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Candidates for office in AERA's 2008 election have provided brief biographical statements, which are printed below. The purpose is to inform voting AERA members about the candidates' experience as education researchers and as members of the Association.
As approved by AERA Council, since the 2005 election candidates' statements have been published in Educational Researcher and posted on the AERA website. This information will not appear in the form of a biographical booklet, which accompanied the mailed ballot in past years.
The following are biographical statements prepared by the 2008 candidates.
Candidates for the Office of President-Elect
Carol D. Lee (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is Professor of Education and Social Policy in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. She is a member of the National Academy of Education, author of two books-Signifying as a Scaffold for Literary Interpretation, and Culture, Literacy and Learning: Taking Bloom in the Midst of the Whirlwind-and co-editor of Vygotskian Perspectives on Literacy Research. She is Past President and Fellow of the National Conference of Research on Language and Literacy and was a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. She has also served in leadership roles in the National Council of Teachers of English.
Lee has been active in leadership roles within AERA; currently she is Vice President of Division G and a member of the AERA Council and Executive Committee. Past roles include chairmanships of the Social Justice Action Committee, the Minority Fellowship Committee, and Division C's Scribner Award Committee; she has also been Section Chair for Division G, a member of the Outstanding Book Award Committee, and a member of the Editorial Boards of the American Educational Research Journal and Educational Researcher. She is a member of Divisions G, C, and K and of the Research Focus on Black Education SIG.
"Drawing on the roles I've served within AERA, as President, I'd work to enhance collaborations across divisions around persistent and compelling open questions in educational research, further AERA's international collaborations, expand AERA's presence in policy issues around educational equity, and increase leadership and mentoring opportunities for graduate students and early career scholars. In coordination with other research and policy entities, AERA is poised to further shape educational policy and practice."
James Joseph "Jim" Scheurich...