2012 AERA Annual Meeting Highlights

April 24, 2012

The 2012 AERA Annual Meeting was held this year April 13-17th in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Michigan State University was well represented throughout the conference.  Here is a list of sessions presented by current faculty and students of HALE.  We apologize in advance for any information unintentionally left off of this list.

Ann Austin

  • Discussant – Acknowledging Philanthropy in Faculty Work: A New Approach to Understanding the Professoriate
  • Discussant – Higher Education and Society

Brendan Cantwell

  • Chair – Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning
  • Presenter – Postdocs in U.S. Research Universities, 1987-2008: Professionalization and Contingency in Academic Research

Ngoc Lan Thi Dang (PhD Student)

  • Presenter – Influences of Vietnamese Culture and Gender Equality Policies on Academic Women’s Leadership Development Process

John Dirkx

  • Presenter – Journal of Transformative Education

James Fairweather

  • Participant – AERA Task Force on Evaluating Educational Research, Scholarship, and Teaching in Postsecondary Education: An Open Discussion Forum

Chris Glass (Ph.D. Student)

  • Co-Presenter – Effects of Computer-Mediated Communication and Belongingness on Constructive Controversy (presented with Andy Saltarelli and Dr. Cary Roseth)
  • Presenter – The Relationships Among Educational Experiences, Learning, and Perception of Campus Climate for International Students

Ryan Goodwin (Ph.D. Student)

  • Poster Presentation – Exploring College Readiness: An Early College High School Case Study
  • Co-Presenter – Exploring the College Readiness of American Indians (presented with Christie Poitra)

Kris Renn

  • Member – American Educational Research Journal Editorial Board

Riyad Shahjahan

  • Presenter – The Roles of International Organizations in Globalizing Higher Education Policy