This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.

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Academic Audit Research in Teacher Education (SIG #174)
Purpose:	The purpose of the SIG is the accumulation and interpretation of research findings from audits associated with the TEAC, NCATE, or state review processes and used in the evaluation of the competence of the graduates of teacher education programs and the quality of the programs themselves.
Contact:	Joyce E. Many, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Academic Audit Research in Teacher Education

Action Research (SIG #2)
Purpose:	The Action Research SIG builds community among those who are engaged in action research and those who teach others to do action research. This is accomplished through dialog about professional development strategies, educational practices and theory, and methods of action research.
Contact:	Craig Alan Mertler, Arizona State University - West, Phoenix, AZ, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Action Research

Adolescence and Youth Development (SIG #3)
Purpose:	To bring together educators, researchers, and youth advocates interested in examining ways to improve upon the experiences, behaviors, and perceptions of adolescence and youth as they develop over time. This SIG includes a cross section of researchers interested in diverse topics associated with adolescence and youth development.
Contact:	Tanner LeBaron Wallace, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Adolescence and Youth Development

Adult Literacy and Adult Education (SIG #4)
Purpose:	Dedicated to research development, policy, and practice in adult literacy and adult education. This SIG takes an interdisciplinary, lifespan perspective on learning and instruction among diverse populations.
Contact:	Aydin Durgunoglu, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth, MN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Adult Literacy and Adult Education

Advanced Studies of National Databases (SIG #6)
Purpose:	To advance knowledge of the contexts and practices of education through facilitating awareness and understanding of the rigorous research methods required for valid and reliable analysis of national and state level databases.
Contact:	Carolyn Elizabeth Barber, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, [email protected]
Dues:	$6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Advanced Studies of National Databases

Advanced Technologies for Learning (SIG #7)
Purpose:	To design new technologies that structure educational environments and transform educational practice, and to help the AERA community understand and influence the use of advanced technologies.
Contact:	Nathan Holbert, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://www.facebook.com/SIGATL

Applied Research in Immersive Environments for Learning (SIG #173)
Purpose:	To steward a robust community of educators, scholars, and practitioners dedicated toward research in and on immersive environments. Using a variety of research methods, we support a diverse approach to understanding the optimal use of digitally-enhanced immersive worlds and environments, such as (but not limited to), virtual reality, virtual worlds, augmented reality and immersive educational games. We are interested in developing a comprehensive research agenda intended to encompass the breadth and scope of learning potentialities, affordances, challenges, and shortcomings of immersive learning environments.
Contact:	Krista Terry, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.arielsig.net

Arts and Inquiry in the Visual and Performing Arts in Education (SIG #53)
Purpose:	This international inter-disciplinary SIG offers a space for visual artworks, live performance and theoretical/conceptual praxis, facilitating a platform for artistic researchers and practitioners.
Contact:	Mary Beth Cancienne, James Madison University, Charlottesville, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Arts and Learning (SIG #8)
Purpose:	Recent themes include: arts performance and process in curriculum; arts integration, assessment, and criticism; cultural issues; semiotics creative process; aesthetic education; alternative research methodologies; and constructivism.
Contact:	Jen Katz-Buonincontro, Drexel University, Media, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Arts and Learning

Arts-Based Educational Research (SIG #9)
Purpose:	To provide a community for those who view education through artistic lenses, who use a variety of arts-based methodologies, and who communicate understandings through diverse genres.
Contact:	Richard E. Siegesmund, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.abersig.com
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/groups/arts.cacs?ap=1

Bilingual Education Research (SIG #12)
Purpose:	To promote research in bilingual education and to provide a forum for innovative approaches in this field of inquiry. This SIG addresses all ethnoliguistically diverse groups.
Contact:	Susan Hopewell, University of Colorado - Boulder, Longmont, CO, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Bilingual Education Research

Biographical and Documentary Research (SIG #13)
Purpose:	To explore methodological issues in biographical and documentary research.
Contact:	Lucy E. Bailey, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Biographical and Documentary Research

Brain, Neurosciences, and Education (SIG #14)
Purpose:	Provides a venue for research in the neurosciences that may inform and inspire educational research, and for rigorous educational research thus informed.
Contact:	Bruce McCandliss, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.aera-brain-education.org/

Career and Technical Education (SIG #134)
Purpose:	To discuss topics in vocational/career and technical education, career development, human resource development, career issues in the schools (Grades K-12), postsecondary education, adult and lifelong learning, and workforce education.
Contact:	James E. Bartlett, II, North Carolina State University, Cary, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Caribbean and African Studies in Education (Formerly "Research Focus on Education in the Caribbean and Africa") (SIG #86)
Purpose:	To encourage, conduct, coordinate, and disseminate research on education within and between Caribbean and African countries.
Contact:	Berte Van Wyk, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Caribbean and African Studies in Education (Formerly "Research Focus on Education in the Caribbean and Africa")

Catholic Education (SIG #175)
Purpose:	To support, promote, and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of Catholic education written from a diverse set of perspectives, including interdisciplinary and international issues.
Contact:	Karie Huchting, Ph.D., Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Catholic Education

Chaos and Complexity Theories (SIG #17)
Purpose:	To apply, advance, and extend chaos and complexity theories to inquiry, research, and theory related to educational contexts.
Contact:	Donald L. Gilstrap, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://chaoscomplexityineducation.wikidot.com/

Charters & School Choice (SIG #142)
Purpose:	To promote and disseminate information, research, and evaluation of charter schools written from a diverse set of perspectives.
Contact:	Priscilla Wohlstetter, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Charters & School Choice

Classroom Assessment (SIG #18)
Purpose:	The purposes of the SIG are to promote student learning through improved classroom assessment practices; to assist teachers in improving their classroom assessment practices and understand why it is essential to do so. To achieve these purposes, the SIG includes among its goals the promotion of quality research into classroom assessment practices, using all legitimate research approaches and methods, and the active collaboration with other SIGs and AERA divisions who share an interest in promoting research into classroom assessment.
Contact:	Heidi L. Andrade, University at Albany - SUNY, Albany, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Classroom Assessment

Classroom Management (SIG #19)
Purpose:	To promote research on classroom organization and management, alternative discipline models, group and learner social interactions, and approaches to teacher education.
Contact:	Sandee G. McClowry, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, New York University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/aeratest2012/home

Classroom Observation (SIG #20)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Classroom Observation SIG is to provide members access to current research in observation techniques in educational settings.
Contact:	Nancy Dubinski Weber, Texas A&M University - College Station, Cypress, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Classroom Observation

Cognition and Assessment (SIG #167)
Purpose:	To promote research on educational assessment merging two traditionally distinct fields - cognition and psychometrics
Contact:	Laine Bradshaw, University of Georgia - Athens, Athens, GA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Cognition and Assessment

Computer and Internet Applications in Education (SIG #22)
Purpose:	To promote research and evaluation on the use of computer-based information and communications resources and software for learning, instruction, assessment, and accomplishment by students, teachers, and administrators.
Contact:	James Hatten, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Computer and Internet Applications in Education

Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention (SIG #23)
Purpose:	To provide a forum to discuss conflict resolution, peer mediation, and violence prevention, focusing on research, theory, and improvements in implementation in schools.
Contact:	Cary J. Roseth, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education (SIG #171)
Purpose:	The purpose of the SIG is to bring together individuals who share a common interest in in-depth, cross-cultural, international dialogue on how Confucianism and Taoism in both classical and contemporary schools of thought can inform educational theory and practice.
Contact:	Jing Lin, University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and Education
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Confucianism-Taoism-and-Education/602503046456159

Constructivist Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #25)
Purpose:	To facilitate communication and to promote theory, research and improvement in practices of educators at all levels from a constructivist or developmental perspective.
Contact:	Violeta Vainer, FLACSO Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://constructsig.wikispaces.com/

Cooperative Learning: Theory, Research and Practice (SIG #26)
Purpose:	To exchange information about current research, theory, and improvements in implementation of cooperative learning procedures; to provide a structured forum for discussions related to cooperative learning.
Contact:	David W. Johnson, University of Minnesota, Edina, MN, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Critical Educators for Social Justice (SIG #144)
Purpose:	Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) is committed to the struggle for social justice, human rights and democracy for diverse communities. We promote research, teaching, and activism centered on cultural, racial, linguistic, political, and economic self-determination within our classrooms, schools, and communities. A significant objective of CESJ is to promote communication and collaboration among critical educators and researchers working in public schools, universities, and community education programs. We believe that education, as a form of critical understanding, plays a crucial role in transforming society.
Contact:	Katy Swalwell, Iowa State University, Des Moines, IA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.cesjsig.org/

Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education (SIG #27)
Purpose:	To promote the integrated study of race, ethnicity, social class, and gender as lenses for performing critical analyses and evaluations of prevailing theory and practice on education.
Contact:	Norvella P. Carter, Texas A&M University, Cypress, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education

Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies (SIG #28)
Purpose:	To support and promote transdisciplinary research of education as experience. The SIG de-stabilizes commonly held boundaries of educational research beyond contemporary curriculum discourses. Members pursue curriculum inquiry using critical perspectives, and performative, auto-ethnographic and conceptual approaches to ask sociocultural, political, and theoretical questions.
Contact:	Julie C. Garlen, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies

Critical Perspectives on Early Childhood Education (SIG #29)
Purpose:	The purpose of this SIG is to foster research on and critical analyses of issues in early childhood education and childhood studies and to encourage the development of alternative perspectives and curriculum in early childhood education.
Contact:	Will Parnell, EdD, Portland State University, Portland, OR, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/cpecesig/home

Cultural Historical Research (SIG #30)
Purpose:	Focuses on human action, agency, and development as mediated by culture, history, and activity in the tradition of Vygotsky, Luria, Leont’ev, Bakhtin, Mead, and others.
Contact:	Carrie L. Lobman, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Cultural Historical Research

Data-Driven Decision Making in Education (SIG #179)
Purpose:	Data-Driven Decision Making in Education SIG #179
Contact:	Ellen B. Mandinach, WestEd, East Windsor, NJ, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Data-Driven Decision Making in Education

Democratic Citizenship in Education (SIG #150)
Purpose:	To promote democratic citizenship-development research in K-12 classrooms, and to foster an interdependence among citizenship-democratic researchers.
Contact:	Caroline R. Pryor, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Design and Technology (SIG #31)
Purpose:	To foster research, teaching, service and innovation in design education and technology education in formal educational settings and in other learning environments.
Contact:	Kui Xie, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Design and Technology

Dewey Studies (formerly known John Dewey Society) (SIG #56)
Purpose:	To keep alive Dewey's commitment to the use of critical and reflective intelligence in the search for solutions to problems in education and culture.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Dewey Studies (formerly known John Dewey Society)

Disability Studies in Education (SIG #143)
Purpose:	Supports the development of disability studies, a series of interdisciplinary modes of critical advocacy scholarship, among educational researchers.
Contact:	Elizabeth J. Grace, National Louis University, Chicago, IL, [email protected]; Alicia A. Broderick, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Disability Studies in Education

Districts in Research and Reform (SIG #156)
Purpose:	To bring together researchers, central office administrators, reform support organization leaders, and others interested in key questions of system-wide improvement and leadership.
Contact:	Sarah L. Woulfin, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, [email protected]; Alex J. Bowers, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://districtsig.blogspot.com/

Doctoral Education across the Disciplines (SIG #168)
Purpose:	To identify and support doctoral education as a distinct area of research in higher education; questions to be addressed include the following: How is "doctoral education" or "research education" conceived? What key changes are occurring in doctoral and research education? What opportunities do these changes present for challenging previous pedagogies and developing new ones?;
Contact:	Susan K. Gardner, University of Maine, Orono, ME, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Doctoral Education across the Disciplines

Early Education and Child Development (SIG #32)
Purpose:	To promote research that has implications for theory, policy, practice, and teacher development in the diverse contexts serving children from birth to age eight.
Contact:	Nancy K. File, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.aera-eecd-sig.org/

Education and Philanthropy (SIG #148)
Purpose:	To bring together researchers and members of the philanthropic foundation and non-profit communities interested in developing and disseminating knowledge about the role of philanthropy in educational policy and practice.
Contact:	Kathleen P. deMarrais, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Educational Change (SIG #155)
Purpose:	This SIG adopts an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding many aspects of educational change, including large-scale reform, school-initiated change, school improvement, and classroom-level change.
Contact:	Helen Janc Malone, Institute for Educational Leadership, Potomac, MD, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Educational Change
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/AERAEducationalChangeSIG155

Educational Statisticians (SIG #37)
Purpose:	To increase interaction among educational researchers interested in the theory, applications, and teaching of statistics in the social sciences.
Contact:	Walter L. Leite, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Educational Statisticians

Elliot Eisner (SIG #177)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Elliot Eisner SIG is to promote scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Eisner’s scholarship. The SIG will act as a catalyst for the development, implementation, and evaluation of curriculum built upon the foundation that Eisner established. The SIG will provide the opportunity to continue conceptualizing educational criticism and connoisseurship with an eye towards various forms of representation; will encourage new forms of evaluation based on Eisner’s ideas; will provide a home for the continuation of research into discipline-based art education and arts-integration; will continue to look at ways to conceptualize schooling (formal and informal) from arts-based perspectives; and will be a place of mentorship for young scholars of curriculum, school evaluation, qualitative research, the arts, and/or school reform.
Contact:
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Elliot Eisner
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eisner-SIG/488895484598608

Environmental Education (SIG #33)
Purpose:	To advance and critique environmental education research.
Contact:	Nora Timmerman, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Environmental Education
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_154479114604736&ap=1

Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development (SIG #42)
Purpose:	To investigate, promote, and support research and development on college teaching and learning, issues related to faculty evaluation and development, and student ratings of teaching.
Contact:	Suzanne Young, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Faculty Teaching, Evaluation and Development

Family, School, Community Partnerships (SIG #43)
Purpose:	To engage with and promote rigorous and innovative research exploring the nature and impact of partnerships between families, schools, and diverse communities, and to encourage evidence-based practices and policies that influence children's learning and development.
Contact:	Joan M.T. Walker, Pace University, Arlington, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $8.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Family, School, Community Partnerships

Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance (SIG #44)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for research in educational finance and its impact on policy for all levels and aspects of education.
Contact:	Tammy Kolbe, The University of Vermont, Warren, VT, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Fiscal Issues, Policy and Education Finance

Foucault and Contemporary Theory in Education (SIG #45)
Purpose:	Dedicated to the historical/philosophical studies of education that engage the writings of Michel Foucault.
Contact:	David W. Kupferman, University of Hawaii West Oahu, Kapolei, HI, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Foucault and Contemporary Theory in Education

Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Education Reform (SIG #172)
Purpose:	To advance research on community and youth organizing, particularly in low income communities and communities of color. We will work to build a research community that engages with practitioners in organizing groups, educational institutions and policy-making circles. We seek to foster research that examines the ways in which organizing efforts affect school improvement and educational equity, youth development, community/democratic revitalization and social justice.
Contact:	Jerusha Osberg Conner, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Grassroots Community & Youth Organizing for Education Reform

Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies (SIG #178)
Purpose:	Hip Hop Theories, Praxis & Pedagogies
Contact:	Bettina L. Love, University of Georgia, Conyers, GA, [email protected]; Joycelyn Wilson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Hispanic Research Issues (SIG #46)
Purpose:	To provide opportunities for exchanging information among and between researchers and practitioners interested in issues of concern to Hispanics in the United States.
Contact:	Margarita Machado-Casas, The University of Texas - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Hispanic Research Issues

Holistic Education (SIG #135)
Purpose:	Developing human potential through integrating intellectual, emotional, physical and spiritual competencies in the teaching/learning process.
Contact:	Ida Oberman, Community School for Creative Education, Alameda, CA, [email protected]; Juli B. Kramer, Independent Researcher, Englewood, CO, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Holistic Education

Inclusion & Accommodation in Educational Assessment (SIG #96)
Purpose:	To promote research and disseminate information on activities and projects promoting the inclusion of all students, including students with disabilities and English language learners in large-scale assessments.
Contact:	Anne H. Davidson, Anne H. Davidson, South Lake Tahoe, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Inclusion & Accommodation in Educational Assessment

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas (SIG #48)
Purpose:	Formally the American Indian and Alaska Native SIG, we have evolved in name and focus to promote a better understanding of theoretical-, policy-, and practice-related issues that influence the quality of traditional and contemporary education among indigenous peoples.
Contact:	Jeremy Garcia, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Indigenous Peoples of The Pacific (SIG #146)
Purpose:	To research indigenous education related to the peoples of the Pacific and Pacific Rim, including indigenous ways of knowing and indigenous practices.
Contact:	Patricia Maringi Gina Johnston, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Whakatane, New Zealand, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Informal Learning Environments Research (SIG #49)
Purpose:	To further educational research in informal learning environments and to promote a community practice interested in establishing and maintaining a better understanding of teaching and learning.
Contact:	Maureen A. Callanan, University of California - Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)

Instructional Technology (SIG #52)
Purpose:	To encourage, promote, and support research on the design and development of instruction and the computer-based, electronic, and non-electronic media technologies that are used for its delivery.
Contact:	Pasha Antonenko, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Instructional Technology

International Studies (SIG #54)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for exchanging information among educators involved in research, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of international studies.
Contact:	Sharon Anne O'Connor-Petruso, Brooklyn College - CUNY, Port Washington, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	International Studies

Ivan Illich (SIG #161)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Ivan Illich SIG is the promotion of intellectual consideration of the social critique and analyses of Ivan Illich, named by the Utne Reader "as the most important social critic" of the 20th century.
Contact:	Madhu Suri Suri Prakash, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$6.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Language and Social Processes (SIG #58)
Purpose:	To explore directions in and issues of language and discourse practices, literacy, and learning processes and social contexts through studies grounded in sociocultural, constructivist and constructionist perspectives.
Contact:	Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Language and Social Processes

Large Scale Assessment (SIG #141)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for discussion of the status, issues, and concerns related to large-scale assessment, including practices and innovations in state assessment programs.
Contact:
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Law and Education (SIG #59)
Purpose:	To focus on legal issues affecting K-12 public and private education, as well as post-secondary education.
Contact:	Catherine L. Horn, University of Houston, Houston, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Law and Education

Leadership for School Improvement (SIG #101)
Purpose:	To examine how leadership of teachers, principals, and superintendents influences instructional capacity resulting in improved student outcomes and how policy guides this collaborative effort.
Contact:	Hans W. Klar, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Leadership for School Improvement

Leadership for Social Justice (SIG #165)
Purpose:	To promote social justice teaching, research, service, and policymaking agendas, with the corollary aim of seeking to proactively improve educational leadership as a means of addressing equity concerns for underrepresented populations throughout P-20 education; also to share innovative, promising, and research-based programs, policies, and teaching strategies and proactively advocate on behalf of underrepresented populations in educational leadership.
Contact:	Martin Scanlan, Boston College, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Leadership for Social Justice

Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership (SIG #129)
Purpose:	The LTEL SIG brings together professors and graduate students of educational leadership and administration, discipline specialists, educational theorists, curriculum developers, instructional technology specialists, learning specialists, educational researchers, classroom experts, practitioners, policymakers, and others concerned with Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership. The LTEL SIG provides a forum for: A managed conversation on issues related to learning and teaching in Educational Leadership and Administration; the integration of theoretical quantitative and qualitative studies of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; discussion of investigations conducted in real educational settings, including investigations involving application of technology to learning and instruction; exploration of innovative methodologies; analysis of the implications of research and practice for learning and teaching in Educational Leadership; and assessment of the relationship of learning and teaching in Educational Leadership to policy development at local, state, and national levels.
Contact:	Daniel Reyes-Guerra, Florida Atlantic University, Miami, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership

Learning Environments (SIG #120)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for dissemination of quantitative and qualitative research on all aspects of learning environments from classrooms and schools to non-school settings.
Contact:	Donna Wilson, Center for Innovative Education and Prevention, Siesta Key, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Learning Environments

Learning Sciences (SIG #39)
Purpose:	Purpose: To bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and empirical approaches to the study of learning as it occurs in school, online, in the workplace, at home, and in the community, and to the design of novel environments with the potential to facilitate learning more effectively.
Contact:	Breanne K. Litts, Utah State University, Logan, UT, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://www.facebook.com/SIGATL

Literature (SIG #61)
Purpose:	To promote research that explores literary inquiry and interpretive practices, including innovative approaches to literary education in various contexts.
Contact:	Denise Davila, University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Oakland, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Lives of Teachers (SIG #62)
Purpose:	To promote the interchange of ideas and scholarly activities focused on inquiry into the lives of teachers. Teachers shall be defined as those working with students in classroom and tutorial settings, from pre-school through university. Research shall be viewed as inclusive of methods appropriate to the question of study and topics such as teacher narrative, biography, research on teacher development, including career trajectories, teacher characteristics, beliefs, and attitudes, and teaching as a profession; accounts of teachers lives in different times and in different countries; and portrayal of teachers in written literature, film and television.
Contact:	Karrin Lukacs, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Longitudinal Studies (SIG #63)
Purpose:	To support and foster the understanding of longitudinal research designs and analyses in education and the use and dissemination of longitudinal data and substantive findings, including data from national (e.g., NCES), state (e.g., state administrative/tracking systems), and local (e.g., district) sources.
Contact:	Anne Hafner, California State University - Los Angeles, Long Beach, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Longitudinal Studies

Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education (SIG #157)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for and advance research that examines educational and social issues from Marxian perspectives.
Contact:	Peter L. McLaren, Chapman University, Orange, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Marxian Analysis of Society, Schools and Education

Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education (SIG #64)
Purpose:	To provide an association, and to promote continuing education for individuals with an interest in college-level administration of educational and psychological measurement services.
Contact:	Natasha Alexis Jankowski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Measurement and Assessment in Higher Education

Media, Culture, and Learning (SIG #65)
Purpose:	Devoted to critical inquiry and pedagogy on the use of media within cultural settings in formal and informal learning environments.
Contact:	Danielle Christine Herro, Clemson University, Greenville, SC, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Media, Culture, and Learning
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MccSig

Mentorship and Mentoring Practices (SIG #66)
Purpose:	To foster mentoring programs and experiences, initiating research on the topic and providing networking and support.
Contact:	Kathleen Mary Cowin, Washington State University - Tri-Cities, Richland, WA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Mentorship and Mentoring Practices

Middle-Level Education Research (SIG #88)
Purpose:	To improve, promote, and disseminate educational research reflecting early adolescence and middle-level education.
Contact:	Shawn A. Faulkner, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://mlersig.net/
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/Middle-Level-Education-Research-SIG-of-AERA/208048892608947

Mixed Methods Research (SIG #158)
Purpose:	To support, encourage, and increase dialogue and idea exchange among educational researchers utilizing mixed methods and those interested in integrating qualitative and quantitative research approaches.
Contact:	Lisa Hall Foster, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Mixed Methods Research

Moral Development and Education (SIG #67)
Purpose:	To promote discussion about controversies and areas of agreement within the fields of moral development and education, and to provide informal opportunities for social interaction.
Contact:	Richard D. Osguthorpe, Boise State University, Boise, ID, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Moral Development and Education

Motivation in Education (SIG #68)
Purpose:	To advance the understanding of motivational processes in education, particularly by promoting research, exchanging ideas and perspectives, and by developing practices and interventions to improve learner motivation.
Contact:	Ellen L. Usher, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.motivationsig.net

Multicultural/Multiethnic Education: Theory, Research, and Practice (SIG #162)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the introduction, promotion, consideration, interaction of theory, research and practices regarding multicultural and multiethnic education, broadly defined, within all educational, cultural, societal and social settings, contexts, levels and locations.
Contact:	Christopher B. Newman, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)

Multilevel Modeling (SIG #140)
Purpose:	To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding hierarchical linear modeling.
Contact:	Hsien-Yuan Hsu, The University of Mississippi, University, MS, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Multilevel Modeling

Multiple Linear Regression: The General Linear Model (SIG #70)
Purpose:	Interested in any methodological, applied, or teaching innovations related to multiple linear regression and/or the general linear model
Contact:	William Holmes Finch, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Multiple Linear Regression: General Linear Model

Music Education (SIG #71)
Purpose:	The purpose of the Music Education SIG is to provide a professional forum for the discussion and dissemination of current research related to music teaching and learning.
Contact:	Ronald P. Kos, Jr., Boston University, Newton Center, MA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Music Education

NAEP Studies (SIG #99)
Purpose:	To facilitate secondary analysis of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ongoing surveys regarding U.S. students knowledge, attitudes and experiences in diverse learning areas.
Contact:	Julie K Williams, California Department of Education, Sacramento, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Narrative Research (Formerly "Narrative and Research") (SIG #145)
Purpose:	The Narrative Research SIG (Special Interest Group) of AERA is dedicated to supporting conversations about the place of narratives in educational research including but not limited to phenomenological, literary, critical, and performance conceptions of narrative analysis. The purpose of the Narrative Research SIG is to provide a forum for the exchange of information among individuals interested in informing/rethinking narrative research through a variety of narrative research studies in/with participants in a variety of educational settings.
Contact:	Janice Huber, University of Alberta , Edmonton, Canada, [email protected]; Roland W. Mitchell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/aeranarrativeresearchsig/

Online Teaching and Learning (SIG #35)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for discussion and reporting on issues and research related to online teaching and learning
Contact:	Steven R. Terrell, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Online Teaching and Learning

Organizational Theory (SIG #73)
Purpose:	To encourage scholarly inquiry and debate relating to traditional and alternative views of educational organizations.
Contact:	Ebony N. Bridwell-Mitchell, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Organizational Theory

Out-of-School Time (SIG #160)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for researchers in out-of-school time teaching and learning to share resources and become each others' resources; to provide venues and opportunities to present related research; to bring additional knowledge and resources to AERA.
Contact:	Tara Donahue, McREL, Traverse City, MI, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Out-of-School Time

Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation (SIG #159)
Purpose:	To honor Freire’s legacy by promoting scholarship that applies, extends, critiques, and reinvents Freirean pedagogy. Also, to promote historical scholarship that looks at the life of Paulo Freire and the context of his ideas and practices. Finally, to act as a catalyst for the creation of new forms of critical pedagogies that build upon the foundation that Freire established.
Contact:	Venus E. Evans-Winters, Illinois State University, Peoria, IL, [email protected]; Richard V. Kahn, Ph.D., Antioch University Los Angeles, Northridge, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Paulo Freire, Critical Pedagogy, and Emancipation

Peace Education (SIG #74)
Purpose:	To create a global forum for scholars from diverse backgrounds and with varied perspectives to report and critically explore educational research and promote constructive changes in the areas of peace keeping, peace making, peace building, peace education, nonviolent conflict resolution, reconciliation, mediation, and more.
Contact:	Candice C. Carter, Saint Martin's University, Lacey, WA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Peace Education

Philosophical Studies in Education (SIG #76)
Purpose:	Dedicated to the philosophical study of education and encourages scholarship within all types of philosophical study.
Contact:	Bryan R. Warnick, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Philosophical Studies in Education

Politics of Education (SIG #152)
Purpose:	To foster and support the conduct, dissemination, discussion, and application of research on the political functions and outcomes of education at all levels.
Contact:	William Kyle Ingle, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, [email protected]
Dues:	$40.00 (1 yr); students $20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.politicsofeducation.org/

Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education (SIG #77)
Purpose:	To discuss research and practice in developing, mentoring, and evaluating portfolios, as well as other forms of reflective pedagogy and assessment.
Contact:	Barbara Rae Peterson, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Portfolios and Reflection in Teaching and Teacher Education

Postcolonial Studies and Education (SIG #153)
Purpose:	The Postcolonial Studies and Education SIG is an international SIG devoted to the study of education in and as effects of postcolonial, transnational, and globalization contexts.
Contact:	Aparna Rita Mishra Tarc, York University, London, Canada, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Postcolonial Studies and Education

Problem-Based Education (SIG #78)
Purpose:	To provide a professional forum and network for those involved in research, theory, teaching, and development in problem-based learning for kindergarten through professional school learners.
Contact:	Xun Ge, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Problem-Based Education

Professional Development School Research (SIG #79)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for university and school professionals to discuss approaches for forming PDSs, methods for assessing outcomes, and strategies for conducting systematic change research.
Contact:	Gwendolyn T. Benson, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Professional Development School Research

Professional Licensure and Certification (SIG #80)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for discussing the status, issues, and concerns related to licensure and certification of professionals, including competency testing and related practices.
Contact:	Carol A. Morrison, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Professional Licensure and Certification

Professors of Educational Research (SIG #81)
Purpose:	To promote dialogue and research on the teaching and proper usage of quantitative and qualitative educational research methods.
Contact:	Arturo Olivarez, The University of Texas - El Paso, El Paso, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Professors of Educational Research

Qualitative Research (SIG #82)
Purpose:	To provide opportunities for discussion related to the philosophy, purposes, and methodological issues surrounding the use of qualitative research in social and educational contexts.
Contact:	Lisa A. Mazzei, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://aeraqrsig.org/

Queer Studies (SIG #60)
Purpose:	To foster empirical, interpretive, and critical educational research relating to lesbian and gay issues, and to network individuals and organizations conducting or supporting such research.
Contact:	sj Miller, NYU-Metro Center, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/queersig/home

Rasch Measurement (SIG #83)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures.
Contact:	Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.raschsig.org/

Religion and Education (SIG #84)
Purpose:	To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions.
Contact:	William H. Jeynes, California State University - Long Beach, Huntington Beach, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Religion and Education

Research Focus on Black Education (SIG #85)
Purpose:	To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals).
Contact:	Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Black Education

Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG #164)
Purpose:	To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realities and concerns of education and sport in general.
Contact:	Kristina Navarro, University of Wisconsin, McFarland, WI, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Education and Sport

Research in Mathematics Education (SIG #87)
Purpose:	To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field.
Contact:	Ruth M. Heaton, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, [email protected]; Ilana S. Horn, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); $0.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.sigrme.org

Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG #11)
Purpose:	To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives.
Contact:	Francine C. Falk-Ross, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research in Reading and Literacy

Research on Evaluation (SIG #90)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods.
Contact:	Arturo Olivarez, The University of Texas - El Paso, El Paso, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Evaluation

Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (SIG #91)
Purpose:	The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
Contact:	Michael S. Matthews, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG #93)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education.
Contact:	Alex C. Garn, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education

Research on Teacher Induction (SIG #149)
Purpose:	To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction.
Contact:	Andre M. Green, University of South Alabama, Saraland, AL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Teacher Induction

Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG #94)
Purpose:	To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support.
Contact:	OiYan A. Poon, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans

Research on the Education of Deaf Persons (SIG #95)
Purpose:	To provide a multidisciplinary forum for the promotion of research related to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Contact:	Ross E. Mitchell, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Education of Deaf Persons

Research on the Superintendency (SIG #97)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform.
Contact:	Leigh E Wallace, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Superintendency

Research on Women and Education (SIG #98)
Purpose:	To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences.
Contact:
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.rwesig.net/

Research Use (SIG #100)
Purpose:	To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings.
Contact:	Todd Twyman, Ph.D., Pacific University, Eugene, OR, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Rural Education (SIG #102)
Purpose:	To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities.
Contact:	Michael J. Corbett, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.ohio.edu/orgs/resig/index.cfm

Safe Schools and Communities (SIG #169)
Purpose:	To advance research on safe schools and communities in order to define guiding practices and establish benchmarks for promoting improved schools and fostering development of all youth - this research includes the study of research populations and sub-populations, designs, contexts, and outcomes in order to explain the transferability, scalability, and limitations of the research and results for other settings and contexts - in order to reinforce a foundation for sound policy and practice for sustaining safe schools and communities
Contact:
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

School Community, Climate and Culture (SIG #104)
Purpose:	To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large.
Contact:	Lisa Bass, North Carolina State University, Durham, NC, [email protected]; Adam Voight, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Community, Climate and Culture

School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG #105)
Purpose:	To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement.
Contact:	Kerri Tobin, Marywood University, Kingston, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform") (SIG #154)
Purpose:	To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform.
Contact:	Coby Meyers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform")

School/University Collaborative Research (SIG #107)
Purpose:	To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work.
Contact:	Robert Martin Reardon, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School/University Collaborative Research

Science Teaching and Learning (SIG #122)
Purpose:	To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues.
Contact:	Tara O'Neill, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Honolulu, HI, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Science Teaching and Learning

Second Language Research (SIG #108)
Purpose:	To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration.
Contact:	Amanda Kibler, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Second Language Research

Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG #109)
Purpose:	To inform and rethink teacher education by studying practice-varied educational settings and methodologies.
Contact:	Hafdis Gudjonsdottir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 105, Iceland, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices

Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality (SIG #110)
Purpose:	To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics."
Contact:
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality

Service-Learning & Experiential Education (SIG #41)
Purpose:	Service-Learning and Experiential Education is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education.
Contact:	Heather Marie Coffey, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Harrisburg, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Service-Learning & Experiential Education

Social and Emotional Learning (SIG #170)
Purpose:	To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents.
Contact:	Haley Woodside-Jiron, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social and Emotional Learning

Social Studies Research (SIG #89)
Purpose:	To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers.
Contact:	Lynn M. Brice, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth, MN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social Studies Research

Sociology of Education (SIG #112)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues.
Contact:	Sean P. Kelly, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Sociology of Education

Special Education Research (SIG #113)
Purpose:	To explore areas of educational research of interest to special and general educators, including individual differences, teaching strategies, and issues related to learning.
Contact:	Laurie DeBettencourt, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Special Education Research

Spirituality and Education (SIG #114)
Purpose:	To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing
Contact:	Dannielle Joy Davis, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Spirituality and Education

Stress and Coping in Education (SIG #117)
Purpose:	To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations.
Contact:	Gretchen Maria Reevy, California State University - East Bay, Oakland, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Structural Equation Modeling (SIG #118)
Purpose:	To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding structural equation modeling, and to share problems, issues, solutions, and various approaches.
Contact:	Brian F. French, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Structural Equation Modeling

Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG #121)
Purpose:	The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments.
Contact:	Marie Catherine White, Nyack College, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Studying and Self-Regulated Learning

Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG #51)
Purpose:	To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction.
Contact:	Mary Lynne Derrington, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Survey Research in Education (SIG #123)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work.
Contact:	Peter H. Siegel, RTI International, RTP, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Survey Research in Education

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation) (SIG #176)
Purpose:	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation)
Contact:	Terri D. Pigott, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation)

Systems Thinking in Education (SIG #124)
Purpose:	To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education.
Contact:	William R. Watson, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Systems Thinking in Education

Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG #125)
Purpose:	To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk.
Contact:	Ladan Rahnema, Capstone Institute at Howard University, Washington, DC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.facebook.com/TalentDev.AERA

Teacher as Researcher (SIG #126)
Purpose:	To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners.
Contact:	Erin A. Hashimoto-Martell, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher as Researcher

Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG #127)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture.
Contact:	Sarah A. Robert, University at Buffalo - SUNY, Buffalo, NY, [email protected]; Deena Khalil, Howard University, Lorton, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions

Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG #128)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use.
Contact:	Martha J. Strickland, The Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teaching Educational Psychology

Teaching History (SIG #130)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history.
Contact:	Abby Reisman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)

Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG #151)
Purpose:	TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs.
Contact:	Debra R. Sprague, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning

Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (SIG #119)
Purpose:	TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions.
Contact:	Benjamin Eric Erlandson, McKinsey Social Initiative, Elkin, NC, [email protected]; Elena Novak, Kent State University, Kent, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning

Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG #72)
Purpose:	Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis.
Contact:	Leslie R. Hawley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Test Validity Research and Evaluation

Tracking and Detracking (SIG #163)
Purpose:	To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers and community members in a dialogue about tracking and detracking; to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate research on tracking and detracking as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices in detracking schools.
Contact:	Steven Drouin, San Jose State University, Livermore, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Tracking and Detracking

Urban Learning, Teaching and Research (SIG #147)
Purpose:	To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching.
Contact:	Hyunjin Kim, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.aera-ultr.org/

Vocabulary (SIG #133)
Purpose:	To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary.
Contact:	Kathy Ganske, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Vocabulary

Workplace Learning (SIG #136)
Purpose:	Dedicated to articulating, studying, and applying research relating to adult learning processes within the context of work.
Contact:	Shahron Williams Van Rooij, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Workplace Learning

Writing and Literacies (SIG #137)
Purpose:	To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Contact:	Jessica Zacher Pandya, California State University - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Writing and Literacies