AERA 2008 ANNUAL MEETING

Sixteen faculty, staff, students and post-doctoral fellows were in New York in March to present at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The delegation was led by department chair and AERA president William F. Tate. Below is a list of select presentations and other activities.

Monday, March 24th

Stacy DeZutter (Chair)
Graduate Student Resource Center After Hours Event - Orientation to the Annual Meeting for Graduate Students
6:15pm - 8:15pm
Sheraton New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Jill McNew (Participant)
Graduate Student Resource Center After Hours Event - Orientation to the Annual Meeting for Graduate Students
6:15pm - 8:15pm
Sheraton New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Tuesday, March 25th

Anne Newman (Participant)
The Equity of Charter Schools: Access, Admissions, and Choice
8:15am - 9:45am
New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Westside Ballroom, Salon 2, 5th Floor

Gail Emily Wolfe (Chair)
Whiteness, Masculinities, and the Social (Prod)(Constr)uction of Identity in Local Contexts
8:15am - 9:45am
New York Marriott Marquis Times Square / Cantor Room, 9th Floor

Stacy DeZutter (Chair)
GSC Fireside Chat--Tips and Tricks for Academic Publishing: A Starter's Guide for Graduate Students and New Faculty
12:25pm - 1:55pm
Sheraton New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Mark Hogrebe (Paper Presentation)
Empowering Communities to Study Geospatial and Social Contexts of Schools, Teachers, and Students
2:15pm - 2:55pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Broadway Ballroom, Broadway North, 6th Floor

Li Zou (Paper Presentation)
Applied Research in the Schools, 3
2:15pm - 2:55pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Broadway Ballroom, Broadway North, 6th Floor

Lydia Kyei-Blankson (Paper Presentation)
Empowering Communities to Study Geospatial and Social Contexts of Schools, Teachers, and Students
2:15pm - 2:55pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Broadway Ballroom, Broadway North, 6th Floor

Carol Camp-Yeakey (Presenter)
Academic and Professional Expectations of Graduate Students: Establishing Foundations for Productive Careers
4:05pm - 6:05pm
Sheraton Metropolitan Ballroom, Metropolitan East, 2nd Floor

Garrett Duncan (Presenter)
Abolishing the Color Line? A Critical Race Ethnography of Black Schooling in White Suburbia
4:05pm - 5:35pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Empire Complex, Chelsea/Gotham Room, 7th Floor

Glynis Sabrina Joseph O'Garro (Presenter)
Education Across Picket Fences, in Black and White: Diverse Suburban Contexts of African American Student Achievement
4:05pm - 5:35pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Empire Complex, Chelsea/Gotham Room, 7th Floor

William Tate (Chair)
Making a Difference in Policy and Practice: Communication, Education Research, and Civic Responsibility
4:05pm - 5:35pm
Sheraton New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Stacy DeZutter (Chair)
Graduate Student Resource Center After Hours Event
6:15pm - 7:45pm
Sheraton New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Presidential Session and Department Reception
6:15 pm-7:45 pm, Business Meeting/Lecture with Derrick Bell
7:45 pm-8:45 pm, Reception
Hilton New York/Trianon Ballroom/Petit Trianon, 3rd Floor

Wednesday, March 26th

Stacy DeZutter (Paper Presentation)
Teaching Beliefs in an Out-of-School Theater Education Program
8:15am - 9:45am
Hilton New York/Sutton Complex, Sutton Center, 2nd Floor

Louis Smith (Paper Presentation)
Conducting and Writing Biographical and Documentary Research
9:05am - 9:45am
Sheraton Metropolitan Ballroom, Metropolitan East, 2nd Floor

Mary Ann Dzuback (Chair)
The Evolution of Teacher Education in the United States, 1837-1927
2:15pm - 3:45pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Marquis Ballroom, Salon C, 9th Floor

William Tate (Presidential Address)
AERA Awards Presentation and Presidential Address
Science and the City: Research and Civic Responsibility
4:05pm - 6:05pm
Hilton New York / Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor

Thursday, March 27th

Mark Hogrebe (Director, Professional Development Course)
PDC15: An Introduction to GIS for Educational Researchers
1:00pm - 5:00pm
Hilton New York / Gibson Suite, 2nd Floor

Stacy DeZutter (Chair)
GSC Fireside Chat--Connecting Research, Activism, and Community Engagement: Advice for Early Career Scholars
2:15pm - 3:45pm
Sheraton Empire Ballroom, Empire East, 2nd Floor

Garrett Duncan (Paper Presentation)
Anatomy of a Bricoleur: The Cultural-Ecological Contexts of Black Student Success at an Affluent, Predominantly White Suburban School
4:05pm - 5:35pm
New York Marriott Marquis Times Sq / Barrymore Room, 9th Floor

Carol Camp-Yeakey (Participant)
Rethinking the Relevance of Educational Research on African American Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Anthropological, Evaluation, Global/International, Historical, and Psychological Contributions of Asa Hilliard
4:05pm - 6:05pm
Sheraton Empire Ballroom, Empire East, 2nd Floor

William Tate (Discussant)
Emerging Scholars and Scholarship in Education Research: AERA, NAEd, and IES Postdoctoral Fellows and Their Work
4:05pm - 6:05pm
Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers / New York Ballroom, New York Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Friday, March 28th

Carol Camp-Yeakey (Chair)
Neighborhoods, Schools and Social (In)equality: Toward Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility
8:15am - 9:45am
Hilton New York / Sutton Complex, Beekman Parlor, 2nd Floor

Garrett Duncan (Participant)
Black Student Schooling Experiences: Success and Survival Under Diverse Conditions
8:15am - 1:30pm
Sheraton Park Suite 4, 5th Floor

Stacy DeZutter (Participant)
Aesthetics and Engagement in Local Contexts of Teaching and Learning
8:15am - 10:15am
Sheraton Empire Ballroom, Empire East, 2nd Floor

David Shepard (Presenter)
Neighborhoods, Schools and Social (In)equality: Toward Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility
8:15am - 9:45am
Hilton New York / Sutton Complex, Beekman Parlor, 2nd Floor