Meet Pullias Center Researchers at AERA 2022
Join the faculty, researchers and doctoral candidates of USC’s Pullias Center for Higher Education presenting at the AERA annual meeting.
Make your plans now to attend our sessions:
Thursday, April 21, 2022
Disrupting Carceral Logics and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Thu, April 21, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT
Future Selves: Exploring the Aspirations of Latino Boys From Two Continuation High Schools
Authors: Adrian H. Huerta and Maritza Elizabeth Salazar
Friday, April 22, 2022
AERA Roundtable Session 6
The Scholarship of Skateboarding: New Methods for New Times
Fri, April 22, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT
Authors: Stefani Rose Relles, Zoë Corwin, Neftalie Williams, Jordan Nicholas Harper and Alan G. Green
The Struggle Against Oppression and Racial Injustice in Education
Fri, April 22, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT (8:00 to 9:30am PDT)
“Vygotsky Must Be Racialized”: Conceptualizing a Racialized Cultural Historical Activity Theory
Author: Aireale Joi Rodgers
AERA Roundtable Session 7
GBTQ+ Involvement in Men of Color Programs: Capturing Student Attitudes and Perceptions
Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Explorations of Teachers’ Perspectives in Writing and Literacies Research
Authors: Maritza Elizabeth Salazar and Adrian H. Huerta
The End of Remediation in California’s Community Colleges: Policy Implementation, Student Outcomes, and Faculty Experiences
Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Can Colleges Discontinue Developmental Education? Faculty and Policymaker Beliefs About Supporting Student Success
Authors: Tatiana Melguizo, Cheryl Dy Ching, Elise Swanson, Elif Asli Yucel and Federick Ngo
The Role of Ecological Validation in Promoting the Success of At-Promise Students
Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Authors: Joseph Kitchen, Ronald Hallett, Rosemary J. Perez and Robert D. Reason
Two Years of Changes: What Should We Keep?
Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Invited Speaker Session
Speakers: Joseph Castro, Adrianna Kezar and Brian McGowan
Centering Voices: Developing Methods to Support Activism and Overcome Antiracism
Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Interrogating Racial Power in Campus Policing
Author: Jude Paul Matias Dizon
How Policy Failures Fuel the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Fri, April 22, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT
A Focus on an Urban Continuation School: Exploring the Relevance and Use of Funds of Gang Knowledge Among Latino Boys and Young Men
Authors: Adrian H. Huerta and Cecilia Rios-Aguilar
Fighting the Forever Foreigner: A Pushback Against Anti-Asian Violence, Erasure, and Xenophobia
Fri, April 22, 2:30 to 4:30pm PDT
Invited Speaker Session
Participants: Varaxy Yi, Esther June Kim, Idalia Nunez, Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Reimagining the Leadership and Change Playbook: Synergizing Emerging Perspectives on the Cultivation of Equitable Postsecondary Education Systems
Fri, April 22, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT
Shared Equity Leadership: Working Collectively to Change Campus Cultures
Authors: Elizabeth M. Holcombe, Adrianna Kezar and Natsumi Ueda
Saturday, April 23, 2022
AERA Roundtable Session 8
“Providing a Space for Vulnerability”: Institutional Needs of Men of Color in a Rural Context
Sat, April 23, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT
Authors: Adrian H. Huerta, Maritza Elizabeth Salazar and Jude Paul Matias Dizon
Research Dangerously: A Scholarship of Consequence and Pushing Barriers in Educational Research and Praxis
Sat, April 23, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Higher Education as a Turning Point in the Lives of Former Gang-Involved Individuals: A Qualitative Analysis
Author: Adrian H. Huerta
Exploring the Nuanced Impacts of COVID-19 on Stakeholders in Higher Education: Faculty, Staff, and Students
Sat, April 23, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Examining How Student Affairs Practitioners Juggle Their Needs While Supporting At-Promise Students During COVID-19
Authors: Genia Bettencourt, Lauren Nicole Irwin, Joseph Kitchen and Zoë Corwin
PhD Students of Color Reclaiming Their Agency Navigating a Racialized Faculty Job Market Amid COVID-19
Authors: Román Liera and Aireale Joi Rodgers
Sunday, April 24, 2022
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Male Students of Color in Higher Education
Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT
The Impact of COVID-19 for Latino Boys and Men Throughout the Educational Pipeline
Authors: Adrian H. Huerta, Gabriel Rodriguez Lemus and Edgar Fidel Lopez
Equitable Education Systems and Organizational Leadership
Sun, April 24, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT
Leading for Liberation: How Community College Reentry Program Staff Create Change for Formerly Incarcerated Students
Author: Elif Asli Yucel
Monday, April 25, 2022
Equitable Education Systems and Organizational Collaboration Toward Equity
Mon, April 25, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT
Organizing Shared Approaches to Equity Work
Authors: Elizabeth M. Holcombe, Jude Paul Matias Dizon and Adrianna Kezar
Race Matters: Higher Ed Policy, MSIs, and Racially Marginalized Demographics
Mon, April 25, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT
STEM Sorting: Unintended Consequences of Math Pathways Expansions in Community Colleges
Authors: Elise Swanson, Elif Asli Yucel, Federick Ngo, Tatiana Melguizo and Cheryl Dy Ching
AERA Poster Session 12
Thu, April 21, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Literature Review: The Formal Leadership Development Programs and Pedagogical Practices
Presenters: Natsumi Ueda
Chicana/Latina Feminista Pláticas in Educational Research: Methodological Considerations and Tensions
Mon, April 25, 2:30 to 4:00pm PDT
Unsettling Epistemological and Methodological Underpinnings of Queer Latina/o/x Research in Higher Education
Authors: Angel D. Gonzalez, Sergio A. Gonzalez and Roberto Carlos Orozco
Transforming Educational Systems: Approaches From Different Stakeholders
Mon, April 25, 4:15 to 5:45pm PDT
The New Administrative Superposition: How Neoliberalism Shapes the Experiences and Work of Administrative Assistants
Author: Jordan Nicholas Harper
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Validating the College Experiences of Marginalized Students
Tue, April 26, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT
Exploring (In)Validating Mentoring Practices: The Narratives of Latina/o/x PhD Students
Authors: Edgar Fidel Lopez and Adrian H. Huerta