American Educational Research Association (AERA) and National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) 2025

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Presentations, papers, panel discussions, roundtables, and mentoring sessions featuring Simmons professors and doctoral students participating in the 2025 AERA Conference can be found below. Complete information, as well as general conference information, is available at the website and the website.

Wednesday, April 23

9:00am to 10:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Caitie Dougherty (joker app)- Chair
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
9:00am to 10:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Kim Nelson Pryor (joker app)- Discussant
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2D
9:00am to 10:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Charity Lewallen (joker app)- Chair
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3D
10:50am to 12:20pm (MDT)
AERA:

Stephanie L. Knight (joker app)- Discussant, Annie Wright (joker app)- Chair
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 111
10:50am to 12:20pm (MDT)
AERA:

Dylan E. Farmer (joker app, Annie Wright (joker app), Elisa Gallegos (joker app), Harvey Luna (joker app), Greg Macpherson (Big Thought), Shannon Epner (Big Thought), Kristina Cola (Big Thought), Larry Featherston (DISD)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 111
10:50am to 12:20pm (MDT)
AERA:

Karen Pierce (joker app), Annie Wright (joker app), Marc Sager (joker app), Jessica Murillo (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 111
10:50am to 12:20pm (MDT)
AERA:

Jeanna R. Wieselmann (joker app), Ashley M. Lozano (DISD), J. Kyle Roberts (joker app), Muhammad Guntur Purwanto (U of M)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 111
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Jiabao Wen (joker app), Jonathan Isaac (joker app), Prajakt Pande (joker app), Lin Lipsmeyer (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Mile High Ballroom 2A and 3A
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Kelsey E. Schenck (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 709
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Julianna Claiborne Washington (joker app), Candace A. Walkington (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Yanjun Pan (joker app), Ching-Yu Tseng (joker app), Lawrence J. Klinkert (joker app, Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller (joker app), Eric C. Larson (joker app), Corey Clark (CMU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Doy Kim, (UW-Madison), Kelsey E. Schenck (joker app), Fangli Xia (UW-Madison), Michael I. Swart (UW-Madison), Candace A. Walkington (joker app), Mitchell J. Nathan (UW-Madison)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Mai Zaru (joker app), Cheyenne Phillips (joker app), Shanae Neal (joker app), Shanea Neal (joker app), Meredith Paige Richards (joker app), Kessa Roberts (USU), Alexandria E. Pavlakis (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
12:40pm to 2:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

J. Kyle Roberts (joker app), Ellen Taylor (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 703
2:30pm to 4:00pm (MDT)
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Dylan E. Farmer (joker app), Dawn Manaster Levy (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room, Room 404
4:20pm to 5:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Yanjun Pan (joker app), Ching-Yu (joker app), Hao He (ESU), Leanne R. Ketterlin-Geller (joker app), Eric C. Larson (joker app), Corey Clark (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
4:20pm to 5:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Charity Lewallen (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2E
4:20pm to 5:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Mai Zaru (joker app), Alexandra E. Pavlakis (joker app), Margaret Hall (UNO), Michelle Friend (UNO)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 608

Thursday, April 24

8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Maricela Leon (joker app), Quentin Sedlacek (joker app), Mahjabin Chowdhury (A&M), Amy Gillespie Rouse (UQ), Keller Young (UI), Xinjie Chen (CUHK)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
NCME:

Gozde Sirganci- Presenter (joker app), Yusuf Kara (UM), Joseph F.T. Nese (UO), Akihito Kamata (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room AB
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
NCME:

Xin Qiao- Presenter (USF), Cornelis Potgieter (TCU), Akihito Kamata (joker app), Paul David Foster (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room CD
9:45am to 11:15am (MDT)
NCME:

Annette Vernon (UI)- Chair, Gozde Sirganci (joker app)- Discussant
The Hilton Denver City Center, Denver Ballroom, Lower Level 2, Room 3
9:45am to 11:15am (MDT)
NCME:

Burcu Arslan (ETS)- Presenter, Candace Walkington (joker app), Jesse Sparks (ETS), Matthew Bernacki (UNC-CH)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room GH
9:50am to 11:20am (MDT)
AERA:

Candace A. Walkington (joker app)- Discussant
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2C
11:30am to 1:00pm (MDT)
NCME:

Yusuf Kara (UM)- Presenter, Gozde Sirganci (joker app), Xin Qiao (USF), Akihito Kamata (joker app), Sarunya Somsong (SWU & joker app), Michael Fong (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room CD
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
NCME:

Kuo Wang (joker app)- Presenter, Yusuf Kara (UM), Akihito Kamata (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Denver Ballroom, Room 5-6
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
NCME:

Joanne Joo (joker app)- Presenter, Leanne Ketterlin Geller (joker app), Sarah Powell (UT-Austin), Erica Lembke (MU)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room GH
1:45pm to 3:15pm (MDT)
AERA:

Sondra Nicole Barringer (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2F
1:45pm to 3:15pm (MDT)
AERA:

Molly Novelli (joker app), Juliana Okonya (UT Austin), Flavio S. Azevedo (joker app), Maximilian Sherard (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3G
3:15pm to 4:15pm (MDT)
NCME: Individual Paper Session:

Kuo Wang (joker app)- Presenter, Haowei Hua (The Culver Academies), Pengfei Yan (UM), Hong Jiao (UMD), Dan Song (UI)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room 4
3:35pm to 5:05pm (MDT)
AERA:

Author- Michael S. Harris (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center: Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1

Friday, April 25

8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Gillian Roehrig (U of M), Muhammad Guntur Purwanto (U of M), Jeanna R. Wieselmann (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
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Molly Novelli (joker app), Max Edward Love (UT Austin)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
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Murphy Young (UI), Amy Gillespie Rouse ( UQ), Diane Baty Gifford (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
9:50am to 11:20am (MDT)
AERA:

Frank Fernandez (UW), Xiaodan Hu (joker app), Marissa R. Moreno (Lee College), Guillermo Ortega (TTU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom 2E
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Shanea Neal (joker app), Shanae Neal (joker app), Cheyenne Phillips (joker app), Mai Zaru (joker app), Alexandrea Pavlakis (joker app), Kessa Roberts (USU), Meredith Paige Richards (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
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Joanne Joo (joker app), Emily A. Short (joker app), Clinton Moore (UT), Syeda Sharjina Akther (UT Austin), Sarah Mae Olivar (AIR), Cassandra Hatfield (joker app), Leanne Ketterlin-Geller (joker app), Sarah R. Powell (UT Austin), Erica S. Lembke (MU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
AERA:

Gozde Sirganci (joker app)- Chair, Yanjun Pan (joker app), Can Mese (IU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
AERA:

Xiaodan Hu (joker app), Frank Fernandez (UW Madison), Matt Capaldi (UF)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
3:15pm to 4:15pm (MDT)
NCME:

Gozde Sirganci (joker app), Yanjun Pan (joker app), Can Mese (IU)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Penrose Ballroom 1

Saturday, April 26

8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
AERA:

J. Kyle Roberts (joker app), Mai Zaru (joker app), Stephanie Al Otaiba (joker app), Dayna Russell Freudenthal (joker app), Laura McCormack (joker app), Willa van Dijk (USU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
NCME:

Gozde Sirganci (joker app)- Presenter, Yusuf Kara (UM), Michael Fong (joker app), Akihito Kamata (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Denver Ballroom, Room 1-2
9:50am to 11:20am (MDT)
AERA:

Magdalena Pando (joker app), Maricela Leon (joker app), Karla Del Rosal (joker app), Catie Dougherty (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 1
9:50am to 11:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Leanne R. Ketterlin Geller (joker app), Sarah R. Powell (UT Austin), Erica S. Lembke (MU), Andrew P. Swanlund (AIR)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
9:50am to 11:20am (MDT)
AERA:

Jeanna R. Wieselmann (joker app), Ashley M. Lozano (Dallas ISD), J. Kyle Roberts (joker app), Muhammad Guntur Purwanto (U of M)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
11:30am to 1:00pm (MDT)
NCME:

Paul David Foster (joker app)- Presenter, Yusuf Kara (UM), Akihito Kamata (joker app)
The Hilton Denver City Center, Colorado Ballroom, Room GH,
11:40pm to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Brianna R. Freshwater (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 303
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Quentin Sedlacek (joker app), Sara Dozer (CSU), Anthony Muro Villa (UC), Michelle Friend (UN), Heather Haeger (U of A), Karla Lomeli (SCU), Joel Alejandro Mejia (UC), Greses Perez (TU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 106
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Charity Lewallen (joker app)- Chair
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2F
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
AERA:

Cheyenne Phillips (joker app), Meredith Page Richards (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
AERA:

Yi-Chen Juan (NYCU), Yuan-Hsuan Le (NTHU), Jiun-Yu Wu (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 709
1:30pm to 3:00pm (MDT)
AERA: Paper Session:

Jennifer D. Sayed (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 711
3:20pm to 4:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Zhongrui Yao (FHSU), Yanjun Pan (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 4
3:20pm to 4:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Deborah Cockerham (UNT), Lin Lipsmeyer (joker app), Tandra L. Tyler-Wood (UNT)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
3:20pm to 4:50pm (MDT)
AERA:

Sondra Nicole Barringer (joker app), Dustin Grabsch (joker app), Kalkidan Desta (joker app), Caitlin Anderson (joker app), Sakshi Hinduja (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 2F

Sunday, April 27

8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Justice Toshiba Walker, (UTEP), Seyedahmad Rahimi (UF), Amanda Barany (Penn), Lin Lipsmeyer (joker app)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
8:00am to 9:30am (MDT)
AERA:

Candace A. Walkington (joker app), Katie Bainbridge (RU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Meeting Room Level, Room 103
9:50am to 11:20am (MDT)
AERA:

Emily Singell (MU), Gabriella Lyth Donofrio (MU), Allison Dennis (joker app), Lois Ndungu (joker app), Jessica Mao (UT Austin), Erica S. Lembke (MU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Ballroom Level, Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA: Poster Session:

Deepika Menon (UNL), Jeanna R. Wieselmann (joker app), Allison Johnson (UNL), Brynn Price (joker app), Sumreen Asim (IU), Sarah A. Haines (TU)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Exhibit Hall Level, Exhibit Hall F
11:40am to 1:10pm (MDT)
AERA:

Ashleyn Pierson (OSU), Corey Brady (joker app), Kathryn Lanouette (CWM)
The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom 3C

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