UAlbany School of Education Faculty Presenting at AERA 2026
ALBANY, N.Y. (April 6, 2026) - The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) begins this week in Los Angeles and UAlbany School of Education faculty, students and alumni will be presenting research on a range of topics. Check the schedule below for interesting presentations to add to your schedule.
Wednesday, April 8
AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 9:45am - Gold 2 – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2
Intervention Effectiveness of iOS-Based Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Experimental Designs
Yukang Xue, Yu Xue, Dongni Guo, Gan Jin, Fang Wang, Weili Yuan
Advancing the Teaching and Learning of Collaborative Continuous Improvement in Education – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 5158
Chair: Kristen C. Wilcox
AERA Poster Session Wednesday 9:45am – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
Developing Prompt Engineering Competence Framework: Comparing China, EU, and U.S. Educators’ Digital Literacy Standards (Poster 36)
Wei Wang, Wen Yi Hu, Jialu Zhao, Qi Sun, Zhongxin Zheng, Yuexin Duan
e-Lightning Ed-Talk Session 2 - Stage 2 – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15 pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Exhibit Hall A - Stage 2
Developing Prompt Engineering Competence Framework: Comparing China, EU, and U.S. Educators’ Digital Literacy Standards (Stage 2, 10:08am)
Wei Wang, Wen Yi Hu, Jialu Zhao, Qi Sun, Zhongxin Zheng, Yuexin Duan
Cognition, Emotion, Motivation, and Creativity: Evidence for Holistic Learning Design – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park
Heterogeneity in the Effects of Formative Assessment on Self-regulated Learning: A Meta-Analysis
Elie ChingYen Yu, Heidi Andrade, YangHyun Kim, Wim Van den Noortgate, Mariola Moeyaert, Angela Lui, Diana Akhmedjanova, Dylan R. Wiliam
AERA Roundtable Session Wednesday 11:45am - Gold 2 – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor Gold 2
Enhancing Cultural Awareness in Teaching Effectiveness of Situation-bound Utterances: A CSL Textbook Analysis
Ying Kong
Policy Without Borders: Rethinking Higher Education Reform Across Nations and Narratives – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 2
Understanding Public Perspectives: A Comment-Based Analysis of U.S. Higher Education Policy Reform
Cecilia Bibbò
Unsettling the Present: Multigenerational, Interdisciplinary Dialogues on the Past, Present, and Futures of Inclusive Education – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Lose Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum J
Narratives of Experience from Parents of Color of Youth with Disabilities
Tammy Ellis-Robinson, Elizabeth Slusarz
Rethinking Teacher-AI Partnerships in Lesson Planning and Assessment – 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT (6:45 to 8:15 EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum I
Co-creating Knowledge with GenAI: Shared Epistemic Agency and Critical AI Literacy in K-12 Lesson Planning
Yingru Zhao, Jaesung Park, Devan Walton, Haesol Bae, Dongni Guo
AERA Poster Session Wednesday 3:45pm – 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT (6:45 to 8:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall – Exhibit Hall A
Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of Single-Case Experimental Design Data: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study (Poster 23)
Yukang Xue, Mariola Moeyaert
Thursday, April 9
AI Facilitated Feedback to Support Learning – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Los Feliz
Chair: Qi Sun
Bridging Institutions, Building Futures: School-University Partnerships for Sustainable K-12 C S Education – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 501A
Integrating Mobile App Design with Civic Engagement: An RPP Approach to CSforAll
Lijun Ni, Gillian Bausch, Fred Martin, Bernardo Feliciano
AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 7:45am - Gold 2 – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2
Recognizing Digital Technology as Educational Actor: A Sociomaterial Perspective on Remote Teaching
Woomok Jeong, YangHyun Kim, Alex Kumi-Yeboah
AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 2:15pm - Gold 1 – 2:15 to 3:45pm PDT (5:15 to 6:45pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Teacher Burnout – A Systematic Literature Review
Jingjing Yu, Peter Shea
Advancing Multimodal Analytics to Capture Classroom-Based Activities – 2:15 to 3:45pm PDT (5:15 to 6:45pm EDT)
Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Santa Barbara C
Using a Novel Audio-Video Transformer for Classifying Elementary Instructional Activities
Peter Youngs, Jonathan K. Foster, Matthew Korban, Scott T. Acton
Emotion, Identity, and Social Contexts in Learning – 2:15 to 3:45pm PDT (5:15 to 6:45pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
How Seductive Details Affect EFL Learners’ Comprehension of English Science Texts (Poster 11)
Gan Jin, Yingru Zhao, Yu Xue, Dongni Guo, Shiyan Yang, Yafeng Liu, Robert W. Danielson
Innovative Cognitive Approaches to Learning and Assessment – 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (7:15 to 8:45pm EDT)
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park
College Students’ Responses to Feedback from a Diagnostic Assessment of Self-regulated Learning
Piet Wesling, Angela Lui, Joseph Garofalo, Diana Akhmedjanova, Heidi L. Andrade, Jason Bryer
AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 4:15pm – 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (7:15 to 8:45pm EDT)
Intersectional Racializations, Gendering, and Caste Across Schooling Contexts (Table 4)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D
Social Construction of Caste: Nepali Dalits’ Higher Education Experiences from Nepal to the U.S.
Khem Sedhai
Bridging Worlds of Words: Insights from Bilingual, Multimedia, and Meta-Analytic Research – 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (7:15 to 8:45pm EDT)
Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Beaudry A
Chair, Session Organizer: Lori Bruner
Advancing Faculty Diversity, Research, and Mentorship in STEM – 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (7:15 to 8:45pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum H
Chair: Aya M. Isaac
AERA Roundtable Session Thursday 4:15pm - Gold 1 – 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT (7:15 to 8:45pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1
Conditions of Belonging: An Exploration of Political Voice, Discipline, and Belonging in Schools
Sarah Luria, Tamar Malloy, Marayna Martinez
Friday, April 10
AERA Roundtable Session Friday 7:45am - Gold 4 – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
Reimagining Assessment for Equity and Student Learning Across Educational Contexts (Table 4)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4
Reflective Assessment to Enhance Epistemic Agency in Collaborative Inquiry and Knowledge Building
Lei Ding, Jianwei Zhang, Thomas Underwood, Dongni Guo, Alae Sherafat
AERA Poster Session Friday 7:45am – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45 am to 12:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
Unpacking Teacher Knowledge Creation in KNILT: Mixed Methods Analysis of 36 Online Minicourse Designs (Poster 54)
Ying Kong
Critical Race Theory and Epistemic Mechanisms – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum C
QuantCrit School-Level Equity Index: Mapping Educational Redlining
Sojung Park, Nicholas Bell
AERA Roundtable Session Friday 7:45am - Gold 4 – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
AI and Immersive Technologies: Exploring Emerging Tools for Assessment and Feedback (Table 7)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4
Evaluating GenAI Feedback in Classroom Assessment: A Meta-Synthesis
Elie ChingYen Yu, Carla Evans
AERA Roundtable Session Friday 7:45am – Gold 2 – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
Scaffolding Learning with AI (Table 3)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2
Use of AI-based Scaffolding in Writing: Longitudinal Impact on Critical Thinking
Qi Sun, Alanda Joseph, Cong Wu, Gabriel Schlomer, Tianlin Wang
Spirituality and Transcendence – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum B
Chair: Aya M. Isaac
Educators and AI: Perspective, Practice, and Professional Growth – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum C
Pedagogical Unforgetting Through Red-Teaming: How Adversarial AI Engagement Transforms Teacher Identity and Practice
Devan Walton, Jaesung Park, Yingru Zhao, Haesol Bae
Student Excellence in Uncertain Times: Building Ethical Administrative Capacity amid Crisis in K-12 Schools – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, La Cienega
A Multiple Case Study of Persistent and Emergent Positive Outlier Schools: How They Build Innovation Capacity Through Past-Informed Future Making
Kristen C. Wilcox, Aaron Leo, Jessie Tobin, Maria I. Khan
Saturday, April 11
Designing Professional Learning Communities That Center Educator Choice, Agency, and Well-Being – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 9
A Systematic Literature Review of Teacher Professional Development Through Co-Design
Dongni Guo, Aya M. Isaac, Jianwei Zhang, Thomas Underwood, Lei Ding, Ala Sherafat
Addressing Challenges in Causality: Free Will, Mediation and Latent Factors, Heterogeneity, and Variable Selection – 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (12:45 to 2:15pm EDT)
InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor, 6th Floor, Metropolitan
Free Will as an Obstacle to Randomized Controlled Trials
Jason Bryer, Angela Lui, Piet Wesling, Heidi L. Andrade
Structured Poster Session: Global Contexts for Research-Practice Partnerships: They Come in All Shapes and Sizes – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515A
Chairs: Kristen C. Wilcox, Chin Ee Loh
Research Practice Partnerships in Rural Places: A View from New York State (Poster 1)
Kristen C. Wilcox, Maria I. Khan, Paul Guay
AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 11:45am – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D
Troubled Organizational Waters: Racial Equity/Inequity, Politics, and Change (Table 6)
Conscientization Amid Sensemaking Cycles: A Theoretical Framework for Researching Educational Change in Divisive Times
Gregory Massara
Generative AI and Large Language Models in Educational Measurement and Assessment – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
Intercontinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 7th Floor, Hollywood Ballroom I
Exploring Large Language Models for Graphical Data Extraction in Single Case Design Meta-Analysis
Yaosheng Lou, Mariola Moeyaert, Piet Wesling, Benjamin G. Solomon, Xin Li
AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 1:45pm - Gold 2 – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 2
Students Discussing Civic Issues Online with Politically Diverse Peers: Fostering Open-Minded Political Engagement
Brett L. M. Levy, Alina Lewis, Christopher Wegemer
AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 1:45pm - Gold 4 – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4
Synthesis of Single-Case Design Mediation Effects using Two-Stage Multilevel Modeling
Mariola Moeyaert, Milica Miocevic, Matthew Valente, Yaosheng Lou
Collaboration in Online Learning – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45-6:15pm EDT)
Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, San Gabriel B
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Adult Learners in Online Education: The Role of Collaborative Scripting
Radhika Rajesh Jha, Peter Shea
AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 3:45pm - Gold 4 – 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT (6:45 to 8:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Ground Floor, Gold 4
Toward a Theory of Shenanigans in Disciplinary Literacies: Aesthetics of Humor in Social Life
Scott Storm, Karis Michelle Jones
Sunday, April 12
Aesthetics & Literacies across Educational Spaces – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Atrium II
Chair, Session Organizer: Scott Storm
The Power of Interpretive Scale for Exploring Aesthetics in Social Life
Scott Storm
Battling Burnout: Time, Tech, and Teacher Wellbeing – 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (10:45am to 12:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 1
Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation-Related Interventions for Teachers: A Meta-Analysis
Fang Wang, Juan Wang, Yukang Xue, Xinyu Li, Qi Sun, Ruiqin Gao, Kala Dunn
AERA Poster Session Sunday 11:45am – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
Clustering Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflections on Generative AI: Linguistic, Semantic, and Emotional Trajectories in Online Discussions (Poster 43)
Jaesung Hur, Jewoong Moon, Gi Woong Choi, Haesol Bae, Jaesung Park
AERA Roundtable Sunday 11:45am - Gold 3 – 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT (2:45 to 4:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3
Should Your Title Pose a Question? Predicting Citations for Articles in International Higher Education Journals
Nicholas A. Bowman, Sze Ling Hung, Teniell L. Trolian
Home-School Engagement and Partnerships – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza III
(Re)Building Relationships: Family Engagement After a Pandemic
Aaron Leo, Kristen C. Wilcox
AERA Roundtable Session Sunday 1:45pm – 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT (4:45 to 6:15pm EDT)
Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D
Understanding What Shapes Environmental Awareness in Hong Kong Grade 8 Students: Evidence from TIMSS 2023
Lifen Hu
National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) Annual Meeting Presentations
(all times listed are Los Angeles)
Friday, April 10
Part of featured session: Battle of the Presidents: Past and Future!
3:30 to 5:00pm
Westwood
Team Member of Future Presidents: Khem Sedhai
Saturday, April 11
Individual eBoards: Classroom & Formative Assessment, Score Reporting, Behavioral Patterns
3:30 to 5:00pm
Hancock Park
Validity Evidence for Responses to Feedback: A Theory of Action
Piet M. Wesling (presenter), Angela Lui, Joseph Garofalo, Diana Akhmedjanova, Heidi Andrade
Reimagining Measurement: History, Method, and Consequences across Higher Education and Statewide Testing (GSIC Session)
3:30 to 5:00pm
Silver Lake B
Beyond the Metrics: A Narrative of Dalit Education and Mobility
Khem Sedhai