This directory of AERA SIGs is in alphabetical order. Websites & email addresses, when available, are listed. Although we check this page for errors frequently if you should notice a non-working link please let us know. If your SIG is interested in creating or moving its webpage to the AERA website, please let us know.

SIGs: | A–G | H–Q | R–Z | All |

R–Z

Rasch Measurement (SIG #83)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for presentation, discussion, and interaction related to the development of theoretically based and empirically testable instruments with objective linear measures.
Contact:	Leigh M. Harrell-Williams, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.raschsig.org/

Religion and Education (SIG #84)
Purpose:	To focus on religious, ethical, and moral dimensions of educational contexts, processes, and policies at all levels and in all types of educational institutions.
Contact:	William H. Jeynes, California State University - Long Beach, Huntington Beach, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Religion and Education

Research Focus on Black Education (SIG #85)
Purpose:	To provide a structure and forum within AERA for researchers and developers who focus on educational issues involving Black clients (students and professionals).
Contact:	Terrell Lamont Strayhorn, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Black Education

Research Focus on Education and Sport (SIG #164)
Purpose:	To dispel the many myths associated with education and sport over the years, shed light on this undervalued and underresearched area of inquiry, and enrich current research agendas on education and sport by making them more relevant. The continual dialogue with the community of scholars, and the ensuring knowledge and perspectives offered by this kind of engagement would inform us of the realities and concerns of education and sport in general.
Contact:	Kristina Navarro, University of Wisconsin, McFarland, WI, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research Focus on Education and Sport

Research in Mathematics Education (SIG #87)
Purpose:	To actively promote communication between researchers in mathematics education and related disciplines, and to provide a platform for initiating new developments in the field.
Contact:	Ruth M. Heaton, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, [email protected]; Ilana S. Horn, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); $0.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.sigrme.org

Research in Reading and Literacy (SIG #11)
Purpose:	To stimulate communication and inquiry among researchers, policymakers, and others interested in research in reading and literacy from various disciplines and theoretical perspectives.
Contact:	Francine C. Falk-Ross, Pace University, Pleasantville, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research in Reading and Literacy

Research on Evaluation (SIG #90)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in research on, dissemination of, and applications of evaluation theory and evaluation methods.
Contact:	Arturo Olivarez, The University of Texas - El Paso, El Paso, TX, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Evaluation

Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (SIG #91)
Purpose:	The purpose of this SIG is to provide leadership that (1) encourages and promotes high-quality scholarship addressing giftedness, creativity and talent, (2) creates a community of scholars and leaders in the field, (3) facilitates communication and dissemination of research both within and outside the field, (4) nurtures future scholars, and (5) advances research in the field.
Contact:	Michael S. Matthews, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent

Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education (SIG #93)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the dissemination and critical analysis of research on learning and instruction in physical education.
Contact:	Alex C. Garn, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia, [email protected]
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education

Research on Teacher Induction (SIG #149)
Purpose:	To encourage, discuss and disseminate the work of educational researchers and practitioners dedicated to educational equity through the strength of quality teacher induction.
Contact:	Andre M. Green, University of South Alabama, Saraland, AL, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on Teacher Induction

Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG #94)
Purpose:	To provide inquiry into educational and equity issues affecting Asian and Pacific Americans, facilitate interdisciplinary discussions around these issues, and provide members with colleagueship and support.
Contact:	OiYan A. Poon, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans

Research on the Education of Deaf Persons (SIG #95)
Purpose:	To provide a multidisciplinary forum for the promotion of research related to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
Contact:	Ross E. Mitchell, University of Redlands, Redlands, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Education of Deaf Persons

Research on the Superintendency (SIG #97)
Purpose:	To create a community of researchers and practitioners interested in developing knowledge about the superintendent, encompassing an array of policy, practice, and research issues related to long-term school reform.
Contact:	Leigh E Wallace, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Research on the Superintendency

Research on Women and Education (SIG #98)
Purpose:	To sponsor research studying issues related to women and girls in education at the intersection of race, class, and gender through AERA sessions, newsletters, and annual Fall conferences.
Contact:
Dues:	$20.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.rwesig.net/

Research Use (SIG #100)
Purpose:	To understand how research is used to improve education policy and practice, and to foster improvement of dissemination and use of research findings.
Contact:	Todd Twyman, Ph.D., Pacific University, Eugene, OR, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Rural Education (SIG #102)
Purpose:	To promote high quality research that increases understanding of rural education, broadly defined, and has potential to benefit rural schools and communities.
Contact:	Michael J. Corbett, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.ohio.edu/orgs/resig/index.cfm

Safe Schools and Communities (SIG #169)
Purpose:	To advance research on safe schools and communities in order to define guiding practices and establish benchmarks for promoting improved schools and fostering development of all youth - this research includes the study of research populations and sub-populations, designs, contexts, and outcomes in order to explain the transferability, scalability, and limitations of the research and results for other settings and contexts - in order to reinforce a foundation for sound policy and practice for sustaining safe schools and communities
Contact:
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

School Community, Climate and Culture (SIG #104)
Purpose:	To examine the school in terms of the community, climate, and culture as perceived not only by the researcher but also by students, teachers, administrators, parents, and community members at large.
Contact:	Lisa Bass, North Carolina State University, Durham, NC, [email protected]; Adam Voight, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Community, Climate and Culture

School Effectiveness and School Improvement (SIG #105)
Purpose:	To exchange ideas and information and encourage further research and evaluation on theory and practices related to issues of school effectiveness and improvement.
Contact:	Kerri Tobin, Marywood University, Kingston, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform") (SIG #154)
Purpose:	To generate, analyze, interpret, and disseminate research findings related to the implementation and impact of comprehensive school reform.
Contact:	Coby Meyers, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School Turnaround and Reform (Formerly "Comprehensive School Reform")

School/University Collaborative Research (SIG #107)
Purpose:	To share research undertaken collaboratively by school and university educators, programs and practices supporting it, as well as challenges and dilemmas of the work.
Contact:	Robert Martin Reardon, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	School/University Collaborative Research

Science Teaching and Learning (SIG #122)
Purpose:	To promote research that advances the understanding and improvement of teaching, learning, and understanding in the natural sciences, including philosophical, psychological, and sociocultural issues.
Contact:	Tara O'Neill, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Honolulu, HI, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Science Teaching and Learning

Second Language Research (SIG #108)
Purpose:	To promote research in second-language learning/acquisition, and to facilitate exchange of ideas among educators involved in second-language teaching and language program administration.
Contact:	Amanda Kibler, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Second Language Research

Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices (SIG #109)
Purpose:	To inform and rethink teacher education by studying practice-varied educational settings and methodologies.
Contact:	Hafdis Gudjonsdottir, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, 105, Iceland, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices

Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality (SIG #110)
Purpose:	To promote the application of semiotic perspectives to the study of education. Membership includes a subscription to the sig journal, "International Journal of Applied Semiotics."
Contact:
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Semiotics in Education: Signs, Meanings, and Multimodality

Service-Learning & Experiential Education (SIG #41)
Purpose:	Service-Learning and Experiential Education is dedicated to bringing together both researchers and practitioners to build and promote understanding of service-learning and experiential education for the betterment of the field and the reform of K-16 education.
Contact:	Heather Marie Coffey, University of North Carolina - Charlotte, Harrisburg, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$8.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Service-Learning & Experiential Education

Social and Emotional Learning (SIG #170)
Purpose:	To examine relationships among social-emotional competencies and academic, health, and citizenship outcomes; and the impact of SEL interventions on the adjustment, behavior, and academic performance of children and adolescents.
Contact:	Haley Woodside-Jiron, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social and Emotional Learning

Social Studies Research (SIG #89)
Purpose:	To initiate, exchange, and advance research relevant to social studies education found in P-12 schools and classrooms with students, teachers, and administrators; teacher education programs with teacher candidates, practicing teachers, school administrators, and teacher educators; and in relationship to active citizenship in families, communities, society, and policymakers.
Contact:	Lynn M. Brice, University of Minnesota - Duluth, Duluth, MN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Social Studies Research

Sociology of Education (SIG #112)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the analysis and dissemination of research that links sociological perspectives and methods with the study of educational issues.
Contact:	Sean P. Kelly, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Sociology of Education

Special Education Research (SIG #113)
Purpose:	To explore areas of educational research of interest to special and general educators, including individual differences, teaching strategies, and issues related to learning.
Contact:	Laurie DeBettencourt, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $7.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Special Education Research

Spirituality and Education (SIG #114)
Purpose:	To identify principles of education consistent with a variety of spiritual traditions and their implications for practice, integrating multiple perspectives and emphasizing
Contact:	Dannielle Joy Davis, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Spirituality and Education

Stress and Coping in Education (SIG #117)
Purpose:	To act as a clearinghouse to promote research and exchange of ideas and information concerning stress and coping in education and related organizations.
Contact:	Gretchen Maria Reevy, California State University - East Bay, Oakland, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)

Structural Equation Modeling (SIG #118)
Purpose:	To promote the understanding, use, and dissemination of information regarding structural equation modeling, and to share problems, issues, solutions, and various approaches.
Contact:	Brian F. French, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Structural Equation Modeling

Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SIG #121)
Purpose:	The Studying and Self-Regulated Learning (SSRL) SIG is dedicated to promoting the development of theory and research in academic studying and self-regulated learning across the life span. The SIG brings together researchers and practitioners to share expertise in all aspects of self-regulated learning, including motivation, metacognition, learning and studying strategies, and the ways in which learners manage their emotions and environments.
Contact:	Marie Catherine White, Nyack College, New York, NY, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Studying and Self-Regulated Learning

Supervision and Instructional Leadership (SIG #51)
Purpose:	To provide a professional forum for those who are involed in current research, theory, and practice in the supervision of instruction.
Contact:	Mary Lynne Derrington, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)

Survey Research in Education (SIG #123)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for educational researchers interested in improving survey methods, fostering communications among survey researchers, and promoting the development and dissemination of scholarly work.
Contact:	Peter H. Siegel, RTI International, RTP, NC, [email protected]
Dues:	$7.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Survey Research in Education

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation) (SIG #176)
Purpose:	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation)
Contact:	Terri D. Pigott, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (SIG-in-formation)

Systems Thinking in Education (SIG #124)
Purpose:	To focus on applications of systems thinking principles to address various issues in education.
Contact:	William R. Watson, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Systems Thinking in Education

Talent Development of Students Placed at Risk (SIG #125)
Purpose:	To focus on research, development, intervention, and evaluation aimed at ensuring the academic and personal development of children placed at risk.
Contact:	Ladan Rahnema, Capstone Institute at Howard University, Washington, DC, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.facebook.com/TalentDev.AERA

Teacher as Researcher (SIG #126)
Purpose:	To support classroom inquiry research and participation in AERA by PK-12 practitioners.
Contact:	Erin A. Hashimoto-Martell, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher as Researcher

Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions (SIG #127)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for critical research and dialogue on the history and politics of teachers' unions and teachers' work culture.
Contact:	Sarah A. Robert, University at Buffalo - SUNY, Buffalo, NY, [email protected]; Deena Khalil, Howard University, Lorton, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teacher's Work/Teachers Unions

Teaching Educational Psychology (SIG #128)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about teaching educational psychology to enhance both understanding and use.
Contact:	Martha J. Strickland, The Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Teaching Educational Psychology

Teaching History (SIG #130)
Purpose:	To provide a forum for the presentation, discussion, and encouragement of research on and deliberation about the teaching of history.
Contact:	Abby Reisman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)

Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning (SIG #151)
Purpose:	TACTL promotes the development and evaluation of preservice and inservice programs intended to transform teacher education, to prepare technology-proficient educators to meet 21st century learners' needs.
Contact:	Debra R. Sprague, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$15.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology as an Agent of Change in Teaching and Learning

Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning (SIG #119)
Purpose:	TICL focuses on theoretical foundations, fundamental research and technical advances at the intersection of four disciplines: Technology, Instruction, Cognition & Learning (TICL). TICL also publishes TICL, an interdisciplinary international journal, which publishes many of the presentations at annual TICL sessions.
Contact:	Benjamin Eric Erlandson, McKinsey Social Initiative, Elkin, NC, [email protected]; Elena Novak, Kent State University, Kent, OH, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr); students $5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning

Test Validity Research and Evaluation (SIG #72)
Purpose:	Brings together educators and researchers concerned with test validity research in education, evaluation, and psychology, and encourages content analysis methods from traditional to computer-aided analysis.
Contact:	Leslie R. Hawley, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Test Validity Research and Evaluation

Tracking and Detracking (SIG #163)
Purpose:	To engage teachers, administrators, teacher educators, researchers, policymakers and community members in a dialogue about tracking and detracking; to serve as a clearinghouse to disseminate research on tracking and detracking as well as to exchange ideas and information on strategies and best practices in detracking schools.
Contact:	Steven Drouin, San Jose State University, Livermore, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr); students $10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Tracking and Detracking

Urban Learning, Teaching and Research (SIG #147)
Purpose:	To promote collaborative development and dissemination of the work of the SIG's members in research and professional practice in urban learning and teaching.
Contact:	Hyunjin Kim, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, [email protected]
Dues:	$10.00 (1 yr)
Website:	http://www.aera-ultr.org/

Vocabulary (SIG #133)
Purpose:	To promote communication about vocabulary development and instruction, and to foster the sharing of information about ongoing research and promising practices related to vocabulary.
Contact:	Kathy Ganske, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, [email protected]
Dues:	$12.00 (1 yr); students $6.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Vocabulary

Workplace Learning (SIG #136)
Purpose:	Dedicated to articulating, studying, and applying research relating to adult learning processes within the context of work.
Contact:	Shahron Williams Van Rooij, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Workplace Learning

Writing and Literacies (SIG #137)
Purpose:	To promote research in writing and literacy at all age levels and across cultural and social (including institutional) contexts; to provide a forum for idea exchange related to writing and literacy research, theory, and practice across disciplines.
Contact:	Jessica Zacher Pandya, California State University - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, [email protected]
Dues:	$5.00 (1 yr)
Website:	Writing and Literacies