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2021 American Educational Research Association College of Education Faculty Presentations

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Please find a list of all College of Education (CoE) faculty presentations at this year’s American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting. Bold indicates CoE faculty and underline indicates CoE current students or graduates. See a full list of all presentations. If you are presenting and not listed here, please email tracy.rees@utah.edu.

 

Thursday, April 8th Presentations

Presenting Author: Amy Bergerson

Title of Presentation: “Ain’t Nobody Fine”: Revealing Social Reproduction in Higher Education During the Time of COVID-19

Day of Presentation: Thursday, April 8 @ 2:00 – 3:00pm MDT (4:00 – 5:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Shawn Coon, Betsy Vega, Christopher Wallace-Carrete


Presenting Author: Wenyang Sun

Title of Presentation: The Shortage of Asian American Teachers in K–12 Schools: Trends, Patterns, Causes, and Recommendations

Day of Presentation: Thursday, April 8 @ 3:00 – 4:00pm MDT (5:00 – 6:00 EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Xue Lan Rong; Huanyu Cong


Friday, April 9th Presentations

Presenting Author: Laura Rogers

Title of Presentation: How do Principals Respond to Increased District Support? The Relationship Between Principal Supervision and Principal Improvement.

Day of Presentation: Friday, April 9 @ 2:10 to 3:00pm MDT (4:10 – 5:40pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Authors if any: N/A


Presenting Author: Verónica E. Valdez

Title of Presentation: Introducing translanguaging: Preparing preservice teachers for providing culturally & linguistically sustaining practices.

Day of Presentation: Friday, April 9 @ 10:20 to 11:20am MDT (12:20 to 1:20pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Xu, N^. & Valdez, V. E.

Citation of upcoming book chapter publication based on this presentation: Xu, N.^ & Valdez, V. E. (accepted). Introducing translanguaging as pedagogy: Unpacking pre-service ESL teachers’ language ideologies and practices. In A. Esmail (Ed.) English language learners: A social change perspective. Rowan and Littlefield Education/National Association for Multicultural Education, Lanham, MD.


Presenting Author: Verónica E. Valdez

Title of Presentation: Engaging in culturally sustaining practices through translanguaging to reimagine assimilationist and monolingual ESOL classroom practices.

Day of Presentation: Friday, April 9 @ 2:10 to 3:10pm MDT (4:10 – 5:10pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Park, K.^ & Valdez, V. E.

Citation for upcoming book chapter publication based on this presentation:

Valdez, V. E. & Park, K.^ (In press). Translanguaging as culturally sustaining pedagogy: Transforming traditional language learning practices in an ESOL classroom for older adults from refugee backgrounds. In D. Warriner (Eds.) Refugee education across the lifespan: Mapping experiences of language learning and use. Springer, New York, NY.


Presenting Author: Yongmei Ni

Title of Presentation: Leadership Preparation Program Features and Graduates’ Assessment of Program Quality

Day of Presentation: Friday, April 9 @ 2:10 to 3:40pm MDT (4:10 – 5:40pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Jiangang Xia, Diana PounderAndrea Rorrer, Michelle Young


Presenting Author: Wenyang Sun

Title of Presentation: A Raciolinguistic Analysis of the Promotion of Dual-Language Education in North Carolina

Day of Presentation: Friday, April 9 @ 7:30 – 8:30am MDT (9:30 – 10:30 EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Xinxin Wang


Saturday, April 10th Presentations

Presenting Author: Connor Warner

Title of Presentation: Conceptualizing Public Intellectualism for Youth Audiences: Social Media and Young Adult Literature in the 21st Century

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 12:30 – 2:00pm MDT (2:30 to 4:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Nora Peterman


Presenting Author: Lynne Zummo

Title of Presentation: Youth Civic Participation: Using Scientific Argumentation to Make One’s Voice Heard on Climate Change

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 12:30 – 2:00pm MDT (2:30 – 4:00 EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Emma Gargroetzi (University of Texas-Austin)


Presenting Author: Mollie Rubin

Title of Presentation: Changing Principal Supervision to Develop Principals’ Instructional Leadership Capacity

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 8:40 to 10:10am MDT (10:40 – 12:10pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Ellen Goldring, Michael Neel, Laura Rogers, Jason Grissom


Presenting Author: Paul Rubin

Title of Presentation: Initiative Overload? Challenges Facing Tri-City College’s Goal of Serving Stopped-Out Students

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 8:40 to 10:10am MDT (10:40 – 12:10 EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Jason Taylor


Presenting Author: Sondra Stegenga

*Mixed Methods SIG group special invitation

Title of Presentation: How to Convey the Methodology of Mixed-Methods Research in Conference Proposals: Advice From Mixed Methods Scholars

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 10:20 – 11:20am MDT (8:20 – 10:20 am EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if anyNumerous; View all presenters.


Presenting Author: Verónica E. Valdez

Title of Presentation: Enacting (de)colonial discourses: Chinese immigrant families fostering Chinese heritage language, culture, and knowledge in the U.S. Part of a session symposium titled, Raising bilingual children: Asian immigrant parents’ experiences in and across home, school and community spaces

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 12:30 to 2:00pm MDT (2:30 to 4:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Xu, N^.


Presenting Author: Wenyang Sun

Title of Presentation: Chinese Immigrant Parents' Family Language Policy as Shaped by Their Racialized Experiences: An AsianCrit Perspective

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @12:30 – 2:00pm MDT (2:30 – 4:00 EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: None


Invited Speaker: William Smith

*Vice President Selected Presentation

Title of Presentation: Division J Vice Presidential Session, Racism and Carcerality in Higher Education

Day of Presentation: Saturday, April 10 @ 2:10 to 3:40pm MDT (4:10 – 5:40pm EDT)

Name of Co-Speaker(s): Dr. Royel M. Johnson, Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Kelly Rosinger, Pennsylvania State University; Dr. Tracy Lachica Buenavista, California State University Northridge; Jude Paul Matias Dizon, University of Southern California; Elif A. Yucel, University of Southern California; Jaymon Ortega, University of Southern California


Sunday, April 11th Presentations

Presenting Author: Caisa Royer

Title of Presentation: The Influence of Prison-Initiated Discipline on Student Contract Rights: A Qualitative Study of Higher Education in Prison

Day of Presentation: Sunday, April 11 @ 8:40 to 10:10am MDT (10:40 – 12:10pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Erin Castro


Presenting Author: David Woo

Title of Presentation: The “Perfect Storm”: Charter Management Organizations, Unionization, and the Psychological Needs of Teachers

Day of Presentation: Sunday, April 11 @ 7:30 to 8:30am MDT (9:30 – 10:30am EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Kate Kennedy, Bradley Marianno


Presenting Author: Eric Poitras 

Title of Presentation: Embodied Learning With Virtual Reality: Gesture Clustering and Forecasting

Day of Presentation: Sun, April 11, 2:10 to 3:40pm MDT (4:10 to 5:40pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Matthew Orr, Dany Aina, Kirsten R. Butcher


Presenting Author: Laura Rogers

Title of Presentation: Beyond Preparation: State Approaches to Early Career Principal Professional Development

Day of Presentation: Sunday, April 11 @ 12:30 to 2:00pm MDT (2:30 – 4:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Bryan VanGronigen


Presenting Author: Lynne Zummo

Title of Presentation: Enacted Professional Learning in Context: Case Studies of Professional Learning Experience Participants’ Return to School Sites

Day of Presentation: Sunday, April 11 @ 8:40 – 10:10am MDT (10:40 – 12:10pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Liam Aiello (University of California-Davis), Tammy Wu Moriarty (Stanford University), Janet 


Monday, April 12th Presentations

Presenting Author: Alex Hyres

Title of Presentation: Remembering and Forgetting Black Teachers and Students in the Struggle: Racism and Historical Memory in the Shadow of Jefferson’s University

Day of Presentation: Monday, April 12 @ 12:50 – 2:20pm MDT (2:50 – 4:20pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: N/A


Presenting Author: Amy Bergerson

Title of Presentation: The Relational Approach to Thriving in College: Overcoming Institutional Barriers for Students Through Anchoring Connections

Day of Presentation: Monday, April 12 @ 2:30 to 4:00pm MDT (4:30 – 6:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Shawn Coon 


Presenting Author: Connor Warner

*Invited Presidential Session and hosted by the National Education Association

Title of Presentation: Evaluation of the Clinical Component of Teacher Education Programs 

Day of Presentation: Monday, April 12 @ 12:50 – 2:20pm MDT (2:50 – 4:20pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Etta R. Hollins


Presenting Author: Laurence Parker

Title of Presentation: Racial Failure Normalized as Correctional Racism: Critical Race Theory/LatCrit and the Education Policy Attack Against Latina/o and Latinx Populations

Day of Presentation: Monday, April 12 @ 2:30 to 4:00pm MDT (4:30 – 6:00pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Judith Perez, Nereida Oliva


Presenting Author: Lynne Zummo

Title of Presentation: STEM Teacher Noticing via Video Annotation: Links between Complexity and Knowledge-Based Reasoning

Day of Presentation: Monday, April 12 @ 9:10 – 10:40am MDT (11:10 – 12:40pm EDT)

Name of Co-Presenter(s)/Co-Author(s) if any: Mary Hauser (Public Impact), Janet Carlson (Stanford University)

Last Updated: 8/8/24