UC Links at AERA 2023

AERA 2023 - UC Links Related Presentations

Scholars and partners from throughout the UC Links international network will be coming to Chicago, April 13-16 and virtually on May 4 & 5, 2023 to participate in the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association

Below are some examples of AERA posters and presentations by our partners from throughout the UC Links network. This list is not exhaustive - please let us know of other presentations that we may have missed!

We are looking forward to seeing many of you from around the world in Chicago this April and online in May!

Wednesday April 12, 2023 

• Mentoring Session With the Cultural-Historical Research SIG (pre-conference) — Antti Juhani Rajala (University of Oulu, Finland)

Thursday April 13, 2023

• COVID-19, Migration and Educational Equity: A Transnational Literature Review— Mónica Elena Da Silva Ramos, (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

• Does Parent Support Buffer Adolescents' Math Motivation When They Perceive Teacher Unfairness? Racial/Ethnic Group Comparison — Sandra Simpkins (University of California, Irvine) 

• A System of Misfits: How COVID-19 Disrupted Undergraduate’s Perceived Belonging In The University Bioecological System — Devon Christman, Alexandria Muller (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Tracing Textual Silences and Ideological Tensions in Adopted Inclusive Education Legislation in China — Diana Arya (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Utopian methodology: Researching educational interventions to promote equity over multiple timescales — Antti Juhani Rajala (University of Oulu) & Michael Cole (University of California, San Diego)

• Democratic Citizenship in Education SIG Business Meeting —Ellen Middaugh (San Jose State University) [Officer] 

• Talk Time with the OGs: Big Homies That Risked It All To Make Pursuits of Hard Truths More Possible in Research and Practice — Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley)

• Growing Your Own Teachers: Building Community-Focused Teacher Pipelines — Travis Bristol (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant]

• Undoing Entanglements With the U.S. Empire Through Everyday Interactions — Thomas Philip (University of California, Berkeley) 

• Understanding and Supporting the Well-Being of Underrepresented Educators: Perspectives Across Identity Locations — Travis Bristol (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant] 

Friday April 14, 2023

• "The Yucky and the Beautiful": Complex Social Analysis and Dreaming in a STEAM Storytelling Program — Shirin Vossoughi (Northwestern University)

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Well-Being in Uganda: Youth Voices — Amy Bintliff, Rebecca Levine (University of California, San Diego), Zaharah Namanda  (Utopia Foundation)

• Studying Learning and Collaboration in Professional Contexts — Antti Juhani Rajala (University of Oulu, Finland) [Chair]

• Equitable Systems for Thriving Students: Policy Implications of the Science of Learning and Development — Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant]

• Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers — Travis Bristol (University of California, Berkeley) [Chair] 

• Navigating the Dilemmas, Tensions, and Contradictions of Teaching Critical Issues in the Pursuit of "Truth" — Thomas Philip (University of California, Berkeley) [Chair]

Saturday April 15, 2023

• Petals of Blood, Fruits of Freedom: Sustaining Educational Lifeways for Abolition — Shirin Vossoughi (Northwestern University)

• Vice-Presidential Session. Consequential Futures: The Contested Pursuit of Truth in Freedom Dreaming — Angela Booker (University of California, San Diego) [Discussant]

• Freedom Dreams Nested Within the Small Stories of Improvisational Jazz Artists — Ananda Marin (University of California, Los Angeles)

• From Police Officers to Community Builders: Learning and Dreaming as Movement Between Speculative Spaces and Schools — Thomas Philip (University of California, Berkeley) 

• World-Making, Dreaming, and Learning in an Intergenerational Course on Educational Justice — Shirin Vossoughi (Northwestern University)

• Freedom Dreams Nested Within the Small Stories of Improvisational Jazz Artists — Ananda Marin (University of California, Los Angeles)

• Moving Critique Into Action: Teacher Candidates' Imagination of Their Future Practice — Marjorie Orellana (University of California, Los Angeles)

• Does Instructional Quality Impact All Students' Achievement Motivation and Emotions? A Person-Environment Fit Perspective in Higher Education — Sandra Simpkins (University of California, Irvine) 

• Math competence-related beliefs in high school: A replication of ethnic/racial differences within gender groups — Sandra Simpkins (University of California, Irvine) 

• Discerning but Silent? How Different Civic Learning Opportunities Contribute to Youth Engagement With Civic Issues on Social Media— Ellen Middaugh, Mark Felton (San Jose State University) 

• Toward the Fulfillment of Full Personhood: The Persistent Invisibility of Latinx Communities Across Institutions 2.0 — Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley) [Chair]

• Designing at the Margins: How Senior School District Leaders of Color Learn to Enact Equitable Policies and Practices — Travis Bristol (University of California, Berkeley) 

• Becoming Courageous: "Playing" and the Embodiment of Transformative Leadership — Nives Wetzel de Cediel (University of California - Berkeley)

• Teacher Educators Learning to Braid the Technical, Relational, Social, Cultural, and Political Dimensions of Teaching — Thomas Philip (University of California, Berkeley) 

• Charting the Landscape of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers — Travis Bristol (University of California, Berkeley) [Co-Chair]

• Examining Teachers' Complex, Everyday Negotiations of the "What, Why, and How" of Teaching in the Pursuit of "Truth" — Thomas Philip (University of California, Berkeley) 

• Encrypted Storytelling in Fugitive Learning Spaces: Disseminating Educational Research When Your Pedagogy Is Secret — Kalonji L. Nzinga (University of Colorado, Boulder) [Chair]

• Hip-Hop Encrypted Storytelling Within the Social Protests of High School Youth — Kalonji L. Nzinga (University of Colorado, Boulder) [Chair]

• A Tour of Solidarity Studios: Underground Hip-Hop Recording Studios as Sites of Youth Knowledge Production — Kalonji L. Nzinga (University of Colorado, Boulder) 

Sunday April 16, 2023

• Division C Equity and Inclusion Session. "Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself": Doing Equity Work in Ways That Disrupt Systemic Oppression and Empower Marginalized Groups— Shirin Vossoughi (Northwestern University)

• Illuminating Sociality and Learning in Diverse Educational Environments by Interrogating Movement, Touch, and Affect — Ananda Marin (University of California, Los Angeles) [co-chair]

• The Physical Nature of Building Knowledge Through Theatre Games for Undergraduates — Ananda Marin, Marjorie Orellana (University of California, Los Angeles)

• From Ring Around the Rosie to Zombie Tag: Children (Re)Learning School Sociality During the COVID-19 Pandemic — Inmaculada García-Sánchez & Marjorie Orellana (University of California, Los Angeles) 

• Language and Social Processes SIG (Un)Business Meeting: Collectively Languaging Praxis Toward Social Transformation — Diana Arya (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Toward Consequential Research in Language and Social Processes — Cynthia Lewis (University of California, Santa Cruz)

• Views of a Biology-focused First-Year Seminar Across Stakeholder Perspectives — Alexandria Muller (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Grasping the Elephant: International Perspectives on Truth-Making in Participatory Design Research Projects — Mara Mahmood & John Cano (University of California, Berkeley) [Chairs] - Karla Trujillo (University of Colorado, Boulder) & Marjorie Orellana (University of California, Los Angeles) [Discussants]

• Narrativity and Collaboration for Co-constructed Change Between University and Community in Uruguay — Mónica Elena Da Silva Ramos, (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

• Real Learning in Service-Learning. Formal Education, Social Participation, and Identity Change — Beatriz Gomez-Stern (University of Pablo Olavide, Sevilla, Spain), Jose Luis Lalueza (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

• Being Together Through a Historical Memory Participatory Project: Our Way Through Dominant Narratives — Jose Luis Lalueza, Cristina Zhang-Yu (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

• La Mia Scuola é Differente: Participatory Design Research in an Italian After-School Program — Lisa Bugno (University of Padova, Italy)

• Nuestra Ciencia: Transforming Science Experiences for Latinx Undergraduate Students through Asset-based Spanish-language Microbiology Instruction  — Jasmine Nation, Alejandra Yep-Rodriguez (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)

• Leveraging Collaborations to Co-construct an Inclusive, Culturally Responsive Math After-school Program for Latinx Youth — Alessandra Pantano, Nestor Tulagan, Stephanie Soto-Lara, Li-Sheng Tseng, Sandra Simpkin (University of California, Irvine) 

• Agency, Co-Learning, and Belonging: A Three-Pronged Approach for Transforming K–12 Learning — Diana Arya, Devon Christman, Rachelle Mottus, Alexandria Muller, Dogukan Ozgen, Estefania Pihen Gonzales, Matthew Schackley (University of California, Santa Barbara), John Cano (University of California, Berkeley)

• Supporting Youth Well-Being in Uganda: An International Research-Practice Partnership — Amy Bintliff, Rebecca Levine (University of California, San Diego), Zaharah Namanda (Utopia Foundation)

• Truths and Consequences: Guadalupe Valdés's Contributions to Pursuing Equity for Multilingual Students, Families, and Communities — Richard Duran (University of California, Santa Barbara) [Discussant]

• Cultural Historical Perspectives on Identity: A Tool for Dismantling Inequality and Promoting Just Educational Possibilities — Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant]

• Consequential Research for Youth Programs: Insights About Racial Reckoning and Equity From Scholars, Youth Workers, and Young People — Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant]

• Organizing for Transformation in Teacher Education — Nives Wetzel de Cediel & Thomas Philip (University of California - Berkeley)

May 4, 2023 (Virtual)

• Cultivating Inclusive Learning Spaces for Latinx Students: Centering Cultural Strengths in Transforming Educational Contexts — Cynthia Lewis (University of California, Santa Cruz)

• Critical Pedagogies of the Fifth Dimension: Designing Intergenerational Learning Ecologies During COVID-19 — José Ramón Lizárraga  (University of Colorado - Boulder) [Chair]; Kris D. Gutiérrez (University of California, Berkeley) [Discussant]

May 5, 2023 (Virtual)

• The Learning to Transform (LiTT) Video Gaming Lab: Modding Worlds for Sociopolitical and Sociotechnical Transformation —Arturo Cortez (University of Colorado, Boulder) & Shirin Vossoughi (Northwestern University) [Chairs]

• Speculative pedagogies in video gameplay: Designing for proleptic relationality in collaborative world-making — Arturo Cortez & José Ramón Lizárraga  (University of Colorado - Boulder)