Pullias Center Researchers at AERA 2021

A bevy of researchers from the Pullias Center will be participating in presentations, panels, and sessions during the 2021 AERA Virtual Annual Meeting.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Division J – Section 2a Poster Session

Thu, April 8, 1:00 to 2:00pm EDT (10:00 to 11:00am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 1 Poster Sessions

Session Type: Poster Session

College Pathways for First- and Second-Generation Latino Males: Reflections of Support Systems in High School

Authors: Adrian H. Huerta and Edgar Fidel Lopez

Fostering University-Community-School Partnerships

Thu, April 8, 4:00 to 5:00pm EDT (1:00 to 2:00pm PDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships Roundtable Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Demystifying the Magic: Investigating the Success of University-Community Partnerships for Broadening Participation in STEM

 Authors: Chrystal George Mwangi, Genia Bettencourt, Nilanjana Dasgupta, Sarah Dunton, Ezekiel Kimball, Mark Pachucki and Ryan S. Wells

Friday, April 9, 2021

Complicating Understandings of Minoritized College Student Populations

Fri, April 9, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 1 Paper and Symposium Sessions

Identity-Conscious Design: The Learning Community Within a Comprehensive College Transition Program for Low-Income Students

Presenters: KC Culver, Elise Swanson, Ronald Hallett and Adrianna Kezar

Division J Vice Presidential Session: High-Quality Mixed-Methods Studies for Research-Practitioner-Policy-Foundation Partnerships

Fri, April 9, 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (1:10 to 2:40pm PDT), Division J, Division J Paper and Symposium Sessions

Presenters: Adrianna Kezar, Ronald Hallett, Tatiana Melguizo, Darnell G. Cole, Kellie Pickett and Susan Fritz

Watering Our Foremothers’ Garden: Building a Community for Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color Resistance in Education

Fri, April 9, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Workshop

Respecting Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color Resistance at AERA

Authors: Aireale Joi Rodgers and Judith Landeros

Teaching Across Differing STEM Contexts

Fri, April 9, 4:10 to 5:10pm EDT (1:10 to 2:10pm PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 4 Roundtable Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Understanding How STEM Undergraduates Choose, Navigate, and Integrate Interdisciplinarity in College and Beyond

 Authors: Genia Bettencourt, Ryan S. Wells, Scott Auerbach, Justin Fermann and Ezekiel Kimball

Determinants and Influences of Psychosocial Factors in College Success

Fri, April 9, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 2b Paper and Symposium Sessions 2

Session Type: Paper Session

Comprehensive College Transition Program Staffs’ Impact on Students’ Academic Self-Efficacy, Behavioral Change, and Achievement

Authors: Gwendelyn Rivera, Joseph Kitchen and Darnell G. Cole

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Pathways From the Community College: Building Successful Practices for Latino Males in the Community College

Sat, April 10, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J

Session Type: Symposium

Institutional Causes of Academic Probation Among Latino Male Students in Community College

 Authors: Eligio Martinez and Adrian H. Huerta

Early Career Socialization and Gender and Race Considerations

Sat, April 10, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J

Session Type: Paper Session

Learning Disciplinary Legitimacy: How Faculty and Students Construct the Transition to Doctoral Candidacy

 Authors: Román Liera, Aireale Joi Rodgers, Lauren Nicole Irwin, Julie Renee Posselt, Gloria C Anglon

Division J Vice Presidential Session. Racism and Carcerality in Higher Education

Sat, April 10, 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (1:10 to 2:40pm PDT), Division J, Division J Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

How Community College Reentry Programs Serve as Resource Brokers for Formerly Incarcerated Students

 Authors: Elif Asli Yucel and Jaymon Ortega

An Examination of Black College Men’s Experiences With Campus Policing

 Author: Jude Paul Matias Dizon

Racism Under the Microscope: Abolition, Digital Lynching, and Defining Roles and Responsibilities

Sat, April 10, 9:30 to 10:30am EDT (6:30 to 7:30am PDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Roundtable Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Higher Education’s Role and Responsibility in Police Training: A Starting Point for Justice-Oriented Change

 Authors: Lindsey Hammond, Monique Corral, Sara Ann Shaw, Gresham D Collom, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, Megan Steele, Melissa Whatley and Sean Baser

Centering Minoritized Identities Within Organizational Theory

Sat, April 10, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 3 Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Paper Session

#SayTheirNames: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Postsecondary Institutional Responses to the Spring 2020 Racial Uprisings

Author: Kaylan Baxter

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Place and Gender in Men of Color’s College Experience

Sun, April 11, 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT (11:30am to 1:00pm PDT), Division J, Division J

Session Type: Paper Session

Exploring Healthy Gender Identity Development and Supports in Men of Color Programs Through Qualitative Interviews

Author: Adrian H. Huerta

Men of Color in a Rural University: Exploring Community Support and Gendered Spaces

Authors: Adrian H. Huerta, Jude Paul Matias Dizon, and Maritza Elizabeth Salazar

Empowering and Supporting Young Men of Color Through the Pre-K–20 Pipeline

Sun, April 11, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), AERA Committees, Committee on Scholars of Color in Education Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Symposium

“It Was All a Dream”: Reflections on the College Pathways of First- and Second-Generation Latino Male College Goers

Qualitative Research SIG Mentoring Session

Sun, April 11, 2:30 to 4:00pm EDT (11:30am to 1:00pm PDT), SIG Sessions, SIG-Qualitative Research Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Paper Session

Authors: Adrian H. Huerta and Edgar Fidel Lopez

Critical Mo(ve)ments Mentoring Group 3

 Authors: Shannon Perry, Marisol Masso, Edgar Fidel Lopez, Richard E. Siegesmund, Sarah Bridges-Rhoads and Jinsu Byun

Rural Students and College Access

Sun, April 11, 12:20 to 1:20pm EDT (9:20 to 10:20am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 2a Roundtable Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Rural-Nonrural College Enrollment Gaps: The Complicated Role of Socioeconomic Status

 Authors: Ryan S. Wells, Ling Chen, Genia Bettencourt and Sarah Haas

Racial Violence on Campus

Sun, April 11, 10:40am to 12:10pm EDT (7:40 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 6 Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Paper Session

Campus Racial Violence and White Supremacy on College Campuses During the Trump Presidency

Authors: Sy Stokes, Oscar Patron, Kaylan Baxter, Sarah Marie Toutant, James Bridgeforth, Jaymon Ortega, Isaiah Simmons

Taking Responsibility for Real College Support

Sun, April 11, 4:10 to 5:40pm EDT (1:10 to 2:40pm PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 2b Paper and Symposium Sessions 2

Session Type: Paper Session

Promoting Equitable Engagement for Students of Color: Mixed-Methods Exploration of a Comprehensive Transition Program

 Authors: KC Culver, Rosemary J. Perez, Joseph Kitchen, Darnell G. Cole

Monday, April 12, 2021

Exploring Carcerality in the Pre-K–20 Pipeline

Mon, April 12, 9:30 to 11:00am EDT (6:30 to 8:00am PDT), Division G, Division G

Session Type: Symposium

The Pathway Away From College Readiness: A Focus on Latino Male Middle School Students and Discipline

 Authors: Adrian H. Huerta and Maritza Elizabeth Salazar

Faculty Job Satisfaction and Career Challenges

Mon, April 12, 9:30 to 10:30am EDT (6:30 to 7:30am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 4 Roundtable Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Doctoral Students of Color and the Racialized Faculty Job Market Amid COVID-19

 Authors: Aireale Joi Rodgers and Román Liera

Quantitative Methods and College Access

Mon, April 12, 11:10am to 12:10pm EDT (8:10 to 9:10am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 2a Paper and Symposium Sessions

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Using the High School Longitudinal Study 2009 to Analyze Factors Influencing First-Generation College Students’ Enrollment

Authors: Stephanie Sowl, David Velasquez, Joseph Murphy, Rachel Emerson, Lei Jiang and Claudia Bonilla

Accepting Responsibility for Illuminating Ethical Tensions and Underlying Assumptions in Postsecondary Education

Mon, April 12, 9:30 to 10:30am EDT (6:30 to 7:30am PDT), Division J, Division J – Section 2c

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Evaluative Routines in Graduate Admissions: Toward Responsibility for Unexamined Practices and Assumptions

Authors: Deborah Elizabeth Southern, Theresa E Hernandez, Julie Renee Posselt, Steve Desir, Fatima Alleynedream

The Role of Sense of Belonging and Mattering in College

Mon, April 12, 9:30 to 11:00am EDT (6:30 to 8:00am PDT), Division J, Division J

Session Type: Paper Session

The Role of Academic Validation in Developing Mattering and Academic Success

Authors: Elise Swanson and Darnell G. Cole