AERA selects 29 exemplary scholars as 2025 Fellows

(Press-News.org) WASHINGTON, March 6, 2025—The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the selection of 29 exemplary scholars as 2025 AERA Fellows. The AERA Fellows Program honors scholars for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research. Nominated by their peers, the 2025 Fellows were selected by the Fellows Committee and approved by the AERA Council, the association’s elected governing body. They will be inducted during a ceremony at the 2025 Annual Meeting in Denver on April 24. With this cohort, there will be a total of 791 AERA Fellows.

“The 2025 AERA Fellows join a brilliant group of scholars, and they are most deserving of this honor,” said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. “Their significant contributions to the education research field demonstrate the highest standards of academic excellence and scholarship.”

The 2025 AERA Fellows are:

Roger Azevedo, University of Central Florida Aydin Bal, University of Wisconsin-Madison Courtney Bell, University of Wisconsin-Madison Catherine Bradshaw, University of Virginia Erica Frankenberg, Pennsylvania State University Liliana M. Garces, The University of Texas at Austin Louis M. Gomez, University of California, Los Angeles Mark Anthony Gooden, Teachers College, Columbia University Kimberly Griffin, University of Maryland Laura Hamilton, American Institutes for Research Joyce King, Georgia State University Cynthia Lewis, University of California, Santa Cruz Guofang Li, University of British Columbia Matthew Mayhew, The Ohio State University Ebony O. McGee, Johns Hopkins University Amanda Nickerson, University at Buffalo, SUNY KerryAnn O'Meara, Teachers College, Columbia University Erika Patall, University of Southern California Julie Posselt, University of Southern California Sadhana Puntambekar, University of Wisconsin-Madison Kristen Renn, Michigan State University Deborah Rivas-Drake, University of Michigan Lucrecia Santibañez, University of California, Los Angeles William A. Smith, University of Utah Arianne Teherani, University of California San Francisco Linda Tillman, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Alina von Davier, Duolingo Xueli Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison Tara J. Yosso, University of California, Riverside ###

About AERA
The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the largest national interdisciplinary research association devoted to the scientific study of education and learning. Founded in 1916, AERA advances knowledge about education, encourages scholarly inquiry related to education, and promotes the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. Find AERA on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky.

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