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AERA honors 67 new fellows for outstanding research accomplishments

March 8, 2010
American Educational Research Association
Ball honored as fellow at American Educational Research Association

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announces the selection of 67 scholars to be AERA Fellows in recognition of their exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research or significant contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and settings.

The AERA Fellows are known both nationally and internationally for their outstanding contributions to education research. Through the Fellows Program, the Association aims to convey its commitment to excellence in research and to underscore to new scholars the importance of sustained research contributions in the field.

These Fellows will be inducted on Saturday, May 1, 2010, during AERA's 91st Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. It is the Association’s expectation that Fellows will be visibly engaged in important AERA programs and activities and that they will serve as models and mentors to the next generation of scholars long into the future for the field.

The Fellows designation is a high honor of the Association. Nominated by peers, selected by the Fellows Program Committee, and approved by the AERA Council, the new AERA Fellows are:

Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University - Columbus
Jean Maude Anyon, The Graduate Center - CUNY
Alfredo J. Artiles, Arizona State University
Ann E. Austin, Michigan State Univeristy
Arnetha F. Ball, Stanford University
Stephen L. Benton, Kansas State University
Kathryn M. Borman, University of South Florida
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Teachers College, Columbia University
Gregory Camilli, Rutgers University
Hua-Hua Chang, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ton de Jong, University of Twente
David K. Dickinson, Vanderbilt University
Richard P. Duran, University of California - Santa Barbara
Richard A. Duschl, The Pennsylvania State University
Kathy Escamilla, University of Colorado - Boulder
William A. Firestone, Rutgers University
Celia Genishi, Teachers College, Columbia University
Herbert P. Ginsburg, Teachers College, Columbia University
Susan R. Goldman, University of Illinois - Chicago
Ellen B. Goldring, Vanderbilt University
Mary Elizabeth Graue, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Judith L. Green, University of California - Santa Barbara
Jennifer C. Greene, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign
James W. Guthrie, George W. Bush Institute
Kris D. Gutierrez, University of Colorado - Boulder
Gregory R. Hancock, University of Maryland – College Park
Karen R. Harris, Vanderbilt University
Elizabeth Henning, University of Johannesburg
Nancy H. Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania
Roger T. Johnson, University of Minnesota
Yasmin B. Kafai, University of Pennsylvania
Sharon Lynn Kagan, Teachers College, Columbia University
Daniel M. Koretz, Harvard University
Gary W. Ladd, Arizona State University
Suzanne Lane, University of Pittsburgh
Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado - Boulder
Norman G. Lederman, Illinois Institute of Technology
Susanna Loeb, Stanford University
Richard G. Lomax, The Ohio State University - Columbus
Lorraine M. McDonnell, University of California - Santa Barbara
Margaret G. McKeown, University of Pittsburgh
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Janet L. Miller, Teachers College, Columbia University
Roxana Moreno, University of New Mexico
Pamela A. Moss, University of Michigan
Gary J. Natriello, Teachers College, Columbia University
Amaury Nora, University of Texas - San Antonio
Fred Paas, Open University, The Netherlands
James W. Pellegrino, University of Illinois - Chicago
Gary D. Rhoades, The University of Arizona
Gregory Schraw, University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Thomas A. Schwandt, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Bruce M. Shore, McGill University
Stephen Silverman, Teachers College, Columbia University
Martin A. Simon, New York University
Robert Slavin, Johns Hopkins University
Peter Smagorinsky, University of Georgia
Edward P. St. John, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
Leslie Philip Steffe, University of Georgia
Hariharan Swaminathan, University of Connecticut
Patrick W. Thompson, Arizona State University
Joseph J. Tobin, Arizona State University
David F. Treagust, Curtin University of Technology
Wayne J. Urban, The University of Alabama
Angela Valenzuela, University of Texas - Austin
Joyce VanTassel-Baska, College of William and Mary
Kathryn R. Wentzel, University of Maryland – College Park

The AERA Fellows Program inducted 44 scholars in 2009 and initially launched with 360 Inaugural Fellows in 2008.

The call for nominations for 2011 Fellows will open in summer 2010. For details and a complete list of fellows, please visit the AERA Web site, www.aera.net.

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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.

To reach AERA Communications, call (202)238-3200; Helaine Patterson (hpatterson@aera.net) or Lucy Cunningham (lcunningham@aera.net).

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