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The AERA Annual Meeting 2026 brings together leading scholars from around the world to share research, explore new ideas, and shape the future of education. As the flagship conference of the American Educational Research Association, it serves as a global platform for advancing knowledge across disciplines, from learning sciences to policy and practice.

The University of South Florida College of Education continues to show a strong presence at AERA. In recent years, nearly 100 USF

faculty and graduate students have participated as presenters and collaborators, highlighting the college’s growing national impact and research excellence.

At AERA 2026, USF scholars contribute across a wide range of sessions, sharing work that addresses critical issues in education while fostering collaboration and innovation. Their participation reflects a continued commitment to advancing the field and driving meaningful change.

Alumni, students, faculty, and sta of Florida's SUS Education Institutions

to the 2026 AERA SUNSHINE

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The College of Education Marketing and Communications team would love to hear about your experience at AERA 2026. We welcome any photos or video featuring our graduate students and faculty presenters. Contact Alex Ponder: aponder1@usf.edu

WED. APR 8

7:45 to 9:15am PDT

10:45am to 12:15pm EDT

Michelle Angelo-Rocha

Trauma-Informed Education Through Translanguaging Practices: Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy for Indigenous Refugee Students in Brazil

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301A

Stephanie Arthur

GenAI in STEM Teacher Education: Investigating the Tensions and Emerging Possibilities of Adoption and Use

Virtual Posters Exhibit Hall, Virtual Poster Hall

Illene Berson & Michael Berson

Seeing, Thinking, Wondering: Cultivating Data Literacy in Preschool with Primary Sources (Poster 8)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515A

Sanghoon Park

The Relationships Between Community of Inquiry, Academic Procrastination, And Achievement Among Non-Traditional Online Students

Validation of the Korean Motivational Regulation Strategies Scale for Non-Traditional Adult Learners In Online Distance Learning

Virtual World Environments And Intercultural Communication in Language Learning: A Research Synthesis

Virtual Posters Exhibit Hall, Virtual Poster Hall

Ruthmae Sears

GenAI in STEM Teacher Education: Investigating the Tensions and Emerging Possibilities of Adoption and Use

Virtual Posters Exhibit Hall, Virtual Poster Hall

Sandra Vernon-Jackson

GenAI in STEM Teacher Education: Investigating the Tensions and Emerging Possibilities of Adoption and Use

Virtual Posters Exhibit Hall, Virtual Poster Hall

9:45 to 11:15am PDT

12:45 to 2:15pm EDT

Oscar Allaga & Amber Dumford

Has the Needle Moved? CTE and Postsecondary Participation of Women in STEM Fields

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2

Robert Dedrick, Katherine Hull & Alex Panos

Teaching Climate Crisis in the ELA Classroom: A Mixed Method Survey and Interview Study

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

Katharine Hull & Justo Yanez Graduate Students

Teaching Climate Crisis in the ELA Classroom: A Mixed Method Survey and Interview Study

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

Bo Pei

Xiaojiao Sun & Zhaowei

Zhang Graduate Students

AutoLit: Enhancing Human-AI Collaboration in Systematic Literature Reviews Through Interactive LLM Support (Stage 2, 9:59 AM)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2

Lindsay Persohn

Leah Burger Graduate Student

Instructor Decision-Making Around Podcasts as Tools for Research Use in Higher Education

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

Cindy Matti-lynne Townsend Graduate Student

Has the Needle Moved? CTE and Postsecondary Participation of Women in STEM Fields

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 2

Anthony Woode-Eshun Graduate Student

The Unseen Struggles: Exploring Work-Related Stress and Coping Strategies Among Early Childhood Teachers

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

11:45am to 1:15pm PDT 2:45 to 4:15pm EDT

Cheryl Ellerbrock, Sophia Han, Karina Hensberry, Jennifer Jacobs, Sarah van Ingen Lauer, Patriann Smith & Eugenia VomvoridiIvanovic

Motherhood as Pedagogical Praxis in Teacher Education: Teacher Educator Mothers Leveraging Motherhood in Their Teaching

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 306A

Daria Smirnova

Graduate Student

Migration Museums as Sites of Civic Learning: Exploring Global Citizenship Education in Three Countries

“Westin Bonaventure, Floor: TBD, La Cienega Abstract”

1:45 to 3:15pm PDT

4:45 to 6:15pm EDT

Kristin Valle Geren

Graduate Student

Slowing our Laments: Encouraging Teacher Socioecological Literacies amidst Climate Crisis

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 6

Lorien Jordan

Radical Interdisciplinarity: Qualitative Refusal under Algorithmic Entropy

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Alex Panos

Reading and Writing about Climate Change: Developing Teachers’ Literacies in/for a Warming World

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 6

Alex Panos

Slowing our Laments: Encouraging Teacher Socioecological Literacies amidst Climate Crisis

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 6

Blanca Solis

Graduate Student

Chair:Transnational Student Experiences within Higher Education: Developments and Possibilities

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum F

3:45 to 5:15pm PDT

6:45 to 8:15pm EDT

Stephanie Arthur

Empowering STEM Educators for Social Justice: The AAA Model for Teacher Education and Supervision

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

John Ferron

Effect Estimation in Randomized Single-Case Experimental Designs: The Influence of Undetected Extraneous Variables

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Hancock Park West

Wenyu Guo

Centering and Amplifying Asian American Histories and Voices in Dual Language Bilingual Education

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

THRS. APR 9

7:45 to 9:15am PDT

10:45am to 12:15pm EDT

Illene Berson & Michael Berson

Terri L. Hubbard

Graduate Student

Reflections in Motion: Video Dialogue Between Mother and Teacher-Daughter as Resistance to Scripted Mandates

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

James King & Jenifer

Jasinski Schneider

Leah Burger

Graduate Student

Second-Order Discourse

Synthesis: How Learners Comprehend and Reconstruct Information from Digital, Multimodal Texts (Poster 11)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515A

Csaba Osvath

Within and Outside the Frame: The Nuances of Meaning Making in Digital Environments from the Web Browser to the Metaverse (Poster 4)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515A

M. Adelaida Restrepo

Graduate Student

Exploring Preschool Story Time: The Influence of Teacher SelfEfficacy and Developmental Beliefs on Drama-Based Strategies

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3

9:45 to 11:15am PDT

12:45 to 2:15pm EDT

Vonzell Agosto & Deirdre

Cobb-Roberts

Woke-r Jokers in it for the Long Haul: Mapping mentoring networks (CYF model for Jokers PlayfL) through Professional Development

Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, La Brea

Kristin Valle Geren

Graduate Student

This Isn’t Our School: Using Placemaking Literacies to Explore Children’s Experiences After School Closure

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Jennifer Jacobs, Sophia Han & Eugenia VomvoridiIvanovic

Reimagining Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for International Students in Higher Education

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza I

Darlshawn Patterson Graduate Student

Complicating Postcolonial Logics: Towards Transraciolinguistic Justice in Literacy Instruction

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Patriann Smith

Complicating Postcolonial Logics: Towards Transraciolinguistic Justice in Literacy Instruction

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D

4:15 to 5:45pm PDT

7:15 to 8:45pm EDT

Illene Berson & Michael Berson

The TAL Framework: Interpreting Young Children’s Multimodal Digital Reading Practices (Stage 3, 5:23 PM)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 3

Camryn T. Collins Graduate Student

Ethics in the Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence and Qualitative Research

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

Cheryl Ellerbrock

Trends & Gaps in the Middle: A Content Analysis of MLER Research Agenda Literature Reviews

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

2:15 to 3:45pm PDT

5:15 to 6:45pm EDT

Illene Berson & Alex Panos

The Potential of English Language Arts Education for Restor(y)ing Hopeful Socioecological Futures

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza II

Kristin Valle Geren Graduate Student

Making Space & Mourning Place: Children’s Placemaking Literacies During an Elementary School Closure

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

Katherine Hull

Graduate Student

Form Letters, Canvassing, and TikTok: How Teachers Use Literacy to Respond to Policy

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

Lorien Jordan & Jennifer Wolgemuth

Matthew Weirick Johnson Graduate Student

Ethics in the Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence and Qualitative Research

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

FRI. APR 10

7:45 to 9:15am PDT

10:45am to 12:15pm EDT

Paul G. Sauberer

Graduate Student

Participant: Multicultural/ Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice Buisness Meeting

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 1

M. Adelaida Restrepo

Graduate Student

The Effectiveness of Dramabased Read Alouds: How Teacher Instructional Strategies Relate to Student Narrative Recall

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 2

M. Adelaida Restrepo

Graduate Student

Embodied Literacies for Preschoolers with Diverse Abilities: Developing Inclusive, DramaBased Storytimes in a ResearchPractice Partnership

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3

9:45 to 11:15am PDT

12:45 to 2:15pm EDT

Illene Berson & Michael Berson

Fostering Inquiry in Early Childhood: Analyzing Preservice Teachers’ Use of Primary Sources to Foster Wonder

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

Amber Dumford

Ten Years and One Pandemic Later: Reassessing the Relationships between Student Engagement and Online Learning

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

John Ferron & Shannon M. Suldo

Aileen Kangavary Graduate Student

Adolescents’ Reflections on Their Happiness Malleability Beliefs Following a Positive Psychology Intervention (Poster 36)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

John Ferron & Eunsook

Emma Elísa Evudóttir, Courtney Howard-Kirby & Kim Xilong Jing Graduate Students

How Small Is Too Small?

Investigating Small Class Sizes in Growth Mixture Modeling Through Simulation

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Hancock Park West

Jennifer Jacobs Knowledge and Practice in Teacher Educator Preparation: A Systematic Review of Literature

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 1

Sarah Keifer

Adolescents’ Reflections on Their Happiness Malleability Beliefs Following a Positive Psychology Intervention (Poster 36)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Chloe Lancaster

Constructing School Counseling: A Comparative NLP and Discourse Analysis of Three National Frameworks (Stage 2, 10:26 AM)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2

Sarah Putnam Graduate Student

Constructing School Counseling: A Comparative NLP and Discourse Analysis of Three National Frameworks (Poster 39)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Daria Smirnova Graduate Student

Fostering Inquiry in Early Childhood: Analyzing Preservice Teachers’ Use of Primary Sources to Foster Wonder

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

Anthony Woode-Eshun

Graduate Student

Fostering Inquiry in Early Childhood: Analyzing Preservice Teachers’ Use of Primary Sources to Foster Wonder

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

11:45am to 1:15pm PDT

2:45 to 4:15pm EDT

Sarah Barnard Flory

‘It’s Gonna Take Time’: Enacting Culturally Relevant Physical Education in Urban Schools

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

Candace Henry

The Cost of Triumph: Translating Narrative Research in Cabaret for Arts-Based Education Inquiry

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Matthew Weirick Johnson

Graduate Student

Moving Past the Research Paper: Centering Metaliteracy in Effective Research Assignment Design

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

Craigory Nieman

‘It’s Gonna Take Time’: Enacting Culturally Relevant Physical Education in Urban Schools

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

Patriann Smith

Entanglements, Englishes, and Transraciolinguistic Becoming: Navigating Colonialingualism Across Borders

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D

1:45 to 3:15pm PDT

4:45 to 6:15pm EDT

Dulcey Hunter

Graduate Student

Teaching Through Trauma: Supporting Teachers Through Times of Personal Trauma and Loss

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 501A

Lisa Lopez

Examining Home Language

Input and Cross-Language Oral Language Skills in PreK SpanishEnglish DLLs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2

Shaunacy Robert Sutter

Graduate Student

Examining Home Language

Input and Cross-Language Oral Language Skills in PreK SpanishEnglish DLLs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 2

Matthew Valente

Synthesis of Single-Case Design Mediation Effects using Two-Stage Multilevel Modeling

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

Charles Vanover

Friends for Life: The Power of Experience, Story, and Performance

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Adriana S. Vianna

Graduate Student

VR as a Digital Pathway: Empowering Brazilian Mothers through English Language Learning and Career Preparation

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree Hall C

3:45 to 5:15pm PDT 6:45 to 8:15pm EDT

Turan Ahmadova Graduate Student

Towards a Meaningful Practice of Transparency in Arts-Based Educational Research: Structured Poster Session

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515B

Leah Burger Graduate Student

Participant: AERA Graduate Student Council: Closed Meeting

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 518

Kristin Valle Geren Graduate Student

Stories-To-Live-By: Growing Teacher Literacies Amidst Polycrisis

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301B

Elizabeth Hadley

Growing Words: An Integrated Framework for Building Vocabulary Knowledge in the Early Grades

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

Marquis Holley

Soul Sista: Trials And Triumphs Told Through Her Eyes, Words, And Moves… (Poster 4)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515B

Lorien Jordan

Navigating AI in Qualitative Research: Faculty Perspectives in the Postdigital Era

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Emily McConnaughy

Graduate Student

Teachers’ Perspectives on Curriculum Impact: Supporting Student Success Within and Beyond the Juvenile Justice System

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 10

Alex Panos

Stories-To-Live-By: Growing Teacher Literacies Amidst Polycrisis

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301B

Paul G. Sauberer

Graduate Student

Navigating AI in Qualitative Research: Faculty Perspectives in the Postdigital Era

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Daria Smirnova

Graduate Student

Navigating AI in Qualitative Research: Faculty Perspectives in the Postdigital Era

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Patriann Smith

Blackness & Immigration in the Era of ICE

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 308A

Charles Vanover

Tensions and Questions on Engaging Ethnodramatic Performers in a University Setting (Poster 10)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515B

SAT. APR 11

7:45 to 9:15am PDT

10:45am to 12:15pm EDT

Stephanie Arthur & Ruthmae Sears

The Impact of Workshops and Graduate Coursework on Mechatronics on STEM Teachers’ Efficacy and Beliefs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

Sophia Han

Beyond Perpetual Foreigners: Racial Experiences of Korean American Families Across Generations

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D

Cheryl Ellerbrock & Lindsay Persohn

World of Wonder: Young Adolescent Inquiry Through Virtual Reality and Supported Research Opportunities

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

Wenyu Guo

Teaching across Communities: Immigrant Teachers Navigating Identity and Belonging in a Chinese Heritage Language School

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 7

9:45 to 11:15am PDT

12:45 to 2:15pm EDT

Deirdre Cobb-Roberts

Re-Narrating the Experiences of Black Women Leaders in the Academy

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 306A

11:45am to 1:15pm PDT 2:45 to 4:15pm EDT

Susan Bennett

Literature, Identity, and Pedagogical Growth: Exploring Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Through Cross-Cultural Book Clubs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

Jolyn Blank

Bridging the Gaps: A Kindergarten Teacher’s Identity Amid Digital Pressures and Developmental Practice

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2

Vonzell Agosto, Lauren Braunstein & Deirdre CobbRoberts

Improvising and Persisting (IP): A Mentoring Model

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 309

Brianna Connors

“We Were Ready. . . But Not for This”: Novice Teachers Reclaiming Purpose Through Critical Professional Learning (Stage 1, 12:08 PM)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 1

Terri L. Hubbard

Graduate Student

Bridging the Gaps: A Kindergarten Teacher’s Identity Amid Digital Pressures and Developmental Practice

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 2

Paul G. Sauberer

Graduate Student

Dog Whistles and White Tears: Whiteness, Power, and the Public Pedagogy of CRT Book Reviews

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3

1:45 to 3:15pm PDT 4:45 to 6:15pm EDT

Eunsook Kim

Automated Analysis of TeacherChild Language Interactions in Pre-K Classrooms

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

Elizabeth Hadley

Automated Analysis of TeacherChild Language Interactions in Pre-K Classrooms

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

Erica J. Milor

Graduate Student

“You Should Not Judge, You Should Understand”: The Effects and Perceptions of an Empathy Embedded Teacher Inquiry Framework

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2

3:45 to 5:15pm PDT

6:45 to 8:15pm EDT

Michelle Angelo-Rocha & Lauren Braunstein

“Not Just Portuguese”: Translanguaging and Linguistic Justice for Indigenous and Refugee Students in Brazilian Schools

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3

Arianna Banack

A Wide Range: Approaches to Integrating Diverse Literature in Secondary ELA Classrooms

Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Los Cerritos

Candace Henry

Investing in Uncertainty: Student Loans, Value Perception, and Financial Impact for FirstGeneration Students

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum F

Daria Smirnova Graduate Student

Qualitative Research SIG Closed Mentoring Session

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Wilshire Grand Ballroom I

Clarence Walker

“Keep These Histories Alive!”: Harnessing Socially Conscious Art to Reimagine Ethnic Studies

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Georgia I

SUN. APR 12

7:45 to 9:15am PDT

10:45am to 12:15pm EDT

Alexandro Castellanos Graduate Student

The Impact of Workshops and Graduate Coursework on Mechatronics on STEM Teachers’ Efficacy and Beliefs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

Alex Panos

Katherine Hull Graduate Student

Unforgetting ELA’s Role in Climate Education: Florida Teachers

Navigating Restrictive Politics to Imagine Justice-Centered Futures

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 6

Kelley Schuler

Graduate Student

The Impact of Workshops and Graduate Coursework on Mechatronics on STEM Teachers’ Efficacy and Beliefs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

Alfredo Rodriguez Vera Graduate Student

The Impact of Workshops and Graduate Coursework on Mechatronics on STEM Teachers’ Efficacy and Beliefs

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

9:45 to 11:15am PDT

12:45 to 2:15pm EDT

Jolyn Blank & Sophia Han

Daria Smirnova

Graduate Student

Exploring Education Legislation and Policy in Early Childhood

Teacher Education (Poster 34)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Leah Burger & Lucy Monette Graduate Students

World of Wonder: Young Adolescent Inquiry Through Virtual Reality and Supported Research Opportunities

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3

Emma Elísa Evudóttir Graduate Student

Chair: Beyond Traditional SEM: Model Fit, Heterogeneity, and New Paradigms

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, 5th Floor, Echo Park

Courtney Howard-Kirby Graduate Student

Nonnormality and a Small Latent Class in Growth Mixture Modeling

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, 5th Floor, Echo Park

Xilong Jing

Graduate Student

Nonnormality and a Small Latent Class in Growth Mixture Modeling

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, 5th Floor, Echo Park

Matthew Weirick Johnson

Graduate Student

Science Fiction as Methodology: Extrapolation, Speculation, and Fabulation in Qualitative Inquiry

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

Eunsook Kim

Nonnormality and a Small Latent Class in Growth Mixture Modeling

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park

Naila Peken Graduate Student

Policy Evolution and Educational Equity for English Language Learners: A Case Study from Florida Schools

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1

Melissa S. Ramge Graduate Student

From Rigidity to Responsiveness: Post-Pandemic Syllabus Policy Shifts and Student Perceptions of Instruction

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4

11:45am to 1:15pm PDT 2:45 to 4:15pm EDT

David Allsopp & Sarah van

Ingen Lauer

Intersections of Inquiry: Analyzing the Referencing of Special Education Research in Mathematics Education Journals (Poster 53)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Wenyu Guo

Chinese American Children

Interrogating Race Through AsianCrit-Informed Racial Literacy in a Community-Based Book Club

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza I

Jennifer Jacobs

Methods and Protocols for Collaborative Self-Study of Enacted Teacher Educator Practice

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 9

Gen Li Graduate Student

Latent Profile Analysis of Youth Social-Emotional Adjustment, Prosocial Behavior, and Academic Competence

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Tony Xing Tan

Blanca Solis Graduate Student

Fast But Not Ready: Issues and Results from Using ChatGPT to Grade Essays from Chinese ESL Undergraduates (Stage 2, 12:26 PM)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2

1:45 to 3:15pm PDT 4:45 to 6:15pm EDT

Jolyn Blank, Illene Berson, Michael Berson & Lisa Lopez

From Flipping Pages to Scrolling Screens: Exploring Emergent Digital Literacy Behaviors of Young Children

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1

Katherine Hull Graduate Student

Writing to Know: Exploring Methodological Choices in a Narrative Inquiry

JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4

Gabriel Oduro-Boamah, Katherine Nash & Krysta Salvato-Hayes Graduate Student

Intersections of Inquiry: Analyzing the Referencing of Special Education Research in Mathematics Education Journals (Poster 53)

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Professor John Ferron was announced a 2026 Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

He will be honored on Thursday, April 9 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. during the Awards Ceremony Luncheon. $35 for students and $65 for non students.

Attendees can update an existing registration to include the luncheon, but tickets are first-come first-served.

2026 Fellows: bit.ly/AERAHonors26

SIG Executive Committee, where she will begin a three-year term and her co-edited book, Expanding Approaches to Thematic Analysis, has been selected to receive the Division D Significant Contributions to Research Methodology Award from the American Educational Research Association.

Associate Professor Mandie Bevels Dunn

, from the USF College of Education, on receiving an Honorable Mention for the 2026 Early Career Award from AERA Division K! This award recognizes early-career researchers for a significant program of research on important problems of theory and practice focusing on teachers, teaching and teacher education.

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