Warner School showcases groundbreaking educational research at AERA 2025 Teaching & Curriculum Online Teaching Educational Leadership Education Policy Higher Education Share Centered in one of the leading research universities, the Warner School of Education and Human Development is committed to transforming research into real-world impact. Faculty, students, and alumni are shaping the future of education through innovative scholarship—work that will be prominently featured at the American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver April 23-27.With the theme "Research, Remedy, and Repair: Toward Just Education Renewal," the conference will highlight the critical advancements in education and equity. Warner faculty, students, and alumni will present their research on a range of topics, including artificial intelligence (AI), educational leadership, community partnerships, STEM education, and more. To celebrate these achievements and foster connections, Interim Dean Melissa Sturge-Apple invites Warner alumni and friends to a special reception during AERA. The event, which will be held on Friday, April 25, at 7 p.m. at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., offers an opportunity to reconnect, network, and recognize the contributions of the Warner community. Register by April 17.Warner at AERA: Presentation HighlightsWednesday, April 23PhD student Jialin Yan chairs the poster session “Artificial Intelligence, Gender, Race, Culture, and Environmental Justice in Education: An Intersectional Analysis of Bias, Equity, and Sustainability Globally” and presents the paper “Foucault, Artificial Intelligence, and Women’s Rights: A Qualitative Analysis of Deepfake Technology and Its Impact.”Jialin Yan also co-presents the following three papers: “From K-12 AI Policies to the Classroom: Exploring Teachers' Perceptions of AI and State AI Policies,” “Regional Differences in Perceptions of AI of Higher Education Students Across Eastern to Southern,” and “Transformative Experiences with AI: Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges for International Chinese Students in Higher Education.”Doctoral students Tianxiang Zhu and Jialin Yan present “Gender Bias in AI-Powered Educational Context: A Literature Review.”PhD student Md Mamunur Rashid presents “A Hauntological Perspective on Biases in Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Multimodal Instruction.”Doctoral students Xiangxiang Wang and Jialin Yan present “Racial Bias in AI Educational Tools.”PhD students Prattama Santoso Utomo and Jialin Yan present “The Use of GenAI in Medical Education of China and Indonesia: A Comparative Literature Review.”Doctoral students Adma Emanuelle Gama-Krummel, Simao Elias Luis, and Md Mamunur Rashid present “Unmasking Deepfakes: Safeguarding K12 Education from Digital Deception through Posthumanism.”PhD student Christina Leal co-presents “Networks and Improvement: Knowledge Brokers Relational Dynamics and Trajectories.”Thursday, April 24PhD student Adma Emanuelle Gama-Krummel chairs the AERA Roundtable “AI and Teaching and Learning” and the paper session “Posthumanism, Postmodernism, and Philosophy.”Postdoctoral fellow Judith H. Van Alstyne ‘23W (PhD) and PhD students Saliha Al, Junnan Li, Zainab Amr, and Luke Hands present “Cultivating Connections: The Impact of Community and School Partnerships on Students in an Ecological System.”Doctoral students Md Mamunur Rashid, Adma Emanuelle Gama-Krummel, and Jialin Yan present “Students' Experience with Artificial Intelligence: Does GPA Make a Difference?”Valerie Marsh, associate professor of teaching & curriculum, and doctoral student Elizabeth Conroy co-present the “Leveling the Thinking Field: Toward Equitable Collaboration in Research-Practice Partnerships” at the School-University Partnership Paper Session.Joanne Larson, Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education, presents “When School Boards Undermine Success: Exploring the Vulnerability of Systemic Change.”Alumna Keirah Comstock ‘23W (PhD) chairs the “Teaching STEM Using Technology” roundtable session.Alumna Tyana Velazquez-Smith ‘19W (MS), 23W (PhD) presents “Black Girl Civic Literacy Practices: An Archaeology of the Self.”April Luehmann, associate professor of teaching & curriculum, presents “We all chose to be together for this purpose: Centering justice with professional learning communities.”Friday, April 25Samantha Daley, associate dean for research and associate professor of counseling and human development, Michelle Heckman ‘13W (MS), visiting assistant professor in teaching & curriculum, and doctoral student Kyle Sullivan present the paper “Secondary Science and Math Teachers’ Sensemaking Around Specific Learning Disabilities and Special Education.”Nestor Tulagan, assistant professor of counseling & human development, presents “Patterns of Socializers’ Science Support: Retrospective Relations to Motivational Beliefs among Ethno-Racially Minoritized College Students.”April 23 – 27 (Virtual)Raffaella Borasi, Frederica Warner Professor, Karen DeAngelis, associate professor of educational leadership, Patricia Vaughan-Brogan, assistant professor of educational leadership, David Miller, associate professor of teaching & curriculum, Yu Jung Han ‘22W (PhD), postdoctoral fellow, present “Will AI exacerbate or help remedy inequities in K-12 education? K-12 leaders’ perspectives?” at the AERA Virtual Poster Session. For a complete list, visit the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting website.