BY NICOLE MEHLMAN-DAVIDOW

“Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal” is the theme of this year’s conference.

“The AERA conference provides a critical platform for our faculty, students and alumni to share insights that contribute to just and equitable educational renewal,” said GSE Dean and Professor Suzanne Rosenblith. “I am incredibly proud of our scholars’ dedication to shaping the future of education through rigorous inquiry and impactful scholarship.”

Rosenblith will take part in two roundtable sessions. The first session, “The Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Outcomes: A Multiple Membership Approach,” will feature Rosenblith presenting with her coauthors. The second session, “The Investigation of the Impact of a Teacher Residency Program on Student Grades Using Latent Growth Curve Modeling,” will also highlight Rosenblith and her coauthors' research regarding teacher residency programs.

Other GSE scholars participating in the conference include:

• Brittany Jones, PhD, has a busy schedule with six different sessions, two of which she will be presenting her research: “'Dreaming of freedom': How interdisciplinary literacy instruction empowered elementary students’ enactment of police & prison abolition” and “Amplifying Black Caregivers’ Perspectives About Anti-CRT Legislation.”
• Sunha Kim, PhD, will also have a substantial weekend with nine sessions total. During the roundtable, “Leveraging Technology and Digital Learning: Diverse Evaluation Perspectives,” Kim will act as the chair for the meeting. She will also act as chair for the paper session, “Leveraging Technology to Enhance Teaching, Learning, and Assessment in STEM Education.” 
• Simone Fried, PhD, will present “Takeovers and the Role of State Agencies in District Reform: An Analysis of Authorizing Legislation.”
• Chris Proctor, PhD, will present “Reading Out Loud to an AI Tutor is Also Effective”: Analyzing Amira Learning’s Marketing Materials” and “A Theoretical Patchwork of Metaphors for AI Literacy for Young Children: Insights from a Delphi Study.”

Amanda Nickerson, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and director of the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, was named a 2025 AERA Fellow.

A host of GSE students are also scheduled to participate:

• Blessed Aspinas Mhungu will present research, “Online Studios and Digital Literacy among Undergraduate Students: An Activity Theory Perspective,” during a poster session, “Guiding Growth: Creating Engaged and Adaptable Learners for a New Tomorrow.”
• Sean Gregory Hunter will copresent a paper, “Pump up the Volume on Student Voice: Co-Constructing CTDEL Knowledge Through Multimodal Experiences,” during the event, “Walking the Walk and Changing the Talk: Teacher Educators and Teacher Candidates Co-Constructing Computational Thinking and Digital Equitable Literacies Practices.”
• Mahsad Nasr will present research, “The Changing Nature of Writing Centers in the Era of ChatGPT,” during a virtual poster session.

AERA, a national research society founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results.

The annual conference is one of the largest nationwide for education researchers. For a complete list of GSE presenters and presentations, visit the 2025 AERA List.