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2026 AERA Annual Meeting

Drexel University School of Education

SoE at AERA 2026

School of Education Presentations at AERA '26

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Presenter Presentation Title Time (PDT) Location
Cindy Yovanov; Amanda Reinsburrow; Jason Silverman (Authors)
 AI as Archeological Evidence: Uncovering Dominant Teaching Discourse in Educational Technology
 11:45 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Poster Hall - Exhibit Hall A
Li Zhang (Author)
 Automatically Detecting Emotions during Game-based Learning using Large Language Models and Concurrent Verbal Protocols
 11:45 am JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3
Sheila R. Vaidya (Author)
 Teachers Who Stay: A Serendipitous Finding
 1:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree D
Monet Harbison (Author)
 Beats of Endurance: A Womanist Spatial Examination of Black Women’s Academic Refusal Through Hip Hop Testimonios
 3:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 304A

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Presenter Presentation Title Time (PDT) Location
Sheila R. Vaidya (Chair)
 Classrooms Under Fire: Teacher Well-Being, Student Belonging, and the Politics of Schooling
 7:45 am JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 10
Mariaeloisa Carambo (Discussant)
 Fugitive Spaces and Geographies of Spatial Justice throughout Social Contexts of Education
 7:45 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301A
Kareem Edouard (Chair; Session Organizer; Author)
 The GRIND: Generative Research and Inclusive Networks in Data as a Site for Equitable STEM Identity
 9:45 am Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 501A
Tiffani D. Hurst (Author)
 Education Interrupted: An Explanatory Sequential, Mixed Methods, Multiple Case Study to Explore the Educational and Training Needs of Exonerated Individuals.
 2:15 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3
Cindy Yovanov (Author)
 Vulnerability as Pedagogy: Norwegian Dialogue Facilitators Navigate Discomfort in Peace Education
 4:15 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 3rd Floor, Plaza III
Jen Katz-Buonincontro (Participant)
 Mixed Methods Research SIG Business Meeting
 7:15 pm Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Level 3, Santa Monica AA

Friday, April 10, 2026

Presenter Presentation Title Time (PDT) Location
H. Bernard Hall; Kareem Edouard; Mariaeloisa Carambo (Authors)
 “This Ain’t a Time Where the Usual is Suitable”: A Hip Hop (W)righting, Fugitive Approach to Justice-oriented Professional Development for In-Service Teachers
 9:45 am JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 9
Valerie Ifill; Raja Schaar (Authors)
 Unforgetting Our Histories: Embodied, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies for K-12 Classrooms
 11:45 am Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Palos Verdes
Nia F Ladson (Author)
 Racism, Resilience, and Resistance: Black Educators' Persistence in the Teaching Profession
 1:45 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 8
Kimberly Sterin; Janai Keita; Cianni Williams; Ayana Allen-Handy; Jacqueline Genovesi; Dominique A. Thomas; Kimberly Anne Godfrey; Loni Tabb; Sabrina Afroz (Authors)
 Mapping Persistent Pathways to STEMM: A Longitudinal Black Girl Cartography of Philadelphia-based OST-to-College Journeys
 3:45 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 3
Kareem Edouard (Panelist)
 Imagining Just Educational Futures Through Media and Literacies Partnerships in Precarious Times
 7:45 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 10

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Presenter Presentation Title Time (PDT) Location
Amanda Reinsburrow; Valerie Klein; Wesley Shumar (Authors)
 Using Students’ Mathematical Writing as a tool for Teacher Professional Development
 7:45 am Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Beaudry B
Aroutis N. Foster (Author)
 The Effectiveness of an Online Epistemic Game on Professional Teacher Identity Development
 7:45 am JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: Gold Level, Gold 1
Amanda Reinsburrow; Cindy Yovanov; Jason Silverman (Authors)
 Adaptation in AI-Generated Mathematics Feedback: Empirical Validation of AI’s Feedback Patterns
 1:45 pm JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 2nd Floor, Platinum A
Jen Katz-Buonincontro (Session Organizer)
 Conducting and disseminating high quality mixed methods research: Exemplars and advice
 1:45 pm InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, Floor: 5th Floor, Echo Park
Erin McNamara Horvat (Discussant)
 Intensive Parenting Across Cultures: Global Varieties in Mobilizing Cultural Capital
 3:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 304C
Christopher G. Wright; Ayana Allen-Handy (Authors)
 What does it mean to design for people and communities, rather than disciplines?
 3:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 515A

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Presenter Presentation Title Time (PDT) Location
Sheila R. Vaidya (Discussant)
 Battling Burnout: Time, Tech, and Teacher Wellbeing
 7:45 am JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, Floor: 4th Floor, Diamond 1
Damaris C. Dunn Dr. Cynthia Dillard’s Call to (Re)member: Aligning K-12 Education with Our Ancestral Knowing and Queen Being
 1:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301B
Kareem Edouard (Author)
 Play, Narrative, and Belonging in STEM Media: Centering Black Boys’ Imaginations
 1:45 pm Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 303A