BU Wheelock at AERA 2023
Join BU Wheelock and other experts from Boston University at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA), taking place April 13–16, in Chicago, Illinois, and virtually May 4–5. Please check the official AERA schedule for more information about the sessions. All times subject to change.
All are welcome to join the BU Wheelock reception on Friday, April 14, 6–7:30 pm, at the InterContinental Chicago Magnificent Mile, 7th Floor–Empire Ballroom, 505 Michigan Avenue. Connect with BU and network with other colleagues and professionals in higher education. Conference attendance is not required. Learn more and register (walk-ins are welcome).
April 13–16, in Chicago, Illinois
(All times for in-person events in Central Time)
Thursday, April 13
8–9:30 am
Fear as Whiteness in the Backlash to Mathematics Education Reform
BU: Eric Cordero-Siy
9:50–11:20 am
Understanding Motivation for Enrolling in Postdoc Academy: Succeeding as a Postdoc Using Natural Language Processing
BU: Sarah Chobot Hokanson
Bias-Based Harassment and Associations with Depression, Anxiety, and Substance Use Among Adolescents: Identifying Protective Factors
BU: Melissa K. Holt, Jennifer Greif Green
Prevalence of Witnessing Bias-Based Harassment Among Adolescents and Associations with Mental Health Outcomes.
BU: Melissa K. Holt, Jennifer Greif Green
Making in Afrocentric Learning Ecologies
BU: Eli Tucker-Raymond
Doctoral Students’ Perceptions on Mixed-Methods Research: Value, Rigor, and Feasibility
BU: Kyle DeMeo Cook
Exploring the Narratives of Special Educators in Self-Contained Classrooms for Students Identified with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities
BU: Lindsey Kaler, Elizabeth A. Bettini
Principals’ Conceptions of Their Roles Supporting Self-Contained Programs for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
BU: Elizabeth A. Bettini
11:40am–1:10 pm
Trauma and Special Education: Analyzing Relationships Between Childhood Trauma Exposure and Special Education Identification
BU: Lindsey Kaler
A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory Perspective on Inclusive School Culture
BU: Katharine Baulier, Zach Rossetti, Christina Dobbs
2:50–4:20 pm
“The World Isn’t Black and White”: Early Adolescents of Color Reflect on School Ethnic-Racial Diversity
BU: Tina Durand, Anna Skubel, Efe I. Shavers, Ronnie Blackwell
Business Meeting: Necessity of Literature SIG
BU: Laura M. Jiménez
The Role of State Standards Committees in Challenging or Maintaining Color-Evasive Social Studies
BU: Jennifer Chalmers-Curren
4:40–6:10 pm
An Examination of Asian/Asian American Counselors in the Time of COVID-19: A Changing Sociopolitical Landscape
BU: Elise Choe
“A Weight to Carry”: Experiences of Master’s-Level Counseling Faculty Teaching a Multicultural Counseling Course
BU: Rohan Arcot
Vicarious Racism: Black Caregivers’ Experiences of Racial Discrimination on Their Emotional Well-Being and Children’s Development
BU: Jacqueline Sims, Kaeleigh Hernandez, Stephanie Michelle Curenton
Interrogating Sense of Belonging for All at Historically Women’s Institutions: Past and Future
BU: Angela Richard, Jerry Michael Whitmore
Investigating Individual Variation in Children’s Scientific Questions
BU: Hannah Puttre, Amanda S Haber, Maliki Ghossainy, Kathleen H. Corriveau
Parent-Child Scientific Storybook Reading Shapes Children’s Mindset Beliefs and Persistence
BU: Amanda S. Haber, Sona Kumar, Mia Holder, Kathleen H. Corriveau
A Meta-Framework to Re-IMAGINE Education Research: Integrative Mixed-Methods Antiracist Groundwork Investigating and Nurturing Equity
BU: Elena Forzani
Critical Dialectical Pluralism 2.0: A Meta-Philosophy Addressing Social Justice, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Social Responsibility
BU: Elena Forzani
Integrated Mixed-Methods Design-Based Research: A Critical Dialectical Pluralistic Approach
BU: Elena Forzani
Friday, April 14
8–9:30 am
The Promises and Challenges of Emergency Teacher Licensure in Strengthening and Diversifying the Educator Workforce
BU: Andrew Bacher-Hicks; Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Olivia Chi
9:50–11:20 am
“It Wasn’t What I Expected”: Students’ Perspectives and Experiences on a Higher Education Merger
BU: Tina Durand, Ellen Faszewski, Karen Murphy, Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Toward a Theory of Youth Pedagogical Development: How Young People Learn to Teach
BU: Xi Yu, Clifford Freeman, Katherine K Frankel, Eli Tucker-Raymond, Maria C. Olivares, Ashley Houston-King, Juan Miguel Gutierrez
11:40 am–1:10 pm
“The Publisher Is Biased”: Evaluating a Teacher-Led Intervention to Improve Students’ Online Evaluation Practices
BU: Elena Forzani, BU
Reading Intervention Teachers’ Practices and Perspectives: A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research
BU: Katherine Frankel, BU
2:50–4:20 pm
Design-Based Implementation Research: An Approach to Studying Teacher Learning in Research-Practice Partnerships Focused on Equity
BU: Eve Manz
Saturday, April 15
8–9:30 am
Promoting Collective Impact and Sustainable Communities: Conceptual Frameworks
BU: Chong Park, Paul Trunfio, Kimberly A.S. Howard, V. Scott H. Solberg
On the Peculiar Pain of Masked Review: A Duoethnography of Women of Color Navigating the Academic Publication Process
BU: Christina L. Dobbs
9:50–11:20 am
On the Verge of Leaving: Teachers’ Decisions to Stay
BU: Janine Bempechat, Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
The Missing Middle? General and Special Educators’ Views of Effective Mathematics Instruction
BU: Nathan Jones
Teacher Candidate Preparation for Inclusion: Coverage of Students with Disabilities in Mathematics Methods Syllabi
BU: Nathan Jones, Tashnuva Shaheen
11:40 am–1:10 pm
Incorporating a Constructed-Response Situational Judgment Test in a Medical School’s Holistic Review
BU: Kristen Goodell
2:50–4:20 pm
DisCrit Culture Circles: Interrupting Racism and Ableism in Teacher Education
BU: Kathryn M. Meyer
Sunday, April 16
8–9:30 am
“This Is for You, This Is for Us”: Learning as Leadership in an Educator Network
BU: Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Ada Okun
9:50–11:20 am
(More Than) “A Background Idea”: A Self-Study of Justice-Oriented Practices in Social Studies Teacher Education
BU: Robert Martinelle
11:40 am –1:10 pm
Attending to Care, Risk, and Classroom Culture in Scientific Modeling
BU: Eve Manz
2:50–4:20 pm
Differences in Suicide Acceptability Among Young People in the United States and South Korea
BU: Hayoung Kim Donnelly, Efe I. Shavers
A Systematic Review of Special Educators’ Roles: Applying a Systems Lens
BU: Elizabeth Bettini
Exploring Teachers’ Situational Motivation: Variation in Motivation Across Professional Activity Contexts
BU: Lindsey Kaler, Nathan Jones
4:40–6:10 pm
A National Professional Development Program Fills Mentoring Gaps for Postdoctoral Researchers
BU: Sarah Chobot Hokanson
Multiple Relationalities in Critical Making Research
BU: Eli Tucker-Raymond, Maria C. Olivares
The Continued Self-(Un)Identification: Disability and Mental Health Self-Disclosure for Students in Higher Education
BU: Kyle DeMeo Cook
May 4–5, Virtual
Thursday, May 4
May 4, 8 am, to May 5, 6 pm (May 4, 9 am, to Fri, May 5, 7 pm ET)
Immigrant Deaf Students of Color: Navigating Discourses in U.S. Deaf Education
BU: Anna Lim
11:30 am–1 pm CT (12:30–2 pm ET)
An Autoethnographic Examination of Challenges and Experiences from the First Decade of a Teacher’s Career
BU: Erin Nerlino
Friday, May 5
8–9:30 am CT (9–10:30 am ET)
Perceptions of Teachers and Teaching: A Document Analysis of State Policy Memos During COVID-19
BU: Erin Nerlino
2:30–4:00 pm CT (3:30–5 pm ET)
Nature and Value of SEL and Intervention Design Considerations in the Asian Region
BU: Chong Park
Cross-Cultural Considerations for Studying (SEL) and SEL Interventions
BU: V Scott H Solberg
