COEHD researchers to present at AERA annual meeting
The 2022 American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting is taking place this week in San Diego and virtually. It鈥檚 the world鈥檚 largest annual gathering of education scholars and practitioners. There are more than 20 events scheduled that feature contributions from University of Maine faculty members and graduate students.
Here鈥檚 a look at some of the presentations, panels, and other events featuring 91福利 researchers:
Thursday April 21
- Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan, assistant professor of communication and journalism Liliana Herakova, assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola and assistant professor of psychology Mollie Ruben will participate in a paper session on 鈥淔aculty Development and Learning.鈥 They will be sharing their research, 鈥淓xpansion and Contraction: Structuring Conversational Sense-Making Around Equity in Higher Education Teaching.鈥
- Associate professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle will take part in a roundtable discussion on the 鈥淣ational Rural Education Association Research Agenda, 2022-2027,鈥 as part of a workshop sponsored by the Rural Education Special Interest Group.
- Buchanan and literacy education Ph.D. student Danielle Gabrielli are co-authors with colleagues from Mercer University and SUNY Cortland of 鈥淟essons Learned from Social Justice Assignments in Elementary Teacher Preparation: Where Do We Go Now?鈥 being presented at a virtual paper session on 鈥淭eacher Education for Cultural Diversity and Social Justice: Insights from Multiple Methods.鈥
Friday April 22
- College of Education and Human Development Dean Penny Bishop and Emily Jane Nelson from the Eastern Institute of Technology Hawke鈥檚 Bay, New Zealand, will present their research, 鈥淚ntersections Between Young Adolescent Well-Being and Schooling鈥 as part of a symposium on 鈥淏uilding Shared Knowledge: Research on the Health and Well-Being of Middle-Grades Youth.鈥
- Associate professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Asli Sezen-Barrie, 91福利 Career Center counselor and higher education Ph.D. student Lisa Carter, associate professor of watershed modeling Sean Smith, associate professor of nursing Deborah Saber, and professor of marine sciences Mark Wells will present their research, 鈥淚mpact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Faculty and Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Activity,鈥 as part of a virtual paper session on 鈥淩esearch on Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development.鈥
Saturday April 23
- Associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette is co-author with colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Texas-Tyler of 鈥淎 Call to Action: (Re)Imagining the Field of Educational Supervision,鈥 being presented at a paper session on 鈥淩econceptualizing Equity, Voice, and Input in Complex Supervision Contexts.鈥
- Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Tammy Mills and Buchanan will present their research, 鈥淭eacher Leadership Development: The Value of Boundary-Crossing Spaces,鈥 at a roundtable session on 鈥淭he Context of Teachers鈥 Work.鈥
- Biddle, lecturer in educational leadership Maria Frankland, and graduate students in educational leadership Ryan Crane and Katharine Truesdale will present their research, 鈥淐ontextually Responsive Leadership in Crisis During COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Study of Superintendent Decision Making in Two States,鈥 at a roundtable session on 鈥淯sing Culturally Responsive School Leadership to Center Stakeholders and Empower Student Voice.鈥
- Mette will chair a business meeting of the Supervision and Instructional Leadership Special Interest Group.
- Mills will participate in a business meeting of the Fabulous Famous Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices Special Interest Group.
Sunday April 24
- Professor of higher education Elizabeth Allan and graduate student in higher education Jessica Chubbuck are co-authors with colleagues from Manhattanville College and Husson University of 鈥淲alking a Tightrope: Discursive Construction of Leadership During Turbulent Times,鈥 being presented at a paper session on 鈥淓quitable Education Systems and Organizational Leadership.鈥
- Biddle and Dana L. Mitra of Pennsylvania State University will present their project, 鈥淐ommunity Activism and Advocacy,鈥 at a symposium on 鈥淢aximizing the Policy Relevance of Research for School Improvement.鈥
- Assistant Extension professor Andrew Hudacs will chair a NAEP Studies Special Interest Group business meeting.
Monday April 25
- Doctoral student in higher education Sarah Dyer will present her research, 鈥淐onnecting the Dots: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Discourses from Political, Student Organizations鈥 Tweets,鈥 part of a roundtable session on 鈥淓xamining Discourses and Responses to Critical Issues.鈥
- Biddle will be a panelist at an invited speaker session on 鈥淜-12 Education Decision Making in the Context of COVID-19,鈥 one of the AERA Presidential Sessions.
- Executive vice president for academic affairs and provost John Volin is co-author with colleagues from the University of Connecticut of 鈥淟earning Environmental Sustainability in Community Spaces Through E-Corps: The Establishment of an Epistemic Community,鈥 being presented at a poster session on 鈥淏roadening Knowledge and Ways of Knowing Through Community Engagement.鈥
- Volin is also co-author with colleagues from the University of Connecticut of a paper, 鈥淪trengthening Community-Based Learning in Higher Education: Developing High-Leverage Practices in Environmental Service-Learning Courses,鈥 being presented at a virtual roundtable session on 鈥淟ocally and Culturally Relevant Resources for Promoting Environmental Education.鈥
- Frankland and Biddle will present their research, 鈥淟eading Through Crisis: District-Level Communication Around Mental Health and Social-Emotional Learning,鈥 as part of a roundtable session on 鈥淟eading for Student Health and Well-Being.鈥
- Hudacs will present his research, 鈥淪ymbols for Schools: Types of School Nicknames and How They Are Formed,鈥 at a virtual paper session on 鈥淪chool Community, Climate, and Culture: Pathways to Belonging.鈥
- Assistant professor of higher education Kathleen Gillon and Ashley Stone of Southern Methodist University will present their research, 鈥淔ully Engaged: Examples of Strong Relationships Between Place and Research,鈥 part of a roundtable session on 鈥淩eflecting on Methodologies, Ontologies, and Perspectives Toward Equity.鈥
Tuesday April 26
- Buchanan is co-author with colleagues from the Brookings Institution and University of California Santa Cruz of 鈥淎 Global Review of Current Trends in Teacher Identity Research and Practice,鈥 being presented at a virtual symposium on 鈥淭eacher Identity and the Contemporary Development of Teachers in Educational Systems Globally.鈥
- Allan will chair a paper session on 鈥淐ollege Student Success.鈥