THE 2022 NAED/SPENCER SPRING FELLOWS RETREAT

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AGENDA


Thursday, March 10

Fellows Retreat

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET

Opening and Welcome to the Spring Retreat
Megan Bang, 
Senior Vice President, The Spencer Foundation
Lorrie Shepard, Chair, Professional Development Committee

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Meet the Funder

It is valuable for grant writers to know their audience and understand what that particular audience values in regards to education research.  During this session, representatives from a range of funding agencies will provide insight into their specific programs and organizational values. Fellows have been asked to view  videos of each funder’s presentation in advance, so that this session may be dedicated to discussion and Q&A.

 

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

Fellows and Awardees Discussion Panel 1

Panel 1-A

Panel Facilitator: Roseann Liu, Wesleyan University

Irteza Binte-Farid, University of Pennsylvania
“My ancestors could do this, so I have to keep going with it”: Historical Narratives, Faith Practices, and Civic Engagement amongst Black Muslim Youth in Philadelphia
Postdoctoral Discussant: Roseann Liu, Wesleyan University

Michael Mena, City University of New York Graduate Center
An American university in a neoliberal world:  The making of a “bilingual” Hispanic-Serving Institution
Postdoctoral Discussant: Diana Rodriguez-Gomez, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Gareth Smail, University of Pennsylvania
Creating linguistic diversity: the identity politics of multilingual education in Morocco
Postdoctoral Discussant: Nicholas Limerick, Teachers College, Columbia University

Panel 1-B

Panel Facilitator: Ericka Weathers, Pennsylvania State University

Rene Crespin, Cornell University
The Impacts of Publicizing School Climate Information: Evidence from public schools in Illinois
Postdoctoral Discussant: Ericka Weathers, Pennsylvania State University

Caue Dobbin, Stanford University
Financial Aid, and the Supply and Demand for Higher Education    
Postdoctoral Discussant: Adela Soliz, Vanderbilt University

Zachary Tobin, Arizona State University
Competition in the Non-Profit Sector: Evidence from a Charter School Expansion in North Carolina
Postdoctoral Discussant: Adela Soliz, Vanderbilt University

Tatiana Velasco Rodriguez, Teachers College, Columbia University
Integration without Inclusion?  College Integration and Students’ Social Interactions: Evidence from Turnstiles Data
Postdoctoral Discussant: Ericka Weathers, Pennsylvania State University

Panel 1-C

Panel Facilitator: Matthew Gardner Kelly, Pennsylvania State University

Elizabeth Hauck, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Mrs. Batson and Mrs. Hicks: Race, Rights, and the Mothers’ Fight for Boston Public Schools (1953-2003)   
Postdoctoral Discussant: Matthew Gardner Kelly, Pennsylvania State University

Allison Raven, Duke University
Separate but Equitable: Race, Liberalism and Abandoning Desegregation in Austin, Texas
Postdoctoral Discussant: Margaret Vigil-Fowler, Independent Scholar

Erica Sterling, Harvard University
Strange Bedfellows: Race, Rights, and the Privatization of Education Reform, 1954 to 1994
Postdoctoral Discussant: Philip Nichols, Baylor University 

Panel 1-D

Panel Facilitator: Hye-Young Yun, University of California, Los Angeles

Laura Fries, University of California, Los Angeles
Testing the Practicing Connections Framework: A Core-Concept Intervention to Promote Transferable Understanding in Introductory Statistics
Postdoctoral Discussant: Hye-Young Yun, University of California, Los Angeles

Amalia Lira, Michigan State University
Complex Cultural Identities and Stereotype Threat in Engineering: An Integrative Mixed-Methods Study
Postdoctoral Discussant: Karlyn Adams-Wiggins, Portland State University

Nikki McDaid, Northwestern University
Indigenous knowledge systems informing STEM education toward equitable & sustainable ecological decision-making
Postdoctoral Discussant: Kelsey John, University of Arizona

Xin Yang, Yale University
Learning and teaching in an unequal world: How children navigate social inequalities and what we should teach them
Postdoctoral Discussant: Seanna Leath, University of Virginia

Friday, March 11

Fellows Retreat

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET

Fellows and Awardees Discussion Panel 2

Panel 2-A

Panel Facilitator: Natalie Davis, Georgia State University

Rosalinda Godinez, University of California, Berkeley
Mexicana/Latina Campesinas Cultivating Knowledge: A Collective Agri-Land-Based Education in Rural Washington State
Postdoctoral Discussant: Natalie Davis, Georgia State University

David Knight, University of Chicago
Halfway Houses for Democracy: Mapping Sociopolitical Learning and Development in the Context of Mass Incarceration
Postdoctoral Discussant: Joe Curnow, University of Manitoba

Celia Reddick, Harvard University
Language for an Unknowable Future: How language shapes the lives of refugee children
Postdoctoral Discussant: Maria Magdalena Isac, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Daniel Shephard, Teachers College, Columbia University
Social Networks and Schooling Outcomes among Refugees and Host Students
Postdoctoral Discussant: Maria Magdalena Isac, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

 

Panel 2-B

Panel Facilitator: Tolani Britton, University of California, Berkeley

Brian Kim, University of Virginia
What’s in a Letter? Using Natural Language Processing to Investigate the Prevalence of Linguistic Biases in Teacher Letters of Recommendation for Postsecondary Applications   
Postdoctoral Discussant: Tolani Britton, University of California, Berkeley

Sophia Laderman, University of Denver
Does Publicness Matter? Determining the Impacts of Public Funding and State Authority on Higher Education’s Ability to Achieve State Goals
Postdoctoral Discussant: Blanca Vega, Montclair State University

Lena Shi, Harvard University
Supporting Students’ College Pathways and College Completion
Postdoctoral Discussant: Susannah Davis, University of New Mexico

Panel 2-C

Panel Facilitator: Pengfei Zhao, University of Florida

Alberto Guzman-Alvarez, University of Pittsburgh
Deep learning for investigating causal effects with high-dimensional data: analytic tools and applications to educational interventions
Postdoctoral Discussant: Pengfei Zhao, University of Florida

Nozomi Nakajima, Harvard University
Evidence-Based Decisions and Education Policymakers
Postdoctoral Discussant: David Liebowitz, University of Oregon

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET

Individual Mentoring Sessions

Fellows and awardees will meet individually with mentors during their assigned times, which were sent to all groups via email.  Please email Angie Harmon (aharmon@naeducation.org) if you are unsure of your individual mentoring time. We have asked mentees to reach out to their mentors directly to determine the best platform to use for these virtual mentoring sessions. If you run into technical issues setting up your mentoring sessions, please contact technical support staff at zoomsupport@sparkstreetdigital.com. 

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET

Fellows and Awardees Discussion Panel 3

Panel 3-A

Panel Facilitator: Carrie Sampson, Arizona State University

Rachel Johnson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Black Educational Fugitive Spaces: Refusing Antiblackness through Homeschooling
Postdoctoral Discussant: Carrie Sampson, Arizona State University

Rachel Perera, RAND Graduate School
Understanding the Impact of Federal Civil Rights Investigations on Racial Discipline Disparities       
Postdoctoral Discussant: Elena Aydarova, Auburn University

Rachel Williams, University of California, Berkeley
The Black Geographic: Charter Expansion and Politics in the Southern City
Postdoctoral Discussant: David Liebowitz, University of Oregon

Panel 3-B

Panel Facilitator: Dara Walker, Pennsylvania State University

Nicole Freeman, Ohio State University
“Our Children Are Our Future”: Child Care, Education, and Rebuilding Jewish Life in Poland After the Holocaust, 1944 – 1950             
Postdoctoral Discussant: Dara Walker, Pennsylvania State University

Lynton Lees, Columbia University
Democracy’s Children: Education, Citizenship, and the Totalitarian Challenge to the Late British Empire, 1931-1951
Postdoctoral Discussant: Dara Walker, Pennsylvania State University

Qing Liu, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Stranded: Chinese Migrant Scholars in American Universities, 1940-1970
Postdoctoral Discussant: Yidi Wu, Elon University

Caterina Scalvedi, University of Illinois-Chicago
Colonial Education in Fascist Italy’s Empire: Ideologies, Policy, Lived Experiences (1922-1943)
Postdoctoral Discussant: Yidi Wu, Elon University

Panel 3-C

Panel Facilitator: Derron Wallce, Brandeis University

Miles Davison, University of California, Irvine
Examining School Discipline Under Restorative Justice
Postdoctoral Discussant: Derron Wallace, Brandeis University

Nona Gronert, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Promise and Peril of Title IX Addressing Sexual Violence: A University Case Study, 1972-2017          
Postdoctoral Discussant: Charles Davis III, University of Michigan

Amanda Lu, Stanford University
New Markets, Old Scripts: The Meaning of the Post-Katrina New Orleans Charter School Market for Urban School Reform and Marginalized Communities
Postdoctoral Discussant: April Sutton, University of California, San Diego

Greer Mellon, Columbia University
Local Control and Educational Inequality: A Longitudinal Empirical Study of School District Governance in the United States
Postdoctoral Discussant: April Sutton, University of California, San Diego

 

Panel 3-D

Panel Facilitator: Bayley Marquez, University of Maryland

Mariah Harmon, Vanderbilt University
Cultivating Community through Black Womanhood: An Exploratory Study of Black Women Pre-Service Teachers
Postdoctoral Discussant: Bayley Marquez, University of Maryland

Pablo Montes, The University of Texas at Austin
(Re)Storying Queer Land Education: Pedagogical Hub-Making of Two-Spirit/Queer Indigenous Educators      
Postdoctoral Discussant: Justin Grinage, University of Minnesota

Kevin Pelaez, San Diego State University
Reading and Writing the World with Data: Teaching Statistics and Data Science for Social Justice to Pre-Service Math Teachers
Postdoctoral Discussant: Xiaoming Zhai, University of Georgia

Sandra Zuniga Ruiz, University of California, Berkeley
Towards a critical-mathematical consciousness: Understanding the construction of a counterspace for prospective maestras Mexicanas
Postdoctoral Discussant: Michela Musto, University of British Columbia 

 

 

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM ET

Discussion of Panel Feedback

 

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM ET

Recap and Closing

 

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