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AERA Annual Meeting

2026 Meeting Details

Theme: "Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research"

Date: Wednesday, April 8 – Sunday, April 12, 2026

Location: Los Angeles, California
2026 Schedule of Presentations - COMING SOON!

2026 AERA Award Recipients

Idalia Nuñez
Early Career Award, Bilingual Education Research SIG

Monica González Ybarra
Early Career Award, Latina/o/x Research Issues SIG

Paul Bruno
Outstanding Reviewer Award, AERA Open and Educational Researcher

Justin Kern
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics

Devon Hedrick-Shaw
Outstanding Dissertation Award (Third Place), Bilingual Education Research SIG

Leslie Ellis
Foster-Polite Scholarship, Division A

Chezare Warren
Alumnus '05, Elementary Education, associate professor at Vanderbilt University
Scholars of Color Mid-Career Contribution Award.

Taiylor Rayford
Alumna EPSY Ph.D. ’25 and current EPSY research assistant
2026 Division E Outstanding Dissertation Awardee in Human Development

Destiny Williams-Dobosz
Alumna EPSY Ph.D. ’25 and current postdoctoral researcher at Boston College
2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender SIG

Jiadi Zhang
Alumna C&I Ph.D. '25 and assistant professor at the College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
2026 Outstanding Dissertation Award, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Education and Research SIG

Aigul Rakisheva
Travel Award, Environmental Education SIG

 

AERA Newly Elected Positions

Rochelle Gutiérrez
AERA Council Member-At-Large, 2026-2029

Yoon Pak
AERA Division F (Historical Inquiry in Education) Vice President, 2026-2029

 

AERA Fellows

James D. Anderson

Richard C. Anderson

Debra D. Bragg

Hua-Hua Chang

Anne Haas Dyson

Jennifer C. Greene

Rochelle Gutiérrez

Lilian G. Katz

Thomas A. Schwandt

William T. Trent

AERA Division Officers & Committee Members

Jon Hale

  • AERA Council Member, 2023-2026
  • Vice President, AERA Division F (Historical Inquiry in Education)

Paul Bruno

  • Editorial Board Member, AERA Open Journal
  • Editorial Board Member, American Educational Research Journal
  • Editorial Board Member, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis Journal

Jessica Gladstone

  • Program Co-Chair, Division C, Section 2a

Gloriana González

  • Chair, Lesson Study Special Interest Group
  • Editorial Board Member, Review of Educational Research Journal

Hanna Kim

  • Communications Team Newsletter Editor & Graduate Student Representative, International Studies SIG

Jennifer Nelson

  • Co-Chair, Awards Committee, Organizational Theory SIG

 

NCME Division Officers & Committee Members

Justin Kern 

  • Co-chair, Educators of Measurement SIG
Hotel Indigo Los Angeles Downtown

Join us at our AERA Reception!

Saturday, April 11, 2026
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Hotel Indigo Downtown LA
Olympic Terrace, 4th Floor
899 Francisco St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

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