Feat u re d  P ro gr a ms  
Program Remarks by
George L. Wimberly, Director
Social Justice and
Professional Development
AERA
William H. Schmidt, Chair
AERA Grants Program
Michigan State University
David E. Myers, President and
Chief Executive Officer
American Institutes for Research
Presented with support from the
American Institutes for Research
Promising  Scholarship     AERA Grants Program
IES Predoctoral Interdisciplinary
Research Training Programs in the
in  Education:     The  AERA  Grants  Program  provides    
dissertation  support  and  small  grants  for     Education Sciences
researchers  who  conduct  studies  of  education   The  Institute  of  Education  Sciences  (IES)    
Dissertation  Fellows  and   policy  and  practice  using  quantitative  methods  
and  data  from  the  large-­scale  data  sets  sponsored  
established  the  Predoctoral  Interdisciplinary    
Research  Training  Programs  in  the  Education    
by  the  National  Center  for  Education  Statistics   Sciences  to  support  the  development  of    
Their  Research     (NCES),  the  National  Science  Foundation   education  researchers  who  conduct  rigorous  
(NSF)  and  other  federal  agencies.  The  program   education  research.  Currently,  the  Institute  
seeks  to  stimulate  research  on  U.S.  education   supports  18  interdisciplinary  predoctoral    
issues  using  large-­scale  national  and     research  training  programs.  Scholars  are  trained  
to  develop  education  interventions  (e.g.,    
international  data  and  to  increase  the  number  
of  education  researchers  using  these  data  sets.   curricula,  professional  development);  evaluate  
The  program  supports  research  projects  that  are     education  programs,  practices,  and  policies    
policy  relevant.     using  rigorous  and  well-­implemented    
http://www.aera.net/   experimental  and  quasi-­experimental  designs;  
and  employ  sophisticated  statistical  methods  to  
examine  large  state  and  local  datasets  to    
identify  potential  solutions  to  education    
problems.    
http://www.ies.ed.gov/funding/  
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellowship
2 011  A E RA     in Education Research
The  purpose  of  AERA  Minority  Fellowship     Holmes Scholars Program
A n n ual  Me et i ng   Program  is  to  advance  education  research  by   The  Holmes  Scholars  Program  is  part  of  The  
New   O rle a n s ,  L o ui si a na   outstanding  minority  graduate  students  and  to   American  Association  of  Colleges  for  Teacher  
improve  the  quality  and  diversity  of  university   Education  (AACTE).  This  program  provides  
faculty.  This  program  offers  doctoral  fellowships   mentorship,  peer  support  and  rich  professional  
to  enhance  the  competitiveness  of  outstanding   development  opportunities  to  doctoral  students  
minority  scholars  for  academic  appointments  at   from  underrepresented  backgrounds  pursuing  
major  research  universities  by  supporting  their   careers  in  education.  The  program  was  de-­
Monday, April 11th conducting  education  research  and  by  providing   signed  to  enrich  the  scholarly  experience  and  
mentoring  and  guidance  toward  completion  of   professional  training  of  talented  graduate-­level  
4:05pm - 6:05pm their  doctoral  studies.   students  from  underrepresented  minority  back-­
http://www.aera.net/   grounds  or  students  with  disabilities  pursuing  
New Orleans Marriott   careers  in  education.    Presenters  are  co-­
  sponsored  by  the  National  Association  of  
Mardi Gras Salon DE Holmes  Scholars  Alumni  (NAHSA).  
http://www.aacte.org/  
http://www.nahsa.com/      
 
    
AERA Grants Program Dissertation Grantees 10.  Kathy  Simms,  Old  Dominion  University   19.  Aura  Gonzalez-­Robles,  University  of  Arizona   IES Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Research
1.  Jen-­Hao  Chen,  University  of  Chicago   A  Hierarchical  Examination  of  the  Immigrant     Creating  Spaces  for  Critical  Thinking  within  a  Puerto   Training Program in the Education Sciences
Health  and  the  Development  of  Academic  and     Achievement  Gap:  The  Additional  Explanatory  Power  of   Rican  Classroom:  An  Ideological  Model  of  Literacy   Awardees
Behavioral  Skills  in  Early  Childhood   Nationality  and  Educational  Selectivity  Over  Traditional    
Explorations  of  Race  and  Socioeconomic  Status   29.  Megan  Brown,  University  of  Wisconsin  -­  Madison  
  20.  Darrell  Jackson,  University  of  Colorado  -­  Boulder   Does  Dialect  Affect  Categorization  of  Word-­Like  
2.  Anna  Chmielewski,  Stanford  University     0LVPDWFKHGRU0DOLJQHG"$5DFH&ULW¶V4XDOLWDWLYH   Sounds?  An  Exploration  of  Dialect  Density  and  Word  
Institutional  Context  and  Segregation:  Curricular   11.  Min  Sun,  Michigan  State  University   Analysis  of  African  American  Males  in  Law  School   Knowledge  
Tracking  in  Cross-­National  Perspective   Shaping  Professional  Development  to  Promote  the        
  Diffusion  of  Instructional  Expertise  among  Teachers   21.  Camika  Royal,  Temple  University   30.  Darrell  Earnest,  University  of  California,  -­  Berkeley  
3.  Marisol  Cunnington,  Teachers  College,       Black  Educators  and  Public  School  Reform  in     Building  on  Student  Thinking  to  Support  the  Early    
Columbia  University   12.  Christopher  Swoboda,  University  of  Wisconsin  -­  Madison   Philadelphia   Development  of  Algebraic  Thought  
Teaching  Quality  in  Kindergarten:  How  Important  Is   ECLS-­K  Demonstration  of  a  New  Method  for  Multilevel        
School  Organizational  Culture  for  Student  Learning  in   Multiple  Imputation:  MLMI   22.  Samatha  Wahome,  The  Ohio  State  University   31.  Par  Jason  Engle,  University  of  Wisconsin  -­  Madison  
Literacy  and  Mathematics?     $LQ¶W,D*LUO"%ODFN*LUOV1HJRWLDWLQJ*HQGHU5DFHDQG Unlearning  Political  Affiliation:  Knowledge,  Identity,  
  13.  Lesley  Turner,  Columbia  University   Class   and  Self-­Reported  Ideology  
4.  Elizabeth  Dayton,  The  Johns  Hopkins  University   Do  Colleges  Practice  Price  Discrimination?  Implications    
for  Access  and  Affordability    
³)LUVWLQ0\)DPLO\´+RZ&KLOGUHQ%HFRPHWKH)LUVW   23.  Federico  Waitoller,  Arizona  State  University   32.  Mark  Lavenia,  Florida  State  University  
Generation  at  College     A  Cultural  Historical  Analysis  of  Teacher  Learning:     Communities  of  Instructional  Practice:  A  Study  of  the    
  14.  Ana  Useche,  University  of  Florida   Developing  Professional  Identities  Amidst  Struggles  for   Mediation  of  Professional  Development  on  Student    
5.  Craig  Esposito,  University  of  Connecticut   Effects  of  Family,  School,  and  Community  Contexts  on     Inclusive  Education   Academic  Achievement  
School  Type  and  Mathematics  Achievement:  A     &KLOGUHQ¶V6HOI-­Regulation,  Competence  in  Mathematics    
and  Reading,  and  Socioemotional  Adjustment    
Comparison  of  Magnet  and  Public  Secondary  Schools   24.  Amber  Wiley,  The  George  Washington  University   33.  Kristina  Lavenia,  Florida  State  University  
Using  the  Educational  Longitudinal  Study  of  2002       Concrete  Solutions:  Architecture  of  Public  High  Schools   3URIHVVLRQDO'HYHORSPHQW,PSDFWRQ3ULQFLSDOV¶  
Data  Set   15.  Aaryn  Ward,  Louisiana  State  University   'XULQJWKH³8UEDQ&ULVLV´   $WWLWXGHV7RZDUG,PSOHPHQWDWLRQRI)ORULGD¶V1H[W
  Investigating  the  Causal  Effects  of  School  Context  on     Generation  Sunshine  State  Standards  
College  Enrollment  for  Low  SES  Students  using  several   25.  Krystal  Williams,  University  of  Michigan  
6.  Yihua  Hong,  University  of  Toronto    
Teacher  Matters:  Re-­Examining  the  Effects  of  Grade-­3   Different  Measures  for  School  SES   Student  Role  Strain,  Research  Opportunity  Interventions   34.  Katherine  Lewis,  University  of  California  -­  Berkeley  
Test-­Based  Retention  Policy  on  Student  Academic       and  College/Career  Success  in  STEM  Fields   Atypical  Understandings:  Mathematical  Learning    
Performance,  Instructional  Resource  Allocation,  and   16.  Kristina  Zeiser,  The  Pennsylvania  State  University  
Disabilities  and  Fractions  
Student  Motivation   Investigating  the  Causal  Effects  of  Student  Mobility  on   Holmes Scholars  
Academic  Outcomes  
  26.  Kisha  Bryan,  University  of  Florida   35.  Maxine  McKinney  de  Royston,  University  of    
 
7.  Nina  Philipsen  Hetzner,  Columbia  University   Identity  Construction  among  Second  Generation     California  -­  Berkeley  
AERA Minority Dissertation Fellows
First-­Year  Parental  Employment  and  Child     Caribbean  Immigrants   7HDFKLQJWRWKH6SLULW8QSDFNLQJWKH³+LGGHQ´  
Developmental  Outcomes  at  Two  and  Four  Years     17.  Limarys  Caraballo,  Teachers  College,  Columbia  University     Curriculum  of  African  Centered  Education  
of  Age   Constructing  and  Negotiating  Identities-­in-­Practice:      
27.  Sydney  Freeman,  Jr.,  Auburn  University  
  Multiple  Identities,  the  Enacted  Curriculum,  and  the     The  Knowledge,  Skills,  and  Competencies  Needed  for  the   36.  Darshanand  Ramdass,  Graduate  Center,  CUNY  
8.  Katherine  Reed,  The  Pennsylvania  State  University   Figured  World  of  Achievement  in  a  Middle  School     University  Presidency   Modeling  and  Social  Feedback  on  the  Mathematics    
1HZ'HVWLQDWLRQV1HZ'HVWLQLHV"/DWLQRV¶(GXFDWLRQDO   English  Classroom     Performance  and  Calibration  of  Middle  School    
Attainment  in  New  and  Traditional  Destinations     Students  
28.  Christine  Nganga,  University  of  North    
  18.  Corinne  Castro,  Temple  University   Carolina  -­  Greensboro    
Women  of  Color  Navigating  the  Academy:  the     Transitional  Narratives  of  International  Teachers  in  U.S.  
9.  Hilary  Shager,  University  of  Wisconsin  -­  Madison   37.  Yasmin  Sitabkhan,  University  of  California  -­  Berkeley  
The  Role  of  Peer  Effects  in  Early  Education:  Evidence   Discursive  Power  of  Professionalism   Schools     (FRQRPLF([FKDQJHV<RXQJ&KLOGUHQ¶V  
from  the  2003  Family  and  Child  Experiences  Survey     Understandings  of  the  Worth  of  their  Goods  in  a    
(FACES)     Selling  Practice  in  Oaxaca,  Mexico