AERA 2026 Conference Schedule | Events | GSEHD

GW at AERA | Los Angeles, California | April 8-12, 2026

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of scholars in the field of education research. It is a showcase for ground-breaking, innovative studies in a diverse array of areas -- from early education through higher education, from digital learning to second language literacy. It is where we go to encounter ideas and data that will shape tomorrow's education practices and policies, and where we go to connect with leading thinkers from the U.S. and around the world. Learn more about the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting >

GSEHD HOSTed events

Salon 1 - Conversations That Matter - Educators as Upstanders: Building Allyship to Combat Antisemitism in Schools and on Campuses

Friday, April 10 | 12:00pm - 1:30 pm PT (lunch will be served)
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street
San Gabriel C Room, Lobby Level

Featuring:

Vivek Vinkatesh, Dean of the Faculty of Education, McGill University
E.J. Summers, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Texas State University
Chris Boccanfuso, Director of Research Operations, Anti-Defamation League
Dr. Benjamin M. Jacobs (moderator), Research Associate Professor, GW

This Conversations That Matter Lunch‑and‑Learn brings together a diverse panel of non‑Jewish scholars and practitioners reflecting on their allyship. It highlights their efforts to combat antisemitism and amplify Jewish identity in schools and on campuses through research, policy, curriculum, and teaching.

This program is presented by the Mayberg Center for Jewish Education and Leadership at the George Washington University and is co-sponsored by the Naomi Foundation.

Salon 2 - The Science of Learning and the Learning of Science - How to Embed Civics into the STEM Curriculum

Friday, April 10 | 2:00-3:30 pm PT
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street
San Bernardino Room, Lobby Level

Featuring:

Courtney Bell, Professor of Learning Sciences, University of Wisconsin
Julia Carboni, Professor, Washington State University and University of Washington
Susan Yoon, Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania

Join an in-depth discussion on how students learn, how students learn STEM subjects, and how civics and the development of civic dispostions can be woven into STEM learning.

This Salon is part of the Forum on Democracy and Education, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Salon 3 - International Perspectives on Civics and the Development of Civic Dispositions

Saturday, April 11 | 10:00-11:30 am PT
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street
San Bernardino Room, Lobby Level

Featuring:

Assylbek Kozhakhmetov, President, Almaty University
Aigerim Yelibayeva, Director, AlmaU Leadership Institute
Revaz Tabatadze, Associate Professor, Director of MA and PhD Programs at the University of Georgia
Tammy Hoffman, Director of Education Policy Programs, Israel Democracy Institute
Sevinj Mammadova, Assistant Dean for Global Initiatives (moderator)

Learn from multiple perspectives on how civics is taught and learned by students in different international settings.

This Salon is part of the Forum on Democracy and Education, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Salon 4 - Teaching Civics and Controversial Issues in K-12 Schools

Saturday, April 11 | 1:30-3:00 pm PT
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street
San Bernardino Room, Lobby Level

Featuring:

Olivia Gross, Founder and CEO of Studium
Misty Searsy, High School English Teacher, Wall Independent School District, TX

Hear an overview of how classroom instructors teach civics and controversial subjects to engage students with multiple viewpoints.

This Salon is part of the Forum on Democracy and Education, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Salon 5 - Themes Emerging from Reviews of the Literature and the Landscape of Civic Learning in K-12 Education

Sunday, April 12 | 9:30-11:00 am PT
Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street
San Bernardino Room, Lobby Level

Featuring:

Joshua L. Glazer, Professor of Education Policy, GW
Amanda Baker, Research Analyst, GW Forum on Democracy and Education
Paul Goren, Managing Director, GW Forum on Democracy and Education

Explore emerging themes from a comprehensive literature review of civics teaching and learning and a comprehensive landscape analysis on civic learning initiatives in K-12 education.

This Salon is part of the Forum on Democracy and Education, sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

To view the daily schedule of GSEHD faculty, student, and alumni participation and presentations, select the dates listed below.

All times are listed in Pacific Time (PDT)

Session Time + Location	Session Information
9:45-11:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 8	Dr. Deniece Dortch Discussant Paper Session: Transforming Postdoctoral and Early Career Pathways
9:45-11:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 6	Dr. Lionel Howard Symposium: Racialized Emotions, Trauma, and the Ethics of Feeling in Teacher Education Paper: At the Frontlines of Healing: Educator Perspectives on Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma in Schools
9:45-11:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 303B	Dr. Benjamin Jacobs Discussant Symposium: Beyond Binary Thinking: Jews, Antisemitism, and Navigating Difference
9:45-11:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center Talk: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2 Poster: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A	Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate) e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 2 + Poster Session: Instructional Technology SIG Poster Presentations Poster: Developing Prompt Engineering Competence Framework: Comparing China, EU, and U.S. Educators’ Digital Literacy Standards
1:45-3:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1	Dr. Laura Engel, Sümeyye ARPACI (PhD Student, Comparative & International Education) Roundtable Session: Bridging Global and Local Education: Testing, Digital Skills, and Teacher Impact Paper: Global Patterns of Digital Competence: Comparative Insights from ICILS 2023
1:45-3:15 pm InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, 5th Floor, K-Town	Dr. Elisabeth Kutscher Symposium: Incorporating Transformative Frameworks into Mixed Methods Research: Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations Paper: Advancing Equity for Disabled College Students: An Application of Guiding Questions for Transformative Mixed Methods
1:45-3:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction) Chair Roundtable Session: Wellbeing, Equity, and Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Research in the Arts
3:45-5:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 1	Nemain Morgan Curtis (MA '25) Paper Session: Unforgetting Professional Ethics: Educators Resisting Policy Mandates Misaligned with Justice Paper: Between Mandate and Method: Teachers’ Sensemaking with Science of Reading Rollout
3:45-5:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree Hall C	Dr. Natalie Milman Journal Talks Session 1: Meet the Editors Journal: Contemporary Issues in Technology And Teacher Education

Session Time + Location

Session Information

9:45-11:15 am

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 8

Dr. Deniece Dortch

Discussant
Paper Session: Transforming Postdoctoral and Early Career Pathways

9:45-11:15 am

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

Dr. Lionel Howard

Symposium: Racialized Emotions, Trauma, and the Ethics of Feeling in Teacher Education
Paper: At the Frontlines of Healing: Educator Perspectives on Addressing Racial Stress and Trauma in Schools

9:45-11:15 am

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 303B

Dr. Benjamin Jacobs

Discussant
Symposium: Beyond Binary Thinking: Jews, Antisemitism, and Navigating Difference

9:45-11:15 am

Los Angeles Convention Center
Talk: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2
Poster: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate)

e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 2 +
Poster Session: Instructional Technology SIG Poster Presentations
Poster: Developing Prompt Engineering Competence Framework: Comparing China, EU, and U.S. Educators’ Digital Literacy Standards

1:45-3:15 pm

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

Dr. Laura Engel, Sümeyye ARPACI (PhD Student, Comparative & International Education)

Roundtable Session: Bridging Global and Local Education: Testing, Digital Skills, and Teacher Impact
Paper: Global Patterns of Digital Competence: Comparative Insights from ICILS 2023

1:45-3:15 pm

InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, 5th Floor, K-Town

Dr. Elisabeth Kutscher

Symposium: Incorporating Transformative Frameworks into Mixed Methods Research: Challenges, Insights, and Recommendations
Paper: Advancing Equity for Disabled College Students: An Application of Guiding Questions for Transformative Mixed Methods

1:45-3:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction)

Chair
Roundtable Session: Wellbeing, Equity, and Justice: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Teaching and Research in the Arts

3:45-5:15 pm

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

Nemain Morgan Curtis (MA '25)

Paper Session: Unforgetting Professional Ethics: Educators Resisting Policy Mandates Misaligned with Justice
Paper: Between Mandate and Method: Teachers’ Sensemaking with Science of Reading Rollout

3:45-5:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree Hall C

Dr. Natalie Milman

Journal Talks Session 1: Meet the Editors
Journal: Contemporary Issues in Technology And Teacher Education

Session Time + Location	Session Information
7:45-9:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	Dr. Jennifer Clayton, Shaun Shepard (EdD '24), Dr. Abe Tekleselassie, Dr. Rebecca Thessin, Dr. Leslie Trimmer Roundtable Session: Reimagining Preparation Programs for Equity and Social Justice Leaders Paper: Using Role Plays to Develop Administrative Candidates who Lead for Equity
9:45-11:15 am Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, La Brea	Dr. Christine Nganga Symposium: Mapping the Long Haul: Cartographies of Mentoring Journeys Paper: Sisterhood Spirit Mapping Our Health, Wealth, and Inspiration
2:15-3:45 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1	Zhuoyu Yang (Doctoral Student, Curriculum & Instruction) Roundtable Session: Teaching with AI: Identities, Challenges, and Burnout Paper: Exploring EFL After-school Teachers’ Identity Reconstruction and Emotion in the Context of AI: A Self-determination Theory Perspective
4:15-5:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	Dr. Natalie Milman, Dr. Jessa Henderson (PhD '24) Roundtable Session: Leadership Without Walls: Virtual, Vocational, and Cross-Cultural Contexts Paper: A Research Synthesis Examining P-12 Virtual School Leaders
6:15-7:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 8	Dr. Deniece Dortch (Chair), Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate) (Participant) SIG Business Meeting: Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Session Time + Location

Session Information

7:45-9:15 am

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Dr. Jennifer Clayton, Shaun Shepard (EdD '24), Dr. Abe Tekleselassie, Dr. Rebecca Thessin, Dr. Leslie Trimmer

Roundtable Session: Reimagining Preparation Programs for Equity and Social Justice Leaders
Paper: Using Role Plays to Develop Administrative Candidates who Lead for Equity

9:45-11:15 am

Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, La Brea

Dr. Christine Nganga

Symposium: Mapping the Long Haul: Cartographies of Mentoring Journeys
Paper: Sisterhood Spirit Mapping Our Health, Wealth, and Inspiration

2:15-3:45 pm

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

Zhuoyu Yang (Doctoral Student, Curriculum & Instruction)

Roundtable Session: Teaching with AI: Identities, Challenges, and Burnout
Paper: Exploring EFL After-school Teachers’ Identity Reconstruction and Emotion in the Context of AI: A Self-determination Theory Perspective

4:15-5:45 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Dr. Natalie Milman, Dr. Jessa Henderson (PhD '24)

Roundtable Session: Leadership Without Walls: Virtual, Vocational, and Cross-Cultural Contexts
Paper: A Research Synthesis Examining P-12 Virtual School Leaders

6:15-7:15 pm

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 8

Dr. Deniece Dortch (Chair), Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate) (Participant)

SIG Business Meeting: Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Across the Disciplines Special Interest Group Business Meeting

Session Time + Location	Session Information
7:45-9:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum A	Dr. Elisabeth Rice, Xinxia Li, Stacey Martino (Doctoral Candidates, Special Education) Paper Session: Inclusive Education Through Instructional Practices and Peer Relationships Paper: Understanding Peer Relationships for Adolescent Girls with ADHD: Content Analysis on Voices Shared on TikTok
9:45-11:15 am Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Los Cerritos	Dr. Joshua L. Glazer, Dr. Matthew Shirrell Symposium: Learning from “failure”: Exploring challenges in unsuccessful research-practice partnerships Paper: Shifting the Goalposts: Evolving Conceptualizations of Failure and Success in Research Practice Partnerships
9:45-11:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4	William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction) Discussant Roundtable Session: Arts based educational research for unfolding provocation(s)
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1	Krishna Belino Cart (Doctoral Student, Curriculum & Education) Roundtable Session: Reframing Teacher Growth: Simulation, Mentorship, and Online Learning for a New Era Paper: D.E.S.I.G.N. Coaching: A Relational Framework for Reflective, Data-Informed Practice in K-12 Education
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3	Minh Kim (PhD Student, Comparative & International Education) Roundtable Session: Culture and Tradition Across Societies Paper: Culturally Adapting Simonton’s Creativity Framework: Assessing Japanese Creativity through Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism
1:45-3:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	Dr. Tal Vaizman (CASJE Research Fellow) Roundtable Session: Religious Identity, Pedagogy, and Lived Practice Paper: Religious Jewish Mothers as Music Mentors and Ethical Curators in the Streaming Era
3:45-5:15 pm Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Palos Verdes	Dr. Jennifer Clayton, Shaun Shepard (EdD '24), Dr. Abe Tekleselassie, Dr. Rebecca Thessin, Dr. Leslie Trimmer Paper Session: Leadership Preparation, Change, and Organizational Conditions Paper: Facilitating the Growth of Equity-Centered Leaders in a University/District Partnership Program
3:45-5:15 pm Westin Bonaventure, Level 2, Echo Park	Dr. Christine Nganga, Naudia Fairclough (MAEd '17; Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership & Administration) Paper Session: Navigating System Level Politics for Equity and Social Justice Paper: Intentional Leadership Actions: Equity-Focused Transformative Leadership Practices
3:45-5:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 2	Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate) Chair Paper Session: Pathways to Possibility: Equity, Identity, & Career Pathways

Session Time + Location

Session Information

7:45-9:15 am

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum A

Dr. Elisabeth Rice, Xinxia Li, Stacey Martino (Doctoral Candidates, Special Education)

Paper Session: Inclusive Education Through Instructional Practices and Peer Relationships
Paper: Understanding Peer Relationships for Adolescent Girls with ADHD: Content Analysis on Voices Shared on TikTok

9:45-11:15 am

Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Los Cerritos

Dr. Joshua L. Glazer, Dr. Matthew Shirrell

Symposium: Learning from “failure”: Exploring challenges in unsuccessful research-practice partnerships
Paper: Shifting the Goalposts: Evolving Conceptualizations of Failure and Success in Research Practice Partnerships

9:45-11:15 am

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

William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction)

Discussant
Roundtable Session: Arts based educational research for unfolding provocation(s)

11:45 am-1:15 pm

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

Krishna Belino Cart (Doctoral Student, Curriculum & Education)

Roundtable Session: Reframing Teacher Growth: Simulation, Mentorship, and Online Learning for a New Era
Paper: D.E.S.I.G.N. Coaching: A Relational Framework for Reflective, Data-Informed Practice in K-12 Education

11:45 am-1:15 pm

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

Minh Kim (PhD Student, Comparative & International Education)

Roundtable Session: Culture and Tradition Across Societies
Paper: Culturally Adapting Simonton’s Creativity Framework: Assessing Japanese Creativity through Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism

1:45-3:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Dr. Tal Vaizman (CASJE Research Fellow)

Roundtable Session: Religious Identity, Pedagogy, and Lived Practice
Paper: Religious Jewish Mothers as Music Mentors and Ethical Curators in the Streaming Era

3:45-5:15 pm

Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Palos Verdes

Dr. Jennifer Clayton, Shaun Shepard (EdD '24), Dr. Abe Tekleselassie, Dr. Rebecca Thessin, Dr. Leslie Trimmer

Paper Session: Leadership Preparation, Change, and Organizational Conditions
Paper: Facilitating the Growth of Equity-Centered Leaders in a University/District Partnership Program

3:45-5:15 pm

Westin Bonaventure, Level 2, Echo Park

Dr. Christine Nganga, Naudia Fairclough (MAEd '17; Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership & Administration)

Paper Session: Navigating System Level Politics for Equity and Social Justice
Paper: Intentional Leadership Actions: Equity-Focused Transformative Leadership Practices

3:45-5:15 pm

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

Zhongxin Zheng (Doctoral Candidate)

Chair
Paper Session: Pathways to Possibility: Equity, Identity, & Career Pathways

Session Time + Location	Session Information
7:45-9:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4	Ioannis Koutroulis ('19) Roundtable Session: Admissions in Focus: Equity, Predictive Insights, and Holistic Review Paper: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medical School Admissions: Can We Be Fair and Efficient?
7:45-9:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum J	Xinxia Li (Doctoral Candidate, Special Education) Symposium: Unforgetting the Past, Disrupting the Present: Border-Crossing Approaches to Inclusive Education Policy, Research, and Practice Paper: Redrawing Educational Borders: Reimagining Eligibility and Placement of Students with Disabilities in Dual Language Programs
9:45-11:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3	Dr. Christine Nganga, Naudia Fairclough (MAEd '17; Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership & Administration) Roundtable Session: Mentoring Frameworks and Campus Dynamics Paper: A Humanizing Pedagogy of Justice-Oriented Mentorship
9:45-11:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A	Marina Sanchez (PhD Student, Counseling) Poster Session: Counseling Poster Session B Poster: “Listening beyond words”: Unforgetting histories in bilingual counseling
9:45-11:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center Talk: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2 Poster: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A	Chenxi Zhou (PhD Student, Curriculum & Instruction) e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 16 + Poster Session: AI and Technology Integration in K-12 Education Poster: A Systematic Review of AI Integration in STEM Education: Motivation, Engagement, Efficiency, and Adaptivity
9:45-11:15 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction) Roundtable Session: Theoretical Analyses of Learning Environments Paper: Folding Migration: Affect, Subjectivation, and Informal Learning at the Museum of Chinese in America
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum C	Dr. Michael Feuer Speaker Invited Speaker Session: The Art of the Possible: Remembering Lee Shulman
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Ground Floor, Gold 4	Ji Young Kim (MEd '16) Roundtable Session: Evaluating and Validating Measures of Student Learning and Performance Paper: Cross-Cultural Validation of the 2022 PISA Creative Thinking Assessment: Evidence from Five Asian Regions
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum J	Xinxia Li (Doctoral Candidate, Special Education) Chair Paper Session: Reimagining Inclusion and Equity in Early Childhood Education
1:45-3:15 pm Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Santa Barbara C	Taryn Graves (GW CCAS Student) Paper Session: Social Issues and the Learning Sciences Paper: Community sexual health educators’ strategies for cultural disruption in rural, conservative Utah communities
3:45-5:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D	Mengying Cao (PhD Student, Human & Organizational Learning) Roundtable Session: Educational Leadership in Rural and Remote Communities Paper: Understanding the Urban-Rural Education Divide in China: A Knowledge Systems and Leadership Perspective

Session Time + Location

Session Information

7:45-9:15 am

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

Ioannis Koutroulis ('19)

Roundtable Session: Admissions in Focus: Equity, Predictive Insights, and Holistic Review
Paper: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Medical School Admissions: Can We Be Fair and Efficient?

7:45-9:15 am

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum J

Xinxia Li (Doctoral Candidate, Special Education)

Symposium: Unforgetting the Past, Disrupting the Present: Border-Crossing Approaches to Inclusive Education Policy, Research, and Practice
Paper: Redrawing Educational Borders: Reimagining Eligibility and Placement of Students with Disabilities in Dual Language Programs

9:45-11:15 am

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

Dr. Christine Nganga, Naudia Fairclough (MAEd '17; Doctoral Candidate, Educational Leadership & Administration)

Roundtable Session: Mentoring Frameworks and Campus Dynamics
Paper: A Humanizing Pedagogy of Justice-Oriented Mentorship

9:45-11:15 am

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

Marina Sanchez (PhD Student, Counseling)

Poster Session: Counseling Poster Session B
Poster: “Listening beyond words”: Unforgetting histories in bilingual counseling

9:45-11:15 am

Los Angeles Convention Center
Talk: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2
Poster: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A

Chenxi Zhou (PhD Student, Curriculum & Instruction)

e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 16 +
Poster Session: AI and Technology Integration in K-12 Education
Poster: A Systematic Review of AI Integration in STEM Education: Motivation, Engagement, Efficiency, and Adaptivity

9:45-11:15 am

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction)

Roundtable Session: Theoretical Analyses of Learning Environments
Paper: Folding Migration: Affect, Subjectivation, and Informal Learning at the Museum of Chinese in America

11:45 am-1:15 pm

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum C

Dr. Michael Feuer

Speaker
Invited Speaker Session: The Art of the Possible: Remembering Lee Shulman

11:45 am-1:15 pm

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

Ji Young Kim (MEd '16)

Roundtable Session: Evaluating and Validating Measures of Student Learning and Performance
Paper: Cross-Cultural Validation of the 2022 PISA Creative Thinking Assessment: Evidence from Five Asian Regions

11:45 am-1:15 pm

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum J

Xinxia Li (Doctoral Candidate, Special Education)

Chair
Paper Session: Reimagining Inclusion and Equity in Early Childhood Education

1:45-3:15 pm

Westin Bonaventure, Lobby Level, Santa Barbara C

Taryn Graves (GW CCAS Student)

Paper Session: Social Issues and the Learning Sciences
Paper: Community sexual health educators’ strategies for cultural disruption in rural, conservative Utah communities

3:45-5:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level One, Petree D

Mengying Cao (PhD Student, Human & Organizational Learning)

Roundtable Session: Educational Leadership in Rural and Remote Communities
Paper: Understanding the Urban-Rural Education Divide in China: A Knowledge Systems and Leadership Perspective

Session Time + Location	Session Information
7:45-9:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 3rd Floor, Plaza III	Dr. Joshua L. Glazer (Chair, Session Organizer, Presenter), Dr. Matthew Shirrell (Presenter) Symposium: Beyond Lortie: New sociological perspectives on professions and their application to teaching Paper (Glazer): Teaching is Both Public and Professional: How Can it be Both? Paper (Shirrell): The Rise (and Fall?) of Professionalism: Logics of Work in Popular Discourse About Teachers in the United States, 1990-2019
7:45-9:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 3	William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction) Chair + Presenter Roundtable Session: Affect, Embodiment, and Art in Education Paper: Topologies of Subjectivation: Epistemic, Temporal, and Political Foldings of Migrant Becoming
9:45-11:15 am JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum B	Dr. Natalie Milman Discussant Paper Session: Critical and Equity-Focused Perspectives on AI in Education
11:45 am-1:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 308B	Dr. Deniece Dortch Panelist Invited Speaker Session: Women's and Gender Studies Departments and the Work They Do
11:45 am-1:15 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 304B	Ebtissam Oraby (EdD '20) Symposium: Islamic Epistemologies, Decolonial Pedagogy, and Many Ways of Knowing Paper: Pedagogical Possibilities of Muslim Science Epistemologies and Storywork Curriculum
11:45 am-1:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 1	William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction) Chair Paper Session: Varieties of Arts-Integrated Learning Experiences
1:45-3:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Gold Level, Gold 1	Amanda Baker, Paul Goren, Katie Kinnaman (Forum on Democracy & Education) Roundtable Session: Curriculum as Policy, Curriculum as Power: Whose Knowledge Counts? Paper: How Did We Get Here and What's Next? A Landscape Analysis of Civics Education
1:45-3:15 pm JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 4th Floor, Diamond 10	Dr. Joshua L. Glazer (Chair), William Berry (PhD Student, Education Policy) (Presenter, Session Organizer) Symposium: Politics, History, and Systems Improvement in 21st Century School Reforms Paper: Educational System Building in the Shadow of History: Race, Control, Politics, and School Reform

Session Time + Location

Session Information

7:45-9:15 am

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 3rd Floor, Plaza III

Dr. Joshua L. Glazer (Chair, Session Organizer, Presenter), Dr. Matthew Shirrell (Presenter)

Symposium: Beyond Lortie: New sociological perspectives on professions and their application to teaching
Paper (Glazer): Teaching is Both Public and Professional: How Can it be Both?
Paper (Shirrell): The Rise (and Fall?) of Professionalism: Logics of Work in Popular Discourse About Teachers in the United States, 1990-2019

7:45-9:15 am

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

William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction)

Chair + Presenter
Roundtable Session: Affect, Embodiment, and Art in Education
Paper: Topologies of Subjectivation: Epistemic, Temporal, and Political Foldings of Migrant Becoming

9:45-11:15 am

JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, 2nd Floor, Platinum B

Dr. Natalie Milman

Discussant
Paper Session: Critical and Equity-Focused Perspectives on AI in Education

11:45 am-1:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 308B

Dr. Deniece Dortch

Panelist
Invited Speaker Session: Women's and Gender Studies Departments and the Work They Do

11:45 am-1:15 pm

Los Angeles Convention Center, Level Two, Room 304B

Ebtissam Oraby (EdD '20)

Symposium: Islamic Epistemologies, Decolonial Pedagogy, and Many Ways of Knowing
Paper: Pedagogical Possibilities of Muslim Science Epistemologies and Storywork Curriculum

11:45 am-1:15 pm

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

William Zhou (Doctoral Candidate, Curriculum & Instruction)

Chair
Paper Session: Varieties of Arts-Integrated Learning Experiences

1:45-3:15 pm

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

Amanda Baker, Paul Goren, Katie Kinnaman (Forum on Democracy & Education)

Roundtable Session: Curriculum as Policy, Curriculum as Power: Whose Knowledge Counts?
Paper: How Did We Get Here and What's Next? A Landscape Analysis of Civics Education

1:45-3:15 pm

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

Dr. Joshua L. Glazer (Chair), William Berry (PhD Student, Education Policy) (Presenter, Session Organizer)

Symposium: Politics, History, and Systems Improvement in 21st Century School Reforms
Paper: Educational System Building in the Shadow of History: Race, Control, Politics, and School Reform