Bank Street at the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting

Location:
Los Angeles, CA

Event Title:
Bank Street at the 2026 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting

Description:
Join Bank Street College at the 2026 AERA Annual Meeting—“Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research.” Throughout the conference, faculty and staff will lead sessions on various topics in education. A schedule of sessions led by Bank Street is below.

Schedule:

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

• 1:45 PM | “Seeing Failure Through Teachers’ Eyes: How Teachers Define Student Failure in the Classroom”
  By Xinyu S. Pan, Research Associate, Public Engagement and Research Initiative, Bank Street College of Education

THURSDAY, APRIL 9

• 7:45 AM | “Seeing Failure Through Teachers’ Eyes: What Makes a Student Failure Memorable?”
  By Pan; Xiaolin Ou, Teachers College, Columbia University; and Mincong Wu, Teachers College, Columbia University
• 2:15 PM | “Interconnection as Developmental Capacity: Growing Toward Collective Leadership for Justice”
  By Eleanor E. Drago-Severson, Teachers College, Columbia University; Jessica Blum-DeStefano, Course Instructor & Supervised Fieldwork Advisor, Bank Street Graduate School of Education; and Deborah Brooks Lawrence, Adjunct, Bank Street Graduate School of Education

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

• 7:45 AM | “Public Learning for a Multiracial Democracy: The Research on What We Stand to Lose Under Education Gag Orders”
  By Janelle T. Scott, University of California, Berkeley, and Amy Stuart Wells, Chief Research Officer, Public Engagement and Research Initiative, Bank Street College of Education
• 11:45 AM | “‘Like a Family Reunion:’ Cultivating Bonding, Bridging, and Instrumental Ties Among Math Educators of Color”
  By Fenot Aklog, Director of Research and Evaluation, Bank Street Education Center; Hannah Kang, Research & Data Analyst, Bank Street Education Center; and Hanna Nichols, Research & Data Analyst, Bank Street Education Center
  
• 1:45 PM | “Resistencia A Travéz de Conocimiento (Resistance Through Knowing): Countervisuality Within the ‘Fateful Triangle’”
  By Thania Gómez-Martínez, Research Assistant, Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street College of Education; Xiaohan Yang Zhu, Texas A&M University; Mark Nagasawa, Director, Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street College of Education; Franklin S. Aucapina, New York Hall of Science; Diana Ballesteros, Graduate Center – CUNY; Susan M. Letourneau, New York Hall of Science; and Cristina M. Medellin, Associate Director, Straus Center for Young Children & Families, Bank Street College of Education
• 1:45 PM | “I Do This Because I Care: Testimonios from Latina Educators, Career Advisors, and Faculty”
  By Medellin and Claudine Campanelli, City University of New York

SATURDAY, APRIL 11

• 11:45 AM | “’Uh-Uh, I don’t go for that!’ Young Disabled Children of Color Subverting Schooling’s Carceral Logics”
  By Soyoung Park, Affiliated Faculty, Straus Center for Young Children & Families, and Director of Online Programs in Early Childhood and Childhood Special Education, Bank Street Graduate School of Education, and Natacha Ndabahagamye Jones, University of North Texas
• 1:45 PM | “From Theory to Method: Ecological Mapping as Critical Qualitative Tool for Visualizing Teacher Identity Development”
  By Xiaohan Yang Zhu, Texas A&M University; Sarika S. Gupta, Psycho-Educational Specialist, Center for Emotionally Responsive Practice, Bank Street College of Education; and Bailey A. Kaufman, Fordham University

SUNDAY, APRIL 12

• 11:45 AM | “Spatial Belonging and Collective Imagination: Reflections on a West Coast RAC Site Visit”
  By Medellin; Vanessa Rodriguez, New York University; and Alexandra Figueras-Daniel, National Institute for Early Education Research

Cost and Registration:
For more information, visit AERA’s website