UAlbany School of Education Faculty Presenting at AERA 2025
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 21, 2025) - The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) begins this week and UAlbany School of Education faculty, students and alumni will be there in numbers to present research on a multitude of topics. Check the lineup below for a range of presentations to add to your schedule.
Wednesday, April 23
Navigating Political Discourse and Social Justice: Preparing Preservice Teachers for an Evolving Educational Landscape - 10:50am to 12:20pm MDT (12:50 to 2:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2F
Unpacking Teacher Candidates’ Sociopolitical Identities to Transform Inequities in Inclusive Classrooms - Elizabeth Slusarz, Nicholas S. Bell, Sojung Park, Rebecca Andersen
AERA Roundtable Session - 12:40 to 2:10pm MDT (2:40 to 4:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
Reimagining Special Education: Integrating Equity and Community Knowledge (Table 4)
QuantCrit Investigation Examining Representation in Special Education: Intersectionality and School Characteristics - Nicholas S. Bell, Laura M. Desimone, Joshua Wilson
AERA Roundtable Session - 2:30 to 4:00pm MDT (4:30 to 6:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
From Transactive to Transformative: Elevating the Reading Practices of Adolescent Youth (Table 8)
Two Decades of Teachers’ Perspectives on Secondary Reading Intervention: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research - Julie E. Learned, Katherine K. Frankel, Maneka Deanna Brooks
Thursday, April 24
Making Space for Youth-Produced Digital Texts as Remedy in a Time of “Crisis”: Inviting in Joy and Artistic Flourishing - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 708
“How do we change imaginations?”: Engaging Race-bent Fanart as a Tool for Widening Literary Imaginaries
Karis Michelle Jones, Scott Storm
Navigating Equity-Oriented Praxis in Rural Spaces in a Polarized Political Landscape - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 106
Private School Vouchers, Hegemony Theory, and Rural Education
Sarah J. Zuckerman
Making Sense of Rural School and District Leaders’ Equity Challenges in New York State
Kristen C. Wilcox, Aaron Leo
AERA Poster Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F - Poster Session
Advancements in Educational Data Analysis: Machine Learning, Multilevel Models, and Beyond
Analysis of Standardized Single-Case Experimental Data in Presence of Autocorrelation: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study (Poster 28)
Yukang Xue, Mariola Moeyaert
Beyond Borders: Global Learning and Student Achievement - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3F
Examining the Predictive Power of the Diagnostic Assessment and Achievement of College Skills
David W. Franklin, Elie ChingYen Yu, Piet Wesling, Angela M. Lui, Jason Bryer, Timothy J. Cleary
AERA Roundtable Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
CERECG SIG Round Table 3: QuantCrit and Interrogating Race in Quantitative Studies (Table 4)
QuantCrit Analysis of Intersectional Disparities in Special Education: Examining Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Multilingual Status
Sumaita Binta Salim, Nicholas S. Bell, Yookyeong Park
Teaching Toward Equity: The Teaching-Learning Research Stance and Its Practices - 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (11:50am to 1:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3D
The Cultivation of Teacher Presence Through the Process of Descriptive Review
Carol R. Rodgers
Language and Strategic Metacognitive Strategies for Comprehension - 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (11:50am to 1:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3B
Playing for Comprehension: How Storybook App Games Influence Narrative Conversations During Interactive Read-Alouds
Lori Bruner, Tanya M. Christ, Danielle Alexander, Yujie Mao, Mary Patillo-Dunn, Allison Phillippe
Measurement Scales and Psychosocial Development - 3:35 to 5:05pm MDT (5:35 to 7:05pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 106
Chair: David Yun Dai
Making Democracy: Renewing Dewey and Critical Praxis in Education - 7:15 to 8:45pm MDT (9:15 to 10:45pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 113
Panelists: Carol R. Rodgers, Alina Lewis, Matthew M. Livingston, Joshua Sol Lewis
Friday, April 25
Disrupting Top-Down Curricular Hierarchies Through Fandom and Media Engagement - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 705
Chairs: Karis Michelle Jones, Scott Storm
What Mobile Phone Gaming Communities Offer Classroom Pedagogies
Scott Storm
Examining Student Learning Processes and Teacher Classroom Assessment Practices - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 403
Chair: Heidi Andrade
Effects of Formative Assessment on Students’ Regulation of Learning: A Meta-Analysis
Elie ChingYen Yu, Heidi L. Andrade, Mariola Moeyaert, Wim Van den Noortgate, Dylan R. Wiliam, YangHyun Kim, Angela M. Lui, Diana Akhmedjanova
Integrating AI and Computational Thinking in Education: Exploring Teacher Perceptions, Needs, and Professional Development - 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (11:50am to 1:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3G
Teachers’ Perceptions of Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Nursultan M. Japashov, Jonathan K. Foster, Haesol Bae, Jaesung Park
Enhancing Student Outcomes: The Impact of College Success Courses, Programs, and Innovative Pedagogies - 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (1:40 to 3:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3D
The Effects of the Diagnostic Assessment and Achievement of College Success Intervention
Jason Bryer, Heidi L. Andrade, Timothy J. Cleary, Angela M. Lui, David W. Franklin
Justice-Oriented Writing and Composing Through the Speculative - 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (1:40 to 3:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 709
Chair: Scott Storm
The queer aesthetic imagination in youth speculative composing
Scott Storm
Political Polarization and Partisanship: How Social Studies Can Help Remedy Societal Divisions - 3:20 to 4:50pm MDT (5:20 to 6:50pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Mile High Ballroom 1CD
Participants: Gregory E. McAvoy, Brett L. M. Levy, Kiki Leis, Agata Soroko, Abigail Dym
Panelists: LaGarrett J. King, Rebecca Cooper Geller, Paula McAvoy, Jane C. Lo, Jonathan E. Collins, Alina Lewis
AERA Roundtable Session - 3:20 to 4:50pm MDT (5:20 to 6:50pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Contextual Factors in Self-Regulated Learning (Table 1)
What Is Co-Regulated Learning? A Review and Synthesis of Divergent Theories
Piet Wesling, Heidi L. Andrade
AERA Poster Session - 3:20 to 4:50pm MDT (5:20 to 6:50pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F - Poster Session
2025 AERA Undergraduate Fellows Research Poster Fair
Students' Responses to Diagnostic Feedback on their Self-Regulated Learning Skills: A Qualitative Study
Joseph M. Garofalo
Toward Just Education With Literature - 7:00 to 8:30pm MDT (9:00 to 10:30pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 608
Kelly K. Wissman, Selena E. Van Horn
Saturday, April 26
AERA Roundtable Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Teacher Perspectives and Pedagogy (Table 4)
One English Learner’s Transcurricular Learning Through Peer Interactions: A Case Study
Jina Byeon
Advancing Self-Regulated Learning in Higher Education: Profiles, Strategies, and Interventions Across Diverse Learning Contexts - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 712
Identifying and Distinguishing College Readiness Profiles Across Academic Outcomes: The Importance of Integrating Academic Skills and Self-Regulated Learning
Timothy J. Cleary, Jason Bryer, Elie ChingYen Yu
AERA Roundtable Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
Social and Cultural Contexts in Education (Table 12)
Representation in Widely Used Comprehensive Preschool Curricula Materials
Courtney O’Grady, Lori Bruner, Alison Hooper
AERA Poster Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F - Poster Session
Online Teaching and Learning SIG Poster Session II
Addressing the Role of Technology in International Online Education: Voices of Students From Ghana (Poster 10)
Alex Kumi-Yeboah, YangHyun Kim, Zacharia Mohammed, Samual Amponsah
Embracing Inclusivity: Centering Bi-/Multilingual Special Education Learners and Research in the Field - 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (11:50am to 1:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 706
QuantCrit Analyses of Overrepresentation in Special Education: Examining Intersecting Identities of Multilingual Status and Gender
Yookyeong Park, Nicholas S. Bell, Sumaita Binta Salim
Assessment to Support Learning Across Borders and Systems of Education: Examining Enactment at Scale - 9:50 to 11:20am MDT (11:50am to 1:20pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 108
Discussant: Heidi L. Andrade
AERA Roundtable Session - 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (1:40 to 3:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
Reimagining Student Success in Higher Education: Student Voice, Curriculum, and College Preparation (Table 4)
“It’s Not Always About College”: Teachers’ Sense-Making Around the Shifting Purpose of High School
Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox
Innovative Interventions for Personalized Learning (Table 6)
High School Teachers Integration of State Standards and School Objectives for Designing Research Experience
Lei Ding, Thomas Underwood, Jianwei Zhang, Lana Hower (TVHS), Jennifer Muirhead, TVHS), Jean Kerr (TVHS)
A Collection of Critical Race Counterstories: Disrupting Resegregation in Special Education Using QuantCrit - 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (1:40 to 3:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 707
Confronting Traditions in Special Education: Cultivating Anti-Racist and Anti-Ableist Research and Practices
Nicholas S. Bell, Donna Y. Ford, Zachary K. Collier, Elizabeth Slusarz, David J. Connor, Veronica Nelly Velez
Evidence of Anti-Racist Educators: Disrupting the Racialized Practice of Resegregation in Special Education
Nicholas S. Bell, Zachary K. Collier, Donna Y. Ford, Veronica Nelly Velez, Joshua Sukumar
AERA Roundtable Session - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
Federal and State Policy in Higher Education (Table 10)
The Role of Accreditation Policy in Higher Education: Balancing Institutional Autonomy and Social Responsibility in the U.S. and Europe
Cecilia Bibbo
AI in Writing and Language Learning: Teachers and Learners - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 103
The Development of AI-Based Scaffolding for Improving Critical Thinking in Writing
Qi Sun, Tianlin Wang, Jianwei Zhang, Yingru Zhao, Dongni Guo
Mapping the Terrain of Climate Change Education: Literacy, Curricula, Practices, and Policy - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3A
Climate Change and Sustainability in Korean Primary and Secondary Curricula, 1955-2022 (Poster 1)
Soojeong Ahn, Aaron Benavot
Division D Mentoring Session - 3:20 to 4:50pm MDT (5:20 to 6:50pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 605
Chairs: Carolyn Hetrick, Khem Sedhai, Lei Jiang
AERA Roundtable Session - 5:10 to 6:40pm MDT (7:10 to 8:40pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
Cultivating Hope: Facilitating Resilience and Healing Among Youth (Table 5)
Lessons on Adapting to Youth Mental Health Needs in Rural Schools
Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox, Jessie Tobin, Paul Guay
AERA Roundtable Session - 5:10 to 6:40pm MDT (7:10 to 8:40pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent SIG Roundtable: Polices and Practices (Table 4)
Challenging Math Curricula and Motivation of Young Mathematically Promising Learning-Disabled English Learners
Seokhee Cho, Vinh Quang Tran, Kyung Hyun Park
Innovative Methodologies and Systematic Reviews in Analyzing Single-Case Experimental Design Data - 5:10 to 6:40pm MDT (7:10 to 8:40pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2A
Systematic Review of Single-Case Designs to Identify Mediator Characteristics (Poster 2)
Mariola Moeyaert, Joelle Fingerhut, Milica Miocevic, Matthew Valente, Panpan Yang
A Scoping Review of Quality Appraisal and Risk-of-Bias Assessment Tools for Single-Case Experimental Designs (Poster 3)
Oliver Wendt, Mariola Moeyaert, Joelle Fingerhut, Bridget T. Miller
Variance Estimation in SCED Meta-analysis: Bootstrapping to the Rescue (Poster 6)
Wim Van den Noortgate, Mariola Moeyaert
Synthesis of Single-Case Design Mediation Effects using Two-Stage Multilevel Modeling (Poster 8)
Mariola Moeyaert, Matthew Valente, Milica Miocevic, Sofia Isabel Maiz Garcia, Yaosheng Lou
Sunday, April 27
Rethinking Civic Engagement and Education: Identities, Controversies, and Critical Citizenship - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 302
Exploring the Relationship Among Teachers' Political Identities, Civic Education Beliefs, and Instructional Decision-Making
Paul G. Fitchett, Jeremy D. Stoddard, Brett L. M. Levy
Data-Driven Insights in Online Learning - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 711
Presenting a Valid and Reliable Measure of Trauma-Informed Online Teaching for Undergraduate Asynchronous Online Courses
Virginia Byrne, Michelle Mondrey, Adeoluwa Oluwatoyin Folami, Mariola Moeyaert, Christing Licata-Hoang
AERA Poster Session - 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (10:00 to 11:30am EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F - Poster Session
CERECG SIG Poster Session: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Issues in Education
Rates of Gender Representation in Children’s Literature: A Comparison of U.S. vs. Chinese Children’s Books (Poster 22)
Qi Sun, Ching-I Huang, Kennedy Casey, Tianlin Wang
AERA Roundtable Session - 11:40am to 1:10pm MDT (1:40 to 3:10pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
Teacher Education and Professional Learning for Sustainable Change (Table 7)
Developing the Korean Version of the Equity Scenario Response Survey: Pilot Study
Sojung Park, Nicholas S. Bell, Elizabeth Slusarz
Critical Visual + Multimodal Research for Racial Justice - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 402
"Using My Own Face as a Frame”: Engaging the Visual Arts in Pursuit of Intersectional Justice
Kelly K. Wissman
Navigating Educational Challenges - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 110
Empowering a Marginalized Population Through Higher Education: Narratives of Nepali Dalits
Khem Sedhai
Critical Considerations of Discipline-Related Policies - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 704
Removing Police From Chicago Schools: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis
Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Amy E. Arneson, Lucy Sorensen, David Wilson Johnson, Christina Scanlon
AERA Roundtable Session - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Academic Performance (Table 7)
Strength of Commitment to Self-Regulated Learning and First-Year College Outcomes
Elie ChingYen Yu, Heidi Andrade, David W. Franklin, Angela M. Lui, Jason Bryer
AERA Roundtable Session - 1:30 to 3:00pm MDT (3:30 to 5:00pm EDT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
Advancing Just Education via Leadership for Equity and Inclusion (Table 10)
Exploring Challenges and Solutions to Diversifying the Leadership Pipeline Regionally
Margaret Terry Orr, Catherine C. DiMartino, Kristen C. Wilcox, Kathryn S. Schiller, Leela George
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting Presentations
(all times listed are Denver)
Thursday, April 24
Connecting Performance Level Descriptors and Released Items to Improve Understanding and Communication
Organized Discussion - 8:00 to 9:30am
Hilton Denver City Center: Colorado EF
Brian Drost, Melisssa Fincher, Ellen Forte, Zachary Warner, Char Shyrock
The Where, What, and How of the Job Market for Measurement Professionals
Organized Discussion - 9:45 to 11:15am
Hilton Denver City Center Lower Level 2: Colorado EF
Presenters: Jodi Casabianca, Wendy Christensen, Sara Finney, Karoline Jarr, Christoph Scheidiger, Zachary Warner
Friday, April 25
Part of session: Content and Internal Structure Validity Evidence
9:45 to 11:15am
Hilton Denver City Center: Denver 1-2
Assessing College Readiness: Internal Structure Validity Evidence for Multistage Diagnostic Reading Assessment
Oxana Rosca, Angela Lui, Kimberly Colvin, Heidi L. Andrade, Jason M. Bryer
Part of session: Electronic Board Session 4
3:15 to 4:15pm
Hilton Denver City Center: Colorado GH
Using AI Tools to Support Scale Development
Kimberly Colvin, Yaosheng Lou, Sojung Park, Gabriel Schlomer, Yookyeong Park
Psychometric Overlord Auditions: Take 1
Organized Discussion - 4:30 to 6:00pm
Hilton Denver City Center: Colorado GH
Andrew Wiley, Susan Davis-Becker, Chad Buckendahl, Jennifer Dunn, Sara Finney, Ellen Forte, Joshua Goodman, Kristen Huff, Neal Kingston, Susan Lottridge, Hillary Michaels, Michael Rodriguez, Amin Saiar, Stephen Sireci, Ye Tong, Michael E. Walker, Zachary Warner, Ada Woo
Saturday, April 26
Generalizing Theory and Structural Equation Modeling
9:45 to 11:15am
Hilton Denver City Center: Denver 3
Discussant: Kimberly Colvin