For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013─AERA has announced the selection of 23 scholars as 2013 AERA Fellows. These individuals are being recognized for their exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research or significant contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and settings. The new Fellows, listed below, were nominated by their peers, selected by the Fellows Program Committee, and approved by the AERA Council. The new Fellows will be inducted on Sunday, April 28, during the Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. They join 534 current AERA Fellows.

2013 AERA Fellows

Frank Achtenhagen, University of Goettingen

Philip G. Altbach, Boston College

Arthur Applebee, SUNY, University at Albany

Thomas Bailey, Teachers College, Columbia University

Deborah Ball, University of Michigan

Cherry Banks, University of Washington, Bothell

Betsy Becker, Florida State University

Carol Camp-Yeakey, Washington University in St. Louis

Michelene Chi, Arizona State University

Victoria Chou, University of Illinois, Chicago

Jill Fitzgerald, MetaMetrics; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania                                                                     

Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University

David H. Jonassen, University of Missouri

David F. Labaree, Stanford University

Jaekyung Lee, University of Buffalo, SUNY

Larry H. Ludlow, Boston College

Andrew Martin, University of Sydney

Russell Rumberger, University of California, Santa Barbara

Frances King Stage, New York University

Keith E. Stanovich, University of Toronto

Amy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia University

Kenneth Zeichner, University of Washington

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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national interdisciplinary research association for approximately 25,000 scholars who undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. Learn more about AERA at www.aera.net or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AERAEdResearch. 

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