UMaine at AERA 2019
Several University of Maine faculty and graduate students are participating in the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting taking place April 5-9 in Toronto. AERA gathers scholars from around the world in a variety of different educational disciplines to share their research.
Here’s a look at some of the events involving researchers from UMaine.
Friday April 5
- Assistant extension professor, 4-H STEM specialist, and assistant professor of education Vanessa Klein will chair a paper session on “Assemblage Thinking and the Mobilization of Education for Sustainable Development Policy Within a Canadian Province.”
- Assistant professor of assessment and instruction Tammy Mills will be a presenting author at a roundtable session, discussing her work, “Putting Posthuman Theory to Work in Collaborative Self-Study.”
Saturday April 6
- Assistant professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction Rebecca Buchanan will participate in a roundtable session, presenting her research, “Writing to Learn and Writing to Teach: A Self-Study on Our Critical Reflective Practice.”
- Klein will present at a paper session her research, “Biophilia Connections: An Examination of Connections Between Evolution Acceptance and Attitudes Toward Nature.”
Sunday April 7
- Associate professor of educational leadership Ian Mette will present at a paper session his research, “How State Political Culture and History Influence Teacher Supervision and Evaluation Policy.”
- Buchanan will chair a paper session, “Mentoring, Monitoring, and Moving Through Higher Education.” She also will chair a roundtable session titled, “The Stakes Are High: Critically (Re)Assessing Teacher Education Practice,” and present at another paper session her research on “Investigating Teacher Identity Development Through a Professional Development on Grading Practices.”
- Klein will chair a paper session titled, “Climate Change and Critical Science Agency: Is ‘Knowing’ Enough?” She’ll also chair a roundtable session, “Transforming Culturally Relevant Pedagogies During Field Experiences for Preservice Teachers.”
Monday April 8
- Assistant professor of educational leadership Catharine Biddle, professor of economics Kathleen Bell, assistant professor of forest landscape management & economics Mindy Crandall, along with undergraduate students Dominic Gayton, Ismael Thadal, and Owen Vanderaa will present at a roundtable session their research, “Planning for Uncertainty: The Role of Educational Leadership in Rural Community Vitality.”
- Ming-Tso Chien, a doctoral student in literacy education, will participate in roundtable session on “International Student Experiences and Success in Higher Education.” He will present his research, “Outsiders Within: The Complexity of International Teaching Assistants’ Experiences.”
- Assistant professor of higher education Leah Hakkola and Sarah Dyer, doctoral student in higher education and an academic advisor in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, will participate in paper session, presenting their research, “‘Cracking the Code’: How Faculty Search Chairs Challenge or Reproduce Institutional Racism.” Hakkola and Dyer also will present at a roundtable session on “How Faculty Search Chairs Recruit for Diversity and Equity: A Campus Climate Perspective.”
- Lecturer in curriculum, assessment and instruction Evan Mooney will be a presenting author at a paper session, discussing his work, “Preservice Teachers’ Negotiating of Resistance to Socially Transformative Teaching.” Mooney will also be a presenting author at a roundtable session, discussing his research, “Breaking Barriers: Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Experiences of Interdisciplinary Science and Social Studies Methods Courses.”
- Buchanan will chair a symposium, where she will present her research, “Centralizing the Tension in Teacher Education.” She also will chair a roundtable session titled, “Institutional Perspectives on Preservice Teacher Field Experiences.” In another paper session, Buchanan will discuss “Interrogating Preservice Teachers’ Performance Through Feedback and Reflective Practice.”
- Klein will chair a roundtable session on “Methodological Considerations in Informal Learning Environments Research.” She’s also presenting at a roundtable session on “Breaking Barriers: Preservice Elementary Teachers’ Experiences of Interdisciplinary Science and Social Studies Methods Courses.”
- Mills will be a participant in an invited speaker session on “Non-Linear Perspectives on Teacher Learning and Practice Across the Professional Continuum.”
Tuesday April 9
- Biddle will participate in two roundtable sessions. Her presentations are: “Student Empowered Social Emotional Learning: From Theory to Practice” and “Supporting Healing-Centered Engagement in Rural Schools and Communities.”
- Klein will chair a paper session, “Environmental Education in a Sustainable World.” In another paper session, Klein will discuss her work, “Ambitious Teaching and High-Leverage Practices: Preparing Preservice Science Teachers Across Contexts.”
- Mette will participate as the discussant in a roundtable session titled, “Supervision and Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century.”