AERA 2024 Preview

AERA 2024 Preview

Books to Look Out for at this Year's Meeting

By Michelle Alamillo Date: April 09, 2024 Tags: AERA, Book Exhibit, New Books, Education

SUNY Press will be exhibiting at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, April 11-24, 2024, the world's largest gathering of education researchers and a showcase for groundbreaking, innovative studies in an array of areas. Come visit us in booth 600 to browse our books!

Attending the conference virtually or perhaps can’t make it? Check out our virtual book exhibit here for the same great books and conference discount.

Panels Happening at the Conference:

Thursday, April 11th 

4:20 pm - Derrick R. Brooms, author of Stakes Is High: Trials, Lessons, and Triumphs in Young Black Men's Educational Journeys, "Collegiate Black Men and Leadership Learning for Liberation"

4:20 pm - William A. Smith, co-editor (with Kofi Lomotey) of The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, Third Edition, "Forging a Research Agenda on the Role of Mental Health in Advancing Racial Equity"

4:20 pm - Frank A. Tuitt, co-editor (with Bianca C. Williams and Dian D. Squire) of Plantation Politics and Campus Rebellions: Power, Diversity, and the Emancipatory Struggle in Higher Education, "Advancing a Transnational Comparative Framework for Racial Equity in Higher Education"

Friday, April 12th 

7:45 am - Bryant Jensen, co-editor (with Patricia Gándara) of The Students We Share: Preparing US and Mexican Educators for Our Transnational Future, "Representations of Practice to Scaffold Teacher Learning to Enact Equitable and Disciplinary Classroom Discussions"

7:45 am - Sofia Villenas, co-editor (with Dolores Delgado Bernal, C. Alejandra Elenes, and Francisca E. Godinez) of Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life: Feminista Perspectives on Pedagogy and Epistemology, "Learning Coalition, Finding Difficult Solidarities: Latinx Feminist Thought and Pedagogies of Intersectional Racial Justice"

9:35 am - Rachelle Winkle-Wagner, author of The Chosen We: Black Women's Empowerment in Higher Education, "Promise and Precarity: A Discussion of Tenure and Promotion Pathways"

3:05 pm - Elena Aydarova, author of Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater: Russian Policy Dramas, "Reenvisioning Teacher Education Policy and Programs to Construct Educational Possibilities"

3:05 pm - Wayne Journell, author of Teaching Politics in Secondary Education: Engaging with Contentious Issues, "Teaching Villainification in Social Studies: Pedagogies to Deepen Understanding of Social Evils"

3:05 pm - Lori D. Patton, co-editor (with Ishwanzya D. Rivers, Raquel L. Farmer-Hinton, and Joi D. Lewis) of Reauthoring Savage Inequalities: Narratives of Community Cultural Wealth in Urban Educational Environments, "Investigating the Past to Understand the Present and Envision the Future: A Continued Conversation on Brown"

Saturday, April 13th 

9:00 am - Dolores Delgado Bernal, co-editor (with C. Alejandra Elenes, Francisca E. Godinez, and Sofia Villenas) of Chicana/Latina Education in Everyday Life: Feminista Perspectives on Pedagogy and Epistemology, "Rupturing the White Gaze: Centering Chicana/Latina Feminista Methodologies and Epistemologies in Qualitative Research"

11:25 am - Jeannine E. Dingus-Eason, author of A Thousand Worries: Black Women Mothering Autistic Sons, "Biographical Authorship and Contestation of Institutional Construction of Disability at Raced Intersections"

11:25 am - Suneal Kolluri, co-editor (with William G. Tierney) of Relational Sociology and Research on Schools, Colleges, and Universities, "Excellence in Education Research: Early Career Scholars and Their Work"

1:15 pm - Shannon K. McManimon, co-author (with Zachary A. Casey) of Building Pedagogues: White Practicing Teachers and the Struggle for Antiracist Work in Schools, "Countering Epistemic Injustices With Participatory Research Practices in Informal Science Learning"

3:05 pm - Laura E. Smithers, co-editor (with Heidi Fischer, and Faith A. Watrous) of Impact/Impasse: Revaluing University Classroom Life (forthcoming June 2024), "Fantasies, Dreams, and Testimonios: Storying Just Futures of Qualitative Research"

3:05 pm - Boni Wozolek, editor of Black Lives Matter in US Schools: Race, Education, and Resistance, "Reimagining Curricular Futures"

Sunday, April 14th

7:45 am - Pei Pei Liu, author of Invisible Forces: Motivational Supports and Challenges in High School and College Classes, "Developing Sustainable Collaborations in Educational Research"

7:45 am - Angela Valenzuela, author of Subtractive Schooling: U.S. - Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring, "What Do We Need to Know About Ethnic Studies in Teaching and Teacher Education?"

11:25 am - Mollie V. Blackburn, author of Moving across Differences: How Students Engage LGBTQ+ Themes in a High School Literature Class, "Qualitative Research SIG Mentoring Session: Qualitative Inquiry for Educational Possibilities"

11:25 am - Royel M. Johnson, co-editor (with Uju Anya, and Liliana M. Garces) of Racial Equity on College Campuses: Connecting Research and Practice, "Disrupting Racial Inequality in College Students’ Experiences: Insights From National Survey Research"

1:15 pm - Kofi Lomotey, co-editor (with William A. Smith) of The Racial Crisis in American Higher Education, Third Edition, "As Instructive as It Is Informative: Using Black Educational History to Prepare School Leaders for Equity"

3:05 pm - Antar A. Tichavakunda, author of Black Campus Life: The Worlds Black Students Make at a Historically White Institution, "Holding the Mirror to the Campus: "DEI" Statements, Policing, and the Institutions Themselves"

New Books to Look for at the Booth:

Reframing Diversity and Inclusive Leadership: Race, Gender, and Institutional Change, by Seth N. Asumah & Mechthild Nagel, Shows how authentic diversity and inclusive leadership practices can promote anti-racist, equitable, and transformational change in institutions of higher learning in the United States and beyond.

 

Deeper Learning with Psychedelics: Philosophical Pathways through Altered States, by David J. Blacker (Forthcoming in June 2024),  explores the powerful educational capabilities of classic psychedelics, through a philosophical lens.

 

When History Returns: Psychoanalytic Quests for Humane Learning, by Deborah P. Britzman, turns to theories and cultural representations of psychosocial life to reflect on, and better understand, the challenges of learning in times of social strife.

 

Doing Qualitative Research in Education Settings, Second Edition, by J. Amos Hatch, is an up-to-date, clearly written, user-friendly guide that students and experienced scholars alike will find invaluable as they plan, implement, and write up qualitative research projects.

 

Crossing Digital Fronteras: Rehumanizing Latinx Education and Digital Humanities, edited by Isabel Martínez, Irma Victoria Montelongo, Nicholas Daniel Natividad, and Ángel David Nieves (Forthcoming June 2024), demonstrates the liberatory potential of Latinx Digital Humanities at Hispanic-Serving Institutions and in Latinx Studies classrooms.

 

Student Success: Foundations of Self-Management, by Gian Paolo Roma, helps students achieve their academic and career goals by clarifying the behaviors that they alone are responsible for, explaining why they are important, how they are assessed, and how they can lead to success.

Going Along with Trans, Queer, and Non-Binary Youth, by Sam Stiegler, recounts a series of engaging, self-reflective stories of conducting research on and with transgender, queer, and non-binary youth as they go about their everyday lives in New York City.

 

Teaching as if Students Matter: A Guide to Creating Classrooms Based on Relationships and Engaged Learning, by Jaye Zola & John Zola, is a teacher education book that emphasizes the importance of relationships, cultural responsiveness, and engaged learning for all students’ academic and personal success.

We hope to see you in Philadelphia!