin
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 2:50 to 4:20pm CDT (3:50 to 5:20pm EDT)
Location: Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Floor: Lobby – Level 3, Columbus AB 

Event Title: Designing Effective Digital Programs to Help Students Develop and Deploy Self-Regulated Learning Skills
Presenting Author: Timothy J. Cleary
Session Type: Symposium
Time: 4:40 to 6:10pm CDT (5:40 to 7:10pm EDT)
Location: Swissôtel Chicago, Floor: Lucerne Level, Lucerne 3