Published April 3, 2026
Faculty and Postdocs from the University at Buffalo Institute for Learning Sciences (UBILS) will present a number of sessions at the AERA2026 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles California. Hope to see you there!
Title/Session | Time/Location | UBILS Members |
Wed, April 8, 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT | Heather Killen (Chair) | |
Strengthening Pre-Service Elementary Science Education with Community Storytelling | Wed, April 8, 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT | Ari Hock |
Contextualizing Institutional Data with Lived Experience: Collaborative mapping to catalyze data science learning and engagement | Wed, April 8, 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT | Heather Killen |
Novel Pathways to Sustained Equitable Computing Education | Thu, April 9, 7:45 to 9:15am PDT | Christopher Hoadley |
The Voice from Our Community: Appalachian Youth Crafting Data Visualizations for Social Good | Thu, April 9, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT | Yilang Zhao |
Beyond the Numbers: Youth Interpreting and Acting on Data for Social Change | Thu, April 9, 2:15 to 3:45pm PDT | Yilang Zhao (Chair) |
On “Heaviness”, Racialized Emotions, and “Big” Emergencies: Community Knowledge and Education for Social Justice Amid Climate Coloniality | Thu, April 9, 2:15 to 3:45pm PDT | Noemi Waight |
Computational Playgrounds: Foundations and Futures of AI, Play, and Pedagogy in Early Childhood | Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT | X. Christine Wang, Xintian Tu-Shea (Chairs) |
Zooming Out: How AI Agents Help Young Children See Interdependence in Ecological Systems | Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT | Xintian Tu-Shea |
Preparing Young Children for an AI Future: What Two Decades of CT Research Tell Us | Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT | X Christine Wang, Chris Proctor, Xintian Tu-Shea |
Young Children’s Perception and Interaction with Intelligent Agents: A Scoping Review | Thu, April 9, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT | X. Christine Wang |
Reimagining Rural Schools Worldwide: Policy, Community Engagement, and Student Development | Fri, April 10, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT | Yilang Zhao (Chair) |
"They took my mom to a detention center...": Latinx teachers at the intersection of their families and their student's lives | Fri, April 10, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT | Timothy Monreal |
AI in K-12 Education | Fri, April 10, 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT | Yilang Zhao (Chair) |
“The reality of teaching is that…we don't get our own classroom”: Language teacher identity through intra-action and subjectivity | Fri, April 10, 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT | Timothy Monreal |
Emotions, identities, and engagement in climate change education | Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT | Alexandra Schindel (Discussant) |
Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT | X. Christine Wang (Chair) | |
AIRE: AI Reading Enhancer for Personalized Decodable Texts in Early Literacy | Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT | X. Christine Wang |
Imagining Futures for Early Literacy and Responsible AI: Results from CELaRAI’s Year 1 Exploratory Study | Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT | X. Christine Wang, Xintian Tu-Shea |
Responsible AI in K–12 Education: A Policy Review | Fri, April 10, 3:45 to 5:15pm PDT | X. Christine Wang, Ari Hock, Christopher Hoadley |
Towards the Critical Use of AI in Foreign Language Learning: Insights from AI-assisted Songwriting | Sat, April 11, 7:45 to 9:15am PDT | Yunjeong Chang |
AI vs. Parent: Supporting Early Literacy at Home Through Conversational Agents | Sat, April 11, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT | Xintian Tu-Shea |
AI vs. Parent: Supporting Early Literacy at Home Through Conversational Agents | Sat, April 11, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT | Xintian Tu-Shea |
Examining Asset-Based Pedagogical Development for Preservice Language Teachers: Theory into Practice | Sat, April 11, 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT | Timothy Monreal |
From Remembering to Repositioning: A Returning Youth’s Languaging of Memory, Belonging, and Future Possibility | Sat, April 11, 11:45am to 1:15pm PDT | Noemi Waight |
Sat, April 11, 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT | Timothy Monreal (Discussant) | |
Sun, April 12, 1:45 to 3:15pm PDT | Timothy Monreal (Chair and Discussant) |
