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2010-2011 SIG Directory

This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.

SIGs: | A–G | H–Q | R–Z | All |

A–Z

Academic Audit Research in Teacher Education (SIG  #174)
Purpose: The purpose of the SIG is the accumulation and interpretation of research findings from audits associated with the TEAC, NCATE, or state review processes and used in the evaluation of the competence of the graduates of teacher education programs and the quality of the programs themselves.
Contact: Todd W. Kent, Teacher Preparation Program, 41 William St, Princeton, NJ, 08540-5237; (609) 258-3336, (609) 258-3337 , twkent@princeton.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Action Research (SIG  #2)
Purpose: The Action Research SIG builds community among those who are engaged in action research and those who teach others to do action research. This is accomplished through dialog about professional development strategies, educational practices and theory, and methods of action research.
Contact: Margaret M. Riel, Pepperdine University/SRI, Graduate School of Education and Psychology, 6100 Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA, 90045; (760) 943-1314 , mriel@pepperdine.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=368&id=4718
Adolescence and Youth Development (SIG  #3)
Purpose: To bring together educators, researchers, and youth advocates interested in examining ways to improve upon the experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of adolescence and youth as they develop over time. This SIG includes a cross section of researchers interested in diverse topics associated with adolescence and youth development.
Contact: Mrs. Eileen Diamond, Miami University, Teacher Education, 401 McGuffey Hall, Oxford, OH, 45056; 513 941 4812 , diamonme@muohio.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=318&id=2138
Adult Literacy and Adult Education (SIG  #4)
Purpose: Dedicated to research development, policy, and practice in adult literacy and adult education. This SIG takes an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective on learning and instruction among diverse populations.
Contact: Dr. Esther Prins, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Adult Education Program, 305B Keller Building, University Park, PA, 16802; (814) 865-0597 , esp150@psu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=150&id=686
Adulthood and Aging (SIG  #5)
Purpose: With a focus on adult development and lifelong learning, to foster research and provide a focus for discussion of issues related to adulthood within education.
Contact: Dr. James A. Katt, 4625 Gatlin Oaks Lane, Orlando, FL, 32806; 321-433-7876, (407) 823-3296, (fax) (407) 823-6360 , jkatt@mail.ucf.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Advanced Studies of National Databases (SIG  #6)
Purpose: To advance knowledge of the contexts and practices of education through facilitating awareness and understanding of the rigorous research methods required for valid and reliable analysis of national and state level databases.
Contact: Dr. Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn, University of Central Florida, PO Box 161250, Orlando, FL, 32816-1250; (407) 823-1762, (fax) (407) 823-4880 , dhahs@mail.ucf.edu
Dues: $6 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=152&id=712
Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG  #7)
Purpose: To design new technologies that structure educational environments and transform educational practice, and to help the AERA community understand and influence the use of advanced technologies.
Contact: Eric M. Eslinger, University of Delaware, School of Education, 206E Willard Hall, Wilmington, DE, 19716; (302) 757-0332 , eslinger@udel.edu ; Victor R. Lee, Utah State University, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences, 2830 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 84322; 435-797-7562 , victor.lee@usu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/warner/aera/
Applied Research in Virtual Environments for Learning (SIG  #173)
Purpose: To steward a robust community of educators, scholars, and practitioners dedicated toward research in and on virtual 3D environments. Using a variety of research methods, we support a diverse approach to understanding the optimal use of virtual worlds and environments for educational purposes. We're interested in developing a comprehensive research agenda intended to encompass the breadth and scope of learning potentialities, affordances, challenges, and shortcomings of immersive virtual learning environments.
Contact: Dr. Jonathon J Richter, University of Oregon, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, P.O.Box 8013, Missoula, MT, 59807; 541.285.5979 , jrichter@uoregon.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education (SIG  #53)
Purpose: This international inter-disciplinary SIG offers a space for visual artworks, live performance and theoretical/conceptual praxis, facilitating a platform for artistic researchers and practitioners.
Contact: Andrew D. Gitlin, 3325 Piedmont Rd (unit 2502), Atlanta, GA, 30305; 8015801350 , gitlin@uga.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr)
Arts and Learning (SIG  #8)
Purpose: Recent themes include: arts performance and process in curriculum; arts integration, assessment, and criticism; cultural issues; semiotics creative process; aesthetic education; alternative research methodologies; and constructivism.
Contact: Zach Kelehear, University of South Carolina, Educational Leadership and Policy, 309 Wardlaw, Columbia, SC, 29208; (803) 777-0323 , dzk@sc.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.uacoe.arizona.edu/ALSIG/
Arts-Based Educational Research (SIG  #9)
Purpose: To provide a community for those who view education through artistic lenses, who use a variety of arts-based methodologies, and who communicate understandings through diverse genres.
Contact: Anniina Suominen Guyas, Florida State University, Art Education, 323b Eppes Building, Tallahassee, FL, 32306; 850-6442312, (fax) (330) 672-4729 , asuominenguyas@fsu.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://aber-sig.org
Associates for Research on Private Education (SIG  #10)
Purpose: To facilitate discussion and dissemination of information about developments in research, policy, and practice in private education, including religious, non-religious, and home schooling. ARPE publishes the Private School Monitor and holds occasional conferences that supplement AERA meetings.
Contact: Dr. Gary L. Railsback, Point Loma Nazarene University, Dean, School of Education, 3900 Lomaland Drive, San Diego, CA, 92106; (619) 252-8353, (fax) 503-554-2849 , garyrailsback@pointloma.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=484&id=8184
Bilingual Education Research (SIG  #12)
Purpose: To promote research in bilingual education and to provide a forum for innovative approaches in this field of inquiry. This SIG addresses all ethnoliguistically diverse groups.
Contact: Ester J. Dejong, University of Florida, , edejong@coe.ufl.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=154&id=1285
Biographical and Documentary Research (SIG  #13)
Purpose: To explore methodological issues in biographical and documentary research.
Contact: Pamela J. Konkol, PhD, 3226 Prairie Avenue, Brookfield, IL, 60513; 708-209-3540 , pamela.konkol@cuchicago.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.neiu.edu/~bschultz/biodocsig
Brain, Neurosciences, and Education (SIG  #14)
Purpose: Provides a venue for research in the neurosciences that may inform and inspire educational research, and for rigorous educational research thus informed.
Contact: Jeffrey W. Gilger, , Purdue University, College of Education, 100 N University St, Rm 6134, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2098; 765-494-6542, (fax) 765-494-5832 , jgilger@purdue.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera-brain-education.org/
Business Education & Computer Information Systems Research (SIG  #15)
Purpose: To stimulate interest in current research and research needs in business education and computer information systems, and to disseminate such research information.
Contact: Dr Michelle Salmona, 1205 Abbey Lane, Mount Pleasant, MI, 48858; (989) 317-0621 , m.salmona@pobox.com
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Career and Technical Education (SIG  #134)
Purpose: To discuss topics in vocational/career and technical education, career development, human resource development, career issues in the schools (Grades K-12), postsecondary education, adult and lifelong learning, and workforce education.
Contact: Richard D. Lakes, 115 Vickery Lane, Roswell, GA, 30075 , rlakes@gsu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Career Development (SIG  #16)
Purpose: To encourage and promote research related to the enhancement of career development through the life span, within educational contexts.
Contact: Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Center on Education and Work, 1263N Educational Sciences, 1025 West Johnson Street, Madison, WI, 53706; 414-704-2133 , ssolberg@education.wisc.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Caribbean and African Studies in Education (Formerly "Research Focus on Education in the Caribbean and Africa") (SIG  #86)
Purpose: To encourage, conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on education within and between Caribbean and African countries.
Contact: Dennis Conrad, Ph.D., State University of New York, 204 Satterlee Hall, Potsdam, NY, 13676; 315-267-2916, (fax) 316-267-4895 , conradda@potsdam.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=210&id=899
Catholic Education (SIG  #175)
Purpose: To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Catholic education written from a diverse set of perspectives, including interdisciplinary and international issues.
Contact: Timothy J. Cook, Ph.D., Creighton University, Education, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE, 68178; (402) 280-2561, (fax) (402) 280-1117 , tcook@creighton.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=508&id=9100
Chaos & Complexity Theories (SIG  #17)
Purpose: To apply, advance, and extend chaos and complexity theories to inquiry, research, and theory related to educational contexts.
Contact: Bernard P. Ricca, Saint John Fisher College, Department of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, 3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14618; 585-899-3866 , bricca@sjfc.edu
Dues: $12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~chaplx-p/news.php
Charter School Research and Evaluation (SIG  #142)
Purpose: To promote and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of charter schools written from a diverse set of perspectives.
Contact: Charisse Atibagos Gulosino, 331 Harvard Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139; 646-251-8134 , Charisse.Gulosino@umb.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=156&id=794
Classroom Assessment (SIG  #18)
Purpose: The purposes of the SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it is essential to do so. To achieve these purposes, the SIG includes among its goals the promotion of quality research into classroom assessment practices, using all legitimate research approaches and methods, and the active collaboration with other SIGs and AERA divisions who share an interest in promoting research into classroom assessment.
Contact: Bethany A. Brunsman, 7911 Red Oak Rd, Lincoln, NE, 68516; (402) 436-1820 , bbrunsm@lps.org
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=460&id=7164
Classroom Management (SIG  #19)
Purpose: To promote research on classroom organization and management, alternative discipline models, group and learner social interactions, and approaches to teacher education.
Contact: Sandee G. McClowry, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, New York University, Applied Psychology, 246 Greene Street, New York, NY, 10003; 212 998-5297 , sandee.mcclowry@nyu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aeraclassroommanagement.educ.msstate.edu/
Classroom Observation (SIG  #20)
Purpose: The purpose of the Classroom Observation SIG is to provide members access to current research in observation techniques in educational settings.
Contact: Ms. Kelly Feighan, Research for Better Schools, 112 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102; 215-568-6150 , feighan@rbs.org
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=376&id=4968
Cognition and Assessment (SIG  #167)
Purpose: To promote research on educational assessment merging two traditionally distinct fields - cognition and psychometrics
Contact: Jonathan Templin, University of Georgia, Educational Psychology and Instructional Technology, Research, Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics, Aderhold Hall, Room 329, Athens, GA, 30602; (706) 542-6622 , jtemplin@uga.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Communication of Research (SIG  #21)
Purpose: To facilitate research on the nature of communication of educational research, and to expand the understanding and promote the effective use of information technology and library-based resources in educational research.
Contact: Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, 2814 S. Butte, Tempe, AZ, 85282 , fischman@asu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr)
Website: http://aera-cr.asu.edu/
Computer and Internet Applications in Education (SIG  #22)
Purpose: To promote research and evaluation on the use of computer-based information and communications resources and software for learning, instruction, assessment, and accomplishment by students, teachers, and administrators.
Contact: Charles DeVaughn Miller, University of Minnesota, 65 Long Lake Rd., Mahtomedi, MN, 55115; 612-625-0534 , mill1957@umn.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://ciaesig.ning.com
Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention (SIG  #23)
Purpose: To provide a forum to discuss conflict resolution, peer mediation, and violence prevention, focusing on research, theory, and improvements in implementation in schools.
Contact: David W. Johnson, University of Minnesota, 60 Peik Hall, Minneapolis, MN, 55455; (612) 624-7031, (fax) (952) 831-9332 , johns010@umn.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Confluent Education (SIG  #24)
Purpose: To promote research on the confluence of cognition, affect, and behavior within the diverse contexts of learning, instruction, leadership, and evaluation.
Contact: Dr. Kathleen J. Martin, 1107 Balboa St, Morro Bay, CA, 93442; (805) 756-2827 , kamartin@calpoly.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr)
Confucianism, Taoism, and Education (SIG  #171)
Purpose: The purpose of the SIG is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism and Taoism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice.
Contact: Xin Li, California State University - Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 90840; (562) 985-1131 , xli@csulb.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Constructivist Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG  #25)
Purpose: To facilitate communication and to promote theory, research and improvement in practices of educators at all levels from a constructivist or developmental perspective.
Contact: Jan Renee Dinsmore, 4450 Baker Rd, Ontario, OR, 97914; 541-889-6222, (fax) 541 889-3335 , jdinsmor@eou.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr)
Cooperative Learning:Theory, Research and Practice (SIG  #26)
Purpose: To exchange information about current research, theory, and improvements in implementation of cooperative learning procedures; to provide a structured forum for discussions related to cooperative learning.
Contact: Dr. Cary J. Roseth, Michigan State University, College of Education, 513C Erickson Hall, East Lansing, MI, 48824-1034; (517) 432-0454 , croseth@msu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Critical Educators for Social Justice (SIG  #144)
Purpose: To teach, promote, and implement the principles of critical pedagogy in order to establish and educational movement grounded in the struggle for social and envirnmental justice, human rights, and economic democracy.
Contact: Mr. Gustavo Gonzalez, 150 Landis Ave, Chula Vista, CA, 91910; 858-361-4455 , gonzaleg07@yahoo.com ; Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, 25412 N. 40th Lane, Phoenix, AZ, 85083; (760) 405-3983 , jimenezcastellanos@asu.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aeracesjsig.org/
Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education (SIG  #27)
Purpose: To promote the integrated study of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as lenses for performing critical analyses and evaluations of prevailing theory and practice on education.
Contact: Dr. Theodorea Regina Berry, 3217 Woodworth Place, Hazel Crest, IL, 60429 , crfscholar1913@gmail.com
Dues: $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=160&id=931
Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies (SIG  #28)
Purpose: To support and promote transdisciplinary research of education as experience. The SIG de-stabilizes commonly held boundaries of educational research beyond contemporary curriculum discourses. Members pursue curriculum inquiry using critical perspectives, and performative, auto-ethnographic and conceptual approaches to ask sociocultural, political, and theoretical questions.
Contact: Dr. Robert James Helfenbein, Jr., Indiana University- IUPUI, ES 3126, Indianapolis, IN, 46202; (317) 278-1408 , rhelfenb@iupui.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=420&id=5832
Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (SIG  #29)
Purpose: The purpose of this SIG is to foster research on and critical analyses of issues in early childhood education and childhood studies and to encourage the development of alternative perspectives and curriculum in early childhood education.
Contact: Jennifer Keys Adair, University of Texas at Austin, Curriculum and Instruction, 1 University Station, Mail Stop D5700, Austin, TX, 78712-0379; 480-286-6679 , jenniferadair@mail.utexas.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.qub.ac.uk/edu/cpece/
Cultural Historical Research (SIG  #30)
Purpose: Focuses on human action, agency, and development as mediated by culture, history, and activity in the tradition of Vygotsky, Luria, Leont’ev, Bakhtin, Mead, and others.
Contact: Lois Holzman, 60 Bank Street Apt 3F, New York, NY, 10014; (212) 941-8906, (fax) (718) 797-3966 , lholzman@eastsideinstitute.org
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Democratic Citizenship in Education (SIG  #150)
Purpose: To promote democratic citizenship-development research in K-12 classrooms, and to foster an interdependence among citizenship-democratic researchers.
Contact: Dr. James M. Mitchell, California State University-East Bay, Department of Teacher Education, PMB 161, 1271 Washington Avenue, San Leandro, CA, 94577; (510) 693-3506, (fax) (310) 734-1564 , mitchellcsueb@aol.com
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Design and Technology (SIG  #31)
Purpose: To foster research, teaching, service and innovation in design education and technology education in formal educational settings and in other learning environments.
Contact: Elizabeth Boling, M.F.A., Associate Professor, Indiana University, Instructional Systems Technology, 201 N. Rose Avenue, Education 2276, Bloomington, IN, 47405; 812-856-8467 , eboling@indiana.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=414&id=5688
Disability Studies in Education (SIG  #143)
Purpose: Supports the development of disability studies, a series of interdisciplinary modes of critical advocacy scholarship, among educational researchers.
Contact: Christine Elaine Ashby, Syracuse University, 162 Huntington Hall, Syracsue, NY, 13244; (315) 443-8689, (fax) (315) 443-3289 , ceashby@syr.edu ; Dr. Julia M. White, Assistant Professor, Inclusive Education Program, University of Rochester, Department of Teaching and Curriclum, Dewey Hall 1-160D, Rochester, NY, 14627-0425; 585-732-1659 , jwhite@warner.rochester.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=162&id=1297
Districts in Research and Reform (SIG  #156)
Purpose: To bring together researchers, central office administrators, reform support organization leaders, and others interested in key questions of system-wide improvement and leadership.
Contact: David A. Gamson, 300 Rackley Dept. of Education, Policy Studies, Penn State University, University Park, PA, 16802; (814) 865-2583 , dag17@psu.edu ; Dr. Kyo Yamashiro, 3003 2nd Street, #1, Santa Monica, CA, 90405 , kyoy@yahoo.com
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Doctoral Education across the Disciplines (SIG  #168)
Purpose: To identify and support doctoral education as a distinct area of research in higher education; questions to be addressed include the following: How is "doctoral education" or "research education" conceived? What key changes are occurring in doctoral and research education? What opportunities do these changes present for challenging previous pedagogies and developing new ones?;
Contact: Dr. Catherine M. Millett, Educational Testing Services, Policy Evaluation and Research Center, Rosedale Road, MS 01-R, Princeton, NJ, 08541-0001; (609) 734-5866, (fax) (609) 734-5960 , cmillett@ets.org
Dues: $20 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=462&id=7222
Early Education and Child Development (SIG  #32)
Purpose: To promote research that has implications for theory, policy, practice, and teacher development in the diverse contexts serving children from birth to age eight.
Contact: Nancy E. Barbour, 1217 Shady Lakes Dr, Kent, OH, 44240-1886; (330) 672-0551 , nbarbour@kent.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=476&id=7940
Ecological and Environmental Education (SIG  #33)
Purpose: To advance and critique environmental education research.
Contact: Dr. Carol B. Brandt, Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, School of Education, 313 War Memorial Hall (0313), Blacksburg, VA, 24061; (540) 231-8495 , cbbrandt@vt.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://community.education.monash.edu.au/mec/eeesig/
Education and Philanthropy (SIG  #148)
Purpose: This SIG is open to all interested in research bearing on educational grant-making. Focus areas include the role of philanthropy in knowledge building and dissemination.
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Education and Student Development in Cities (SIG  #34)
Purpose: To bring together practitioners, community members, and researchers interested in innovative research and practice as they pertain to the life circumstances of children and youth in our cities.
Contact: Yuxiang Wang, Purdue University, 986 Marwyck St., West Lafayette, IN, 47906; (765)496-6908, (fax) (765)496-1622 , wang206@purdue.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Education, Health, and Human Services Linkages (SIG  #38)
Purpose: To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about comprehensive school health, school linked services, and initiatives that support children and their families. The SIG focuses on interpersonal collaboration, integration of services, and interdisciplinarity. Interests encompass the array of interrelated policy, practice, and research issues that challenge efforts to forge viable linkages among these three distinct delivery systems.
Contact: Jeffrey A. Anderson, Indiana University, Curriculum and Instruction, 201 N. Rose Ave. W. W. Wright Education Building, School of Education, Bloomington, IN, 47405; 812-856-5155 , jander2@indiana.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=166&id=805
Educational Change (SIG  #155)
Purpose: This SIG adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding many aspects of educational change, including large-scale reform, school-initiated change, school improvement, and classroom-level change.
Contact: Professor Alma Harris, Institute of Education, University of London, London Centre for Leadership and Learning, Bedford Way, London, , Great Britain; 44 2476 523523 , a.harris@ioe.ac.uk
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=502&id=8760
Educational Statisticians (SIG  #37)
Purpose: To increase interaction among educational researchers interested in the theory, applications, and teaching of statistics in the social sciences.
Contact: Laura M. Stapleton, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Psychology, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD, 21250; (410) 455-3704, (fax) (410) 455-1055 , lstaplet@umbc.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://homes.education.ucf.edu:16080/~ssivo/EDSTATS/Ed%20Stat%20Homepage.htm
Faculty Teaching, Evaluation, and Development (SIG  #42)
Purpose: To investigate, promote, and support research and development on college teaching and learning, issues related to faculty evaluation and development, and student ratings of teaching.
Contact: Marilla D. Svinicki, Dept. of Educational Psychology, One University Station, D5800, University of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX, 78712; (512) 471-0784 , msvinicki@mail.utexas.edu
Dues: $12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=168&id=901
Family and Consumer Sciences (Formerly "Home Economics Research") (SIG  #47)
Purpose: To promote and facilitate exchange of ideas, innovative research, and theoretical work among individuals engaged in family and consumer sciences education, research, curriculum development, and administration.
Contact: Dr. Maryanne Doherty-Poirier, University of Alberta, Faculty of Education, # 341 Education South, CA, Edmonton, AB, T6J 7H1, Canada; (780) 436-5639 , mdoherty@ualberta.ca
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Family, School, Community Partnerships (SIG  #43)
Purpose: To engage with and promote rigorous and innovative research exploring the nature and impact of partnerships between families, schools, and diverse communities, and to encourage evidence-based practices and policies that influence children's learning and development.
Contact: Steven B. Sheldon, Johns Hopkins University, 3003 N Charles St, Suite 200, Baltimore, MD, 21218-3188; 410-516-5489, (fax) 410-516-8890 , ssheldon@csos.jhu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $8 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=170&id=1219
Fiscal Issues, Policy, and Education Finance (SIG  #44)
Purpose: To provide a forum for research in educational finance and its impact on policy for all levels and aspects of education.
Contact: Dr. Michelle Anne Turner Mangan, National-Louis University, Educational Foundations & Inquiry, 122 S. Michigan Ave., #3066, Chicago, IL, 60603; 312.261.3924, (fax) (312) 261-3924 , Michelle.Mangan@nl.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Foucault and Contemporary Theory in Education (SIG  #45)
Purpose: Dedicated to the historical/philosophical studies of education that engage the writings of Michel Foucault.
Contact: Garrett Delavan, 974 E 700 S, Salt Lake City, UT, 84102; 801-230-4287 , garrett@garrettdelavan.com ; Sophia Rodriguez, Loyola University Chicago, 1525 WAUKESHA Rd., Caledonia, WI, 53108; 4142324779 , srodriguez4@luc.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=474&id=7880
Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Education Reform (SIG  #172)
Purpose: To advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color. We will work to build a research community that engages with practitioners in organizing groups, educational institutions and policy-making circles. We seek to foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and educational equity, youth development, community/democratic revitalization and social justice.
Contact: Mark R. Warren, 301 Nichols House, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA, 02138 , mark_warren@harvard.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.annenberginstitute.org/AERA/index.html
Hierarchical Linear Modeling (SIG  #140)
Purpose: To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding hierarchical linear modeling.
Contact: Walter L. Leite, University of Florida, Department of Educational Psychology, 1215 Norman Hall, Gainesville, FL, 32611-7047, (fax) 352-392-5929 , walter.leite@coe.ufl.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Hispanic Research Issues (SIG  #46)
Purpose: To provide opportunities for exchanging information among and between researchers and practitioners interested in issues of concern to Hispanics in the United States.
Contact: Rene F. Antrop-Gonzalez, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Enderis Hall, Room 335, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI, 53201; (414) 229-5657 , antrop@uwm.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=172&id=688
Holistic Education (SIG  #135)
Purpose: Developing human potential through integrating intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual competencies in the teaching/learning process.
Contact: Dr. Michelle L. Tichy, Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Northern Iowa, Educational Psychology and Foundations, SEC 607, Cedar Falls, IA, 50613; (920) 403-2949, (fax) (920) 403-4078 , michelle.tichy@uni.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=174&id=403
Inclusion & Accommodation in Educational Assessment (SIG  #96)
Purpose: To promote research and disseminate information on activities and projects promoting the inclusion of all students, including students with disabilities and English language learners in large-scale assessments.
Contact: Lindy L. Crawford, 3820 Somerset Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 80907-4845; (719) 314-7618 , l.crawford@tcu.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (SIG  #48)
Purpose: Formally the American Indian and Alaska Native SIG, we have evolved in name and focus to promote a better understanding of theoretical-, policy-, and practice-related issues that influence the quality of traditional and contemporary education among indigenous peoples.
Contact: Dr. Angela M. Jaime, 1420 Grafton St, Laramie, WY, 82072; (307) 766-3991 , jaimea@uwyo.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=396&id=5480
Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific (SIG  #146)
Purpose: To research indigenous education related to the peoples of the Pacific and Pacific Rim, including indigenous ways of knowing and indigenous practices.
Contact: Kerry Laiana Wong, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, 2734 Kalihi St, Honolulu, HI, 96819; 808-956-6419, 808-944-7704 , kwong@hawaii.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Informal Learning Environments Research (SIG  #49)
Purpose: To further educational research in informal learning environments and to promote a community practice interested in establishing and maintaining a better understanding of teaching and learning.
Contact: Dean J. Grosshandler, 8906 Ewing Ave. Apt. 1, Evanston, IL, 60203; 312-996-9743 , grosshan@uic.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.umsl.edu/~sigiler/
Instructional Technology (SIG  #52)
Purpose: To encourage, promote, and support research on the design and development of instruction and the computer-based, electronic, and non-electronic media technologies that are used for its delivery.
Contact: Dr. Theresa A. Cullen, Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma, Educational Psychology, University of Oklahoma, 820 Van Vleet Oval, Room 303, Norman, OK, 73019-2041; (405) 325-3755 , tacullen@ou.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=176&id=1446
International Studies (SIG  #54)
Purpose: To provide a forum for exchanging information among educators involved in research, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of international studies.
Contact: Kirsi A. Tirri, Laivastokatu 8-10 C32, Fin-00160 Helsinki, , Finland , kirsi.tirri@helsinki.fi
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=178&id=676
Invitational Learning (SIG  #55)
Purpose: To provide a forum for sharing research on strategies for creating, maintaining, and enhancing inviting learning environments for all students, which promote school connectedness and community.
Contact: Mrs. Kay Hensler Phelps, 16592 Rd. 26, Dolores, CO, 81323; 970-882-4006 , khphelps@centurytel.net
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Ivan Illich (SIG  #161)
Purpose: The purpose of the Ivan Illich SIG is the promotion of intellectual consideration of the social critique and analyses of Ivan Illich, named by the Utne Reader "as the most important social critic" of the 20th century.
Contact: Richard V. Kahn, Ph.D., 808 Belmont Road, Grand Forks, ND, 58201; (310) 498-8684 , rvkahn@gmail.com
Dues: $6 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr)
Website: https://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=400&id=5496
John Dewey Society (SIG  #56)
Purpose: To keep alive Dewey's commitment to the use of critical and reflective intelligence in the search for solutions to problems in education and culture.
Contact: Lynda Stone, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB # 3500, Peabody Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3500; (919) 962-1395, (fax) (919) 962-1533 , lstone@email.unc.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/
Language and Social Processes (SIG  #58)
Purpose: To explore directions in and issues of language and discourse practices, literacy, and learning processes and social contexts through studies grounded in sociocultural, constructivist and constructionist perspectives.
Contact: Vivian Vasquez, 3225 Blueford Rd, Kensington, MD, 20895-2903; 301 9422829 , vvasque@american.edu
Dues: $8 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=410&id=1157
Large Scale Assessment (SIG  #141)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion of the status, issues, and concerns related to large-scale assessment, including practices and innovations in state assessment programs.
Contact: Dr. Deanna Lynn Morgan, The College Board, Research and Development, 661 Penn Street, Suite B, Newtown, PA, 18940; (215) 867-4613, (fax) (215) 867-4624 , demorgan@collegeboard.org
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Law and Education (SIG  #59)
Purpose: To focus on legal issues affecting K-12 public and private education, as well as post-secondary education.
Contact: Ms. Regina R. Umpstead, 1090 LaCosta Drive, DeWitt, MI, 48820; 517-669-3573 , umpst1r@cmich.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=180&id=568
Leadership for School Improvement (SIG  #101)
Purpose: To examine how leadership of teachers, principals, and superintendents influences instructional capacity resulting in improved student outcomes and how policy guides this collaborative effort.
Contact: Dr. Bonnie Carol Fusarelli, North Carolina State University, 608 Poe Hall, Campus Box 7801, Raleigh, NC, 27695; (919) 515-6359, (fax) (919) 515-8950 , bonnie_fusarelli@ncsu.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=182&id=1319
Leadership for Social Justice (SIG  #165)
Purpose: To promote social justice teaching, research, service, and policymaking agendas, with the corollary aim of seeking to proactively improve educational leadership as a means of addressing equity concerns for underrepresented populations throughout P-20 education; also to share innovative, promising, and research-based programs, policies, and teaching strategies and proactively advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations in educational leadership.
Contact: Gaetane Jean-Marie, University of Oklahoma, College of Education, Schusterman Center, 4502 E. 41st St, Tulsa, OK, 74135-2512; 918-660-3889, (fax) (305) 348-1515 , gjeanmarie@ou.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=184&id=1329
Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (SIG  #129)
Purpose: The LTEL SIG brings together professors and graduate students of educational leadership and administration, discipline specialists, educational theorists, curriculum developers, instructional technology specialists, learning specialists, educational researchers, classroom experts, practitioners, policymakers, and others concerned with Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership. The LTEL SIG provides a forum for: A managed conversation on issues related to learning and teaching in Educational Leadership and Administration; the integration of theoretical quantitative and qualitative studies of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; discussion of investigations conducted in real educational settings, including investigations involving application of technology to learning and instruction; exploration of innovative methodologies; analysis of the implications of research and practice for learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; and assessment of the relationship of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership to policy development at local, state, and national levels.
Contact: Arnold B. Danzig, 3220 E. Carol Ave., Phoenix,, AZ, 85028; 602 496 0474 , arnold.danzig@asu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=222&id=440
Learning Environments (SIG  #120)
Purpose: To provide a forum for dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research on all aspects of learning environments from classrooms and schools to non-school settings.
Contact: Celia E. Johnson, 14815 Windsong Dr., Brimfield, IL, 61517; (309) 677-3187, (fax) (309) 677-2952 , cej@bradley.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=186&id=1276
Learning Sciences (SIG  #39)
Purpose: Purpose: To bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and empirical approaches to the study of learning as it occurs in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of novel environments with the potential to facilitate learning more effectively.
Contact: Melissa Sommefeld Gresalfi, Learning Sciences, 1900 E. 10th St., Eigenman 532, Bloomington, IN, 47406; (812) 856-2363 , mgresalf@indiana.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/warner/aera/
Literature (SIG  #61)
Purpose: To promote research that explores literary inquiry and interpretive practices, including innovative approaches to literary education in various contexts.
Contact: Thomas P. Crumpler, DEPT of Curr and Inst, Illinois State Univ, Box 5330, Normal, IL, 61790-5330; (309) 438-5433 , tpcrump@ilstu.edu
Dues: $9 (1 yr); students $4 (1 yr)
Lives of Teachers (SIG  #62)
Purpose: To promote the interchange of ideas and scholarly activities focused on inquiry into the lives of teachers. Teachers shall be defined as those working with students in classroom and tutorial settings, from pre-school through university. Research shall be viewed as inclusive of methods appropriate to the question of study and topics such as teacher narrative, biography, research on teacher development, including career trajectories, teacher characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes, and teaching as a profession; accounts of teachers lives in different times and in different countries; and portrayal of teachers in written literature, film and television.
Contact: Xin Li, 25 Candlebush, Irvine, CA, 92603; (562) 985-1131 , xli@csulb.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: https://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=388&id=5350
Longitudinal Studies (SIG  #63)
Purpose: To support and foster the understanding of longitudinal research designs and analyses in education and the use and dissemination of longitudinal data and substantive findings, including data from national (e.g., NCES), state (e.g., state administrative/tracking systems), and local (e.g., district) sources.
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education (SIG  #157)
Purpose: To provide a forum for and advance research that examines educational and social issues from Marxian perspectives.
Contact: Dr. Sheila L. Macrine, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New Jersey City University, The Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College of Education, 2039 Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ, 07305-1597, (fax) (215) 598-1596 , nmacrine@aol.com
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Measurement Services (SIG  #64)
Purpose: To provide an association, and to promote continuing education for individuals with an interest in college-level administration of educational and psychological measurement services.
Contact: James A. Wollack, Testing & Evaluation, 373 Educational Sciences Bldg, 1025 W Johnson St, Madison, WI, 53706; (608) 262-0675 , jwollack@wisc.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=188&id=386
Media, Culture, and Curriculum (SIG  #65)
Purpose: Devoted to critical inquiry and pedagogy on the use of media within cultural settings in schools and other institutions.
Contact: Constance A. Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Curriculum & Instruction, 225 North Mills Street, Madison, WI, 53706; (608) 263-4669 , constances@gmail.com
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=190&id=1209
Mentorship and Mentoring Practices (SIG  #66)
Purpose: To foster mentoring programs and experiences, initiating research on the topic and providing networking and support.
Contact: Dr. Sarah K. McMahan, Texas Woman's University, Assistant Professor of Education, PO BOX 425769, Denton, TX, 76204; (325) 829-6989, (fax) (806) 742-2179 , smcmahan@twu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Middle-Level Education Research (SIG  #88)
Purpose: To improve, promote, and disseminate educational research reflecting early adolescence and middle-level education.
Contact: Penny A. Bishop, University of Vermont, 410 Waterman Building, Burlington, VT, 05405; 802-656-9641 , penny.bishop@uvm.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.rmle.pdx.edu/
Mixed Methods Research (SIG  #158)
Purpose: To support, encourage, and increase dialogue and idea exchange among educational researchers utilizing mixed methods and those interested in integrating qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
Contact: Dr. Nancy L. Leech, 2057 Sitka Court, Loveland, CO, 80538; (303) 315-6327, (303)315-6327 , nancy.leech@ucdenver.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~earleym/MIXEDMETHODS/
Moral Development and Education (SIG  #67)
Purpose: To promote discussion about controversies and areas of agreement within the fields of moral development and education, and to provide informal opportunities for social interaction.
Contact: Darcia F. Narvaez, 52633 Brookdale Drive, South Bend, IN, 46637-3002; (574) 631-7835 , dnarvaez@nd.edu
Dues: $12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=384&id=1886
Motivation in Education (SIG  #68)
Purpose: To advance the understanding of motivational processes in education, particularly by promoting research, exchanging ideas and perspectives, and by developing practices and interventions to improve learner motivation.
Contact: Michael J. Middleton, Morrill Hall, Dept. of Education, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824; (603) 862-7054, (fax) (603) 862-2174 , michael.middleton@unh.edu
Dues: $20 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.motivationsig.net
Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG  #162)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the introduction, promotion, consideration, interaction of theory, research and practices regarding multicultural and multiethnic education, broadly defined, within all educational, cultural, societal and social settings, contexts, levels and locations.
Dues: $8 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Multiple Intelligences: Theory and Practice (SIG  #69)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussing and disseminating research regarding the educational, counseling and scientific implications of the theory of multiple intelligences.
Contact: Dr. Evangeline D. Harris Stefanakis, 20 Grozier Road, Cambridge, MA, 02138; 617-230-4200, (fax) 212-678-3482 , edhs@bu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr)
Multiple Linear Regression: The General Linear Model (SIG  #70)
Purpose: Interested in any methodological, applied, or teaching innovations related to multiple linear regression and/or the general linear model
Contact: Susan M. Tracz, 1732 E. Gatwick Lane, Fresno, CA, 93730; (559) 278-0347, (fax) 559-278-0370 , susant@csufresno.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Music Education (SIG  #71)
Purpose: The purpose of the Music Education SIG is to provide a professional forum for the discussion and dissemination of current research related to music teaching and learning.
Contact: Colleen M. Conway, 9390 Newburg Ct, Tecumseh, MI, 49286-9755; (517) 424-1614, (fax) (517) 763-5097 , conwaycm@umich.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=192&id=1079
NAEP Studies (SIG  #99)
Purpose: To facilitate secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ongoing surveys regarding U.S. students knowledge, attitudes and experiences in diverse learning areas.
Contact: Natalia Pane, AIR, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, Washington, DC, 20007; 202-403-5335 , npane@air.org
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.naep-sig.org/
Narrative Research (Formerly "Narrative and Research") (SIG  #145)
Purpose: The Narrative and Research Special Interest Group is dedicated to supporting conversations about the place of narrative research in educational research including, but not limited to, discussions of research ethics, methods within narrative research and narrative analysis and analysis of narratives.
Contact: Stefinee E. Pinnegar, Brigham Young University, 612 W 1550 N, Orem, UT, 84057; (801) 422-6031, (fax) (801) 422-4071 , stefinee@byu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.narrativesig.cahs.colostate.edu
Online Teaching and Learning (SIG  #35)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussion and reporting on issues and research related to online teaching and learning
Contact: Dave L. Edyburn, 5907 N Kent Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53217-4615; 414-229-4821 , edyburn@uwm.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://educationandwwwsig.org/index.html
Organizational Theory (SIG  #73)
Purpose: To encourage scholarly inquiry and debate relating to traditional and alternative views of educational organizations.
Contact: John M. Weathers, 816 E. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs, CO, 80903; (719) 262-3357 , jweather@uccs.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Out-of-School Time (SIG  #160)
Purpose: To provide a forum for researchers in out-of-school time teaching and learning to share resources and become each others' resources; to provide venues and opportunities to present related research; to bring additional knowledge and resources to AERA.
Contact: Dr. Bettina Dahl Soendergaard, Aarhus University, Faculty of Science, Science Education, CF Moellers Allé 8, 1110, DK, Aarhus, 8000C, Denmark; +45 40810778 , bdahls@ivs.au.dk
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=196&id=1435
Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation (Formerly "Paulo Freire") (SIG  #159)
Purpose: To honor Freire’s legacy by promoting scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Freirean pedagogy. Also, to promote historical scholarship that looks at the life of Paulo Freire and the context of his ideas and practices. Finally, to act as a catalyst for the creation of new forms of critical pedagogies that build upon the foundation that Freire established.
Contact: Michael Sanders, PhD, Assistant Professor, Michael Sanders, 1499 Wisteria Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104; 734-222-9623 , Michael.sanders@email.waldenu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=316&id=2804
Peace Education (SIG  #74)
Purpose: To promote dialogue and disseminate research on peace-related issues including work in the areas of conflict, conflict resolution, human rights, social justice, violence, and prejudice.
Contact: Dr. Elavie Ndura-Ouedraogo, Associate Professor, George Mason University, Initiatives in Educational Transformation, 10900 University Boulevard, MS4E4, Manassas, VA, 20110-2203 , endura@gmu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=198&id=831
Philosophical Studies in Education (SIG  #76)
Purpose: Dedicated to the philosophical study of education and encourages scholarship within all types of philosophical study.
Contact: Doris A. Santoro, Bowdoin College, Education Department, 7400 College Station, Brunswick, ME, 04011; (207) 798-4309 , dsantoro@bowdoin.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=200&id=1168
Politics of Education (SIG  #152)
Purpose: To foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion, and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels.
Contact: Catherine A. Lugg, Associate Professor of Education, Rutgers University, Graduate School of Education, Room 19, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901; (732) 932-7496 x8220 , catherine.lugg@gse.rutgers.edu
Dues: $40 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.fsu.edu/~pea/
Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education (SIG  #77)
Purpose: To discuss research and practice in developing, mentoring, and evaluating portfolios, as well as other forms of reflective pedagogy and assessment.
Contact: Rebecca K. Fox, 5118 Concordia Street, Fairfax, VA, 22032; (703) 993-4123 , rfox@gmu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Postcolonial Studies and Education (SIG  #153)
Purpose: The Postcolonial Studies and Education SIG is an international SIG devoted to the study of education in and as effects of postcolonial, transnational, and globalization contexts.
Contact: Pierre W. Orelus, 733 Horizon View Dr., Las Cruces, NM, 88011; (413) 275-7588 , pw1993@gmail.com
Dues: $7 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=202&id=946
Problem-Based Education (SIG  #78)
Purpose: To provide a professional forum and network for those involved in research, theory, teaching, and development in problem-based learning for kindergarten through professional school learners.
Contact: Jason Ravitz, Director of Research, Buck Institute for Education, 18 Commercial Blvd., Novato, CA, 94949; (415) 883-0122 x310, (fax) 415-883-0260 , jason@bie.org
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=204&id=1316
Professional Development School Research (SIG  #79)
Purpose: To provide a forum for university and school professionals to discuss approaches for forming PDSs, methods for assessing outcomes, and strategies for conducting systematic change research.
Contact: Dr. Diane Yendol-Hoppey, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, FL, 33620; (304) 376-4419 , dyhoppey@usf.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=206&id=604
Professional Licensure and Certification (SIG  #80)
Purpose: To provide a forum for discussing the status, issues, and concerns related to licensure and certification of professionals, including competency testing and related practices.
Contact: Jason Rinaldo, Ph.D., American Board of Family Medicine, 8705 Salisbury Avenue, Lubbock, TX, 79424; (859) 269-5626 x1232 , jasonrinaldo@gmail.com
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=322&id=1836
Professors of Educational Research (SIG  #81)
Purpose: To promote dialogue and research on the teaching and proper usage of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods.
Contact: Carol A. Carman, University of Houston-Clear Lake, School of Education, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX, 77058; (281) 283-3606 , carman@uhcl.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~earleym/PERSIG/index.htm
Qualitative Research (SIG  #82)
Purpose: To provide opportunities for discussion related to the philosophy, purposes, and methodological issues surrounding the use of qualitative research in social and educational contexts.
Contact: Dr. Deborah A. Ceglowski, Ball State University, Department of Elementary Education, Teachers College, Muncie, IN, 47306-0600; 7652853409 , daceglowski@bsu.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=208&id=772
Queer Studies (SIG  #60)
Purpose: To foster empirical, interpretive, and critical educational research relating to lesbian and gay issues, and to network individuals and organizations conducting or supporting such research.
Contact: Connie North, University of Maryland, College Park, Education Leadership, Higher Education, International Education, 2115 Benjamin Building, College Park, MD, 20742 , cnorth@umd.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr)
Website: http://aeraqueerstudiessig.wetpaint.com/
Rasch Measurement (SIG  #83)
Purpose: To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures.
Contact: Michael J. Young, 19500 Bulverde Rd., San Antonio, TX, 78259; (210) 339-5528 , michael.j.young@pearson.com
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.raschsig.org/
Religion and Education (SIG  #84)
Purpose: To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions.
Contact: William H. Jeynes, 15872 Dundalk Ln, Huntington Beach, CA, 92647-3120; (562) 985-5619, (fax) (562) 985-5733 , wjeynes@csulb.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=324&id=2054
Research Focus on Black Education (SIG  #85)
Purpose: To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals).
Contact: Wanda J. Blanchett, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Education, 347 Education Building, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO, 64110-2499; 414-229-4675, 816-235-5663, (fax) 303-556-4479 , blanchettw@umkc.edu
Dues: $20 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=422&id=2142
Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG  #164)
Purpose: To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realties and concerns of education and sport in general.
Contact: Dr. Lydia Foster Bell, 1537 E Fort Lowell, Tucson, AZ, 85719; (520) 621-1517 , lfbell@email.arizona.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr)
Research in Global Child Advocacy (SIG  #92)
Purpose: To promote research into the area of child maltreatment and the promotion of children's rights, including the examination of efforts to protect children and the investigation of individual characteristics, systemic barriers, cultural beliefs, and societal trends that may contribute to abusive practices.
Contact: Michael J. Berson, University of South Florida, College of Education, Department of Secondary Education, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, EDU105, Tampa, FL, 33620-5650; (813) 974-7917, (fax) (813) 974-3837 , berson@usf.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Research in Mathematics Education (SIG  #87)
Purpose: To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field.
Contact: Jinfa Cai, University of Delaware, DEPT of Math Sciences, Ewing Hall, Newark, DE, 19716-2553; (302) 831-1879 , jcai@udel.edu ; Dr. Arthur B. Powell, Rutgers University, Department of Urban Education, 110 Warren Street, Newark, NJ, 07102; 973.353.3530, (fax) 973.353.1622 , PowellAB@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.sigrme.org
Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG  #11)
Purpose: To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives.
Contact: Rosalind Horowitz, University of Texas - San Antonio, College of Education & Human Dev., 501 W Durango Blvd. DB 3.224, San Antonio, TX, 78207; 210-458-2672, (fax) 210-493-8368 , Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu
Dues: $20 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=328&id=2818
Research in Social Studies Education (SIG  #89)
Purpose: To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers.
Contact: Carolyn O'Mahony, Oakland University, Department of Teacher Development & Educational Studies, 485C Pawley Hall, Rochester, MI, 48309; (248) 370-3039 , omahony@oakland.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=498&id=8334
Research on Evaluation (SIG  #90)
Purpose: To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods.
Contact: Pamela Frazier-Anderson, Frazier-Anderson Research & Evaluation, LLC, 501 Westport Avenue, #169, Norwalk, CT, 06851; (203) 845-9111 , pamfanderson@aol.com ; Dr. Juna Z. Snow, InnovatEd Consulting, PO Box 603, Napa, CA, 94559; (617) 440-4435 , jsnow@innovatedconsulting.com
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=490&id=8292
Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (SIG  #91)
Purpose: The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
Contact: Dr. Marcia L. Gentry, Purdue University, 100 North University Street, West Lafayette, IN, 47907; 765-496-3721 , mgentry@purdue.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aeragifted.org/
Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG  #93)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education.
Contact: Donetta J. Cothran, Indiana University, HPER 179, Bloomington, IN, 47405; (812) 855-6430, (fax) (812) 855-9417 , dcothran@indiana.edu
Dues: $20 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=382&id=5174
Research on Teacher Induction (SIG  #149)
Purpose: To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction.
Contact: Kathleen Topolka Jorissen, Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University, Educational Leadership and Foundations, 108 Killian, Cullowhee, NC, 28723; (828) 227-2456, (fax) (828) 227-7607 , ktjorissen@email.wcu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=366&id=4650
Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG  #94)
Purpose: To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support.
Contact: Bic H. Ngo, University of Minnesota, Curriculum and Instruction, 150 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Drive SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455; (612) 625-7520, (fax) 612-624-8277 , bcngo@umn.edu
Dues: $12 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=212&id=1298
Research on the Education of Deaf Persons (SIG  #95)
Purpose: To provide a multidisciplinary forum for the promotion of research related to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Contact: Dr. Stephanie W. Cawthon, 15501 Waxler Court, Austin, TX, 78754; 512.471.0287 , stephanie.cawthon@mail.utexas.edu
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=416&id=5708
Research on the Superintendency (SIG  #97)
Purpose: To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform.
Contact: Dr. Meredith L. Mountford, 1193 SW 19th St., Boca Raton, FL, 33486; (561) 3763407 , mmountfo@fau.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=354&id=3072
Research on Women and Education (SIG  #98)
Purpose: To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences.
Contact: Dr. Julia Nell Ballenger, Stephen F. Austin State University, Second Ed. and Ed. Leadership, 2006 Raguet Street, Education Building, 400 A, Nacogdoches, TX, 75965-3018; (936) 468-2908, (fax) (936) 468-1573 , jnballenger@sfasu.edu ; Teri L. Sosa, 2712 N. 47th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19131; 610-660-3162 , tsosa@sju.edu
Dues: $20 (1 yr); students $20 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.rwesig.net/
Research Use (SIG  #100)
Purpose: To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings.
Contact: Jacob Sale Werblow, Central Connecticut State University, Teacher Education, 1615 Stanley St., New Britain, CT, 06050; 617-999-3865 , werblowjac@mail.ccsu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.sigru.org
Research, Education, Information and School Libraries (SIG  #166)
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for continuing sharing of research based on the fact that school libraries have a 10- 12% impact on student achievement regardless of other factors. It will also provide an arena for highly contextualized studies of individual achievement to be presented. In addition, it will provide a forum to share studies of various school library media programs.
Contact: Dr. M. Delia Neuman, Drexel University, College of Information Science & Technology, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-2875; (215) 895-0474 , mdn29@drexel.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=326&id=2070
Rural Education (SIG  #102)
Purpose: To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities.
Contact: John Maddaus, University of Maine, 5766 Shibles Hall, Orono, ME, 04469; 207-581-2429, (fax) 207-581-2423 , john.maddaus@umit.maine.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://ruralsig.blogspot.com/
Safe Schools and Communities (SIG  #169)
Purpose: To advance research on safe schools and communities in order to define guiding practices and establish benchmarks for promoting improved schools and fostering development of all youth - this research includes the study of research populations and sub-populations, designs, contexts, and outcomes in order to explain the transferability, scalability, and limitations of the research and results for other settings and contexts - in order to reinforce a foundation for sound policy and practice for sustaining safe schools and communities
Contact: Dr. Roxana Marachi, Associate Professor, San Jose State University, Dept of K-8 Teacher Education, One Washington Square, MC - 0074, San Jose, CA, 95192; 408-924-3729, (fax) (408) 924-3775 , roxana.marachi@gmail.com ; Dr Brenda Elizabeth Morrison, Simon Fraser University, School of Criminology, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada; (778) 782-7627 , brendam@sfu.ca
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
School Choice (SIG  #103)
Purpose: We offer a nonpartisan, multidisciplinary community engaged in scholarly analyses of all forms of school choice, including charter schools, magnet schools, open enrollment, and vouchers.
Contact: Courtney A. Bell, 10545 Borgman Ave, Huntington Woods, MI, 48070; 609.273.6328 , cbell@ets.org
Dues: $8 (1 yr)
Website: http://schoolchoicesig.ning.com
School Community, Climate, and Culture (SIG  #104)
Purpose: To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large.
Contact: Billie Gastic, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Boston, Public Policy and Public Affairs, John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, Boston, MA, 02125; (617) 287-4863 , billie.gastic@umb.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/schoolclimate/index.html
School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG  #105)
Purpose: To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement.
Contact: Professor Steve Strand, University of Warwick, Institute of Education, Coventry, CV4 7AL, Great Britain; +44 (0)24 7652 2197, (fax) +44 (0)24 7652 4472 , steve.strand@warwick.ac.uk
Dues: $15 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
School Indicators, Profiles, and Accountability (SIG  #106)
Purpose: To bring together educators, researchers, managers, and analysts concerned with the development, reporting, and interpretation of school indicators and report cards used for purposes of accountability and informing various audiences. The SIG values investigations into, among others, meaningful measurement and assessment, data quality and fidelity, useful display and valid interpretation of indicators and data, and the relationship between accountability requirements and school improvement.
Contact: Arie J. Van der Ploeg, 5825 N Kilbourn Ave, Chicago, IL, 60646; (312) 283-2312 , arie.vanderploeg@learningpt.org
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.learningpt.org/sipsig/
School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform") (SIG  #154)
Purpose: To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform.
Contact: Dr. Marlene J. Darwin, 6952 Spaniel Rd, Springfield, VA, 22153; (202) 403-5395 , mdarwin@air.org
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=158&id=1013
School/University Collaborative Research (SIG  #107)
Purpose: To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work.
Contact: Dr. Robert Martin Reardon, 5701 Bromley Ln, Richmond, VA, 23226-1901; (804) 828-8698, (fax) (804) 828-1323 , rmreardon@vcu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=362&id=3910
Science Teaching and Learning (SIG  #122)
Purpose: To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues.
Contact: Sherri L. Brown, University of Louisville, Dept. of Teaching & Learning, College of Educ & Human Dev, Rm. 279, Louisville, KY, 40292; (502) 852-0599 , s.brown@louisville.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=218&id=816
Second Language Research (SIG  #108)
Purpose: To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration.
Contact: Dr. Theresa Y. Austin, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, School of Education, TECS, Furcolo Hall, Amherst, MA, 01003; 413-545-0138 , taustin@educ.umass.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG  #109)
Purpose: To inform and rethink teacher education by studying practice-varied educational settings and methodologies.
Contact: Amanda K. Berry, Monash University, Faculty of Education, Wellington Rd., Clayton, Melbourne Vic 3800, , Australia; (613) 990-59118 , amanda.berry@education.monash.edu.au
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://s-step.wikispaces.com/
Semiotics in Education (SIG  #110)
Purpose: To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics."
Contact: John E. Henning, 6980 Dogwood Drive, Athens, OH, 45701; (740) 597-2198 , henningj@ohio.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $7 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=314&id=2090
Service-Learning & Experiential Education (SIG  #41)
Purpose: Service-Learning and Experiential Education is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education.
Contact: Kathleen B. Wasserman, University of Scranton, 141 McGarrin Hall, Scranton, PA, 18510; (570) 941-5846 , wassermank2@scranton.edu
Dues: $8 (1 yr); students $6 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.serveandexperience.com/
Social and Emotional Learning (SIG  #170)
Purpose: To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents.
Contact: Dr. Patricia A. Jennings, M.Ed., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Prevention Research Center, Henderson S 126-C, University Park, PA, 16802; (814) 321-7911 , paj16@psu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=352&id=3062
Society of Professors of Education (SIG  #111)
Purpose: To promote a forum for consideration of major issues, tasks, problems, and challenges confronting the educational professoriat. Membership is open to current and prospective professors of education.
Dues: $40 (1 yr); students $15 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.unm.edu/~spe/
Sociology of Education (SIG  #112)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues.
Contact: Stefanie A. Deluca, DEPT of Sociology, Johns Hopkins Univ, 3400 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218; (410) 516-7629 , sdeluca@jhu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=506&id=9080
Special Education Research (SIG  #113)
Purpose: To explore areas of educational research of interest to special and general educators, including individual differences, teaching strategies, and issues related to learning.
Contact: Dr. Delinda Van Garderen, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, Special Education, 303 Townsend Hall, Columbia, MO, 65211; (573) 884-7075 , vangarderend@missouri.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=402&id=2140
Spirituality & Education (SIG  #114)
Purpose: To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing
Contact: Saran Donahoo, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, Educ. Admin. & Higher Ed., Pulliam Hall, Room 131, Mailcode 4606, Carbondale, IL, 62901 , donahoo@siu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
State and Regional Educational Research Associations (SIG  #115)
Purpose: To strengthen state and regional educational research associations by providing a communications network, a forum for interaction, and recognition for distinguished papers.
Dues: $75 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=378&id=5058
Stress and Coping in Education (SIG  #117)
Purpose: To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations.
Contact: Dr. Rebecca A. Robles-Pina, Sam Houston State University, Department of Educational Leadership & Counseling, P.O. Box 2119, Huntsville, TX, 77341; (936) 294-1118, (fax) (936) 2943886 , edu_rar@shsu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Structural Equation Modeling (SIG  #118)
Purpose: To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding structural equation modeling, and to share problems, issues, solutions, and various approaches.
Contact: Dr. Tiffany Ann Whittaker, University of Texas at Austin, Educational Psychology Department, 1 University Station D5800, Austin, TX, 78712; (512) 471-2749, (fax) 512-471-1288 , tiffany.whittaker@mail.utexas.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.sfu.ca/~measure/semsig.html
Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG  #121)
Purpose: The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments.
Contact: Dr. Heidi L. Andrade, University At Albany, Educational and Counseling Psychology, 1400 Washington Ave. ED 233A, Albany, NY, 12222; (518) 437-4422 , handrade@uamail.albany.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/ssrl/
Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG  #51)
Purpose: To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction.
Contact: Jeffrey Glanz, Yeshiva University, 500 West 185th Street, Belfer Hall, Room 326, New York, NY, 10033; 646-515-3843 , glanz@yu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr)
Survey Research in Education (SIG  #123)
Purpose: To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work.
Contact: Kelly D. Bradley, University of Kentucky, 131 Taylor Education Building, Lexington, KY, 40506-0001; (859) 257-4923, (fax) (859) 257-4243 , kdbrad2@uky.edu
Dues: $7 (1 yr); students $3 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.as.ysu.edu/~gunapala/surveyed/index.html
Systems Thinking in Education (SIG  #124)
Purpose: To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education.
Contact: Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F Austin State University, PO Box 6173 - SFA, Nacogdoches, TX, 75962; (936) 468-1756 , pjenlink@sfasu.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=480&id=7986
Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG  #125)
Purpose: To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk.
Contact: Ashley Renee Griffin, 14750 Fourth Street #331, Laurel, MD, 20707; 240-280-1805 , griffinar@gmail.com
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.geocities.com/talentdevelopment/
Teacher as Researcher (SIG  #126)
Purpose: To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners.
Contact: Alan D. Amtzis, 21B Iron Works Way, Trenton, NJ, 08611; (609) 771-2586, (fax) (609) 637-5117 , amtzis@tcnj.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=220&id=1178
Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG  #127)
Purpose: To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture.
Contact: John C. Williamson, University of Tasmania, Dept. of Education, Locked Bag 1307, Launceston, 7250, Tasmania, Australia; 613-24-3339, (fax) 613-24-3903 , john.williamson@utas.edu.au
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $1 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=358&id=3126
Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG  #128)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use.
Contact: Greg S. Goodman, 203 Briar Hill Drive, PO Box 669, Clarion, PA, 16214; (814) 393-2529 , gregandandy@comcast.net
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=364&id=3612
Teaching History (SIG  #130)
Purpose: To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history.
Contact: Jeremy D. Stoddard, College of William and Mary, School of Education, PO Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA, 23187; (757) 221-2348 , jdstod@wm.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG  #151)
Purpose: TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs.
Contact: Natalie B. Milman, 10902 Watermill Ct, Oakton, VA, 22124; (202) 994-1884 , nmilman@gwu.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://tactl.unt.edu/
Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (SIG  #119)
Purpose: TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions.
Contact: J. Michael Spector, The University of Georgia, Learning and Performance Support Laboratory, 611 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA, 30602-7101; (706) 542-4371 , mspector@uga.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $2 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/default.aspx?menu_id=330&id=2160
Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG  #72)
Purpose: Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis.
Contact: John W. Young, Educational Testing Service, Center for Validity Research, Mail Stop 10-R, Princeton, NJ, 08541; (609) 734-5037 , jwyoung@ets.org
Dues: $10 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=412&id=5662
Tracking and Detracking (SIG  #163)
Purpose: To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers and community members in a dialogue about tracking and detracking; to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate research on tracking and detracking as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices in detracking schools.
Contact: Donna Marie Harris, 37 Magee Avenue, Rochester, NY, 14613; (585) 276-3186 , dharris@warner.rochester.edu ; Beth C. Rubin, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, 10 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901; (732) 932-7496 , beth.rubin@gse.rutgers.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $0 (1 yr)
Website: http://trackingdetracking.com/
Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research (SIG  #147)
Purpose: To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching.
Contact: Dr. Lori Kim, California State University, Los Angeles, Division of Applied and Advanced Studies in Education, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA, 90032; (323) 343-4330, (fax) (323) 343-5336 , lkim@calstatela.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera-ultr.org/index.htm
Vocabulary (SIG  #133)
Purpose: To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary.
Contact: Lori A. Helman, University of Minnesota, 360 Peik Hall, 159 Pillsbury Drive, SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455-0208; (612) 624-2034, (fax) (612) 624-8277 , lhelman@umn.edu
Dues: $10 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=418&id=5758
Workplace Learning (SIG  #136)
Purpose: Dedicated to articulating, studying, and applying research relating to adult learning processes within the context of work.
Contact: Dr. David John Guile, Faculty of Policy and Society, Institute of Education - London, Bedford Way, GB, London, AL, WC1H0AL, Great Britain; 00442076126849, (fax) 00442076126632 , d.guile@ioe.ac.uk
Dues: $5 (1 yr)
Website: http://www.workplacelearningsig.org/
Writing and Literacies (SIG  #137)
Purpose: To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Contact: Lalitha M. Vasudevan, Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 W. 120th St., Box 8, New York, NY, 10027; (212) 678-6660, (fax) (212) 678-3237 , vasudevan@tc.columbia.edu
Dues: $5 (1 yr); students $5 (1 yr)
 

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