Please post information here regarding other sessions and events of interest to members of the Queer SIG at this year's annual meeting.

For updates and information on the annual meeting and events at the Hyatt, please see: http://reformingaera.homestead.com.

LABOR ACTIONS

Friends--the labor allies of Manchester Hyatt workers have scheduled
three public demonstrations (outside the Manchester Hyatt) during the
AERA conference to raise awareness of the problems with the hotel:

-Tues, 4/14, 12:00-2:00pm
-Tues, 4/14, 5:30-7:30pm
-Wed, 4/15, 5:30-7:30pm

Please join the demonstrations, and help to spread the word!

Non- Queer SIG sponsored sessions/events of interest to the membership:


From the Postcolonial Studies in Education SIG

NGUGI WA THIONG'O, world renowned scholar, will be a featured speaker for
the Postcolonial Studies in Education SIG at AERA 2009 at 6:15PM on Tuesday in
Columbia 1 of the Marriott Hotel.

The WA THIONG'O presentation, and some of our SIGs other sessions, will be
of interest to many members of AERA across divisions and interest groups.

Please share this information widely.

Please read our March 2009 newsletter on our AERA webpage for more information:

http://www.aera.net/Default.aspx?menu_id=202&id=946


WA THIONG'O is a literary giant, not to mention one of the world's
leading figures in Post-colonial Studies, African Studies, and Cultural
Studies. For further information about Professor wa Thiong'o, please visit his
website:

http://www.Ngugiwathiongo.com/



SELECT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS FOR POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION

Tuesday, 6:15pm in Marriott Hotel, Columbia 1

Postcolonial Dialogues at the Interstices

Participants:

Ngugi wa Thiong'o (University of California - Irvine)
Bic H. Ngo (University of Minnesota)
Linda T. Smith (The University of Waikato - New Zealand)
Janet L. Miller (Teachers College, Columbia University)
Handel K. Wright (University of British Columbia)

Chairs/Discussants: Sharon S. Subreenduth (Bowling Green State University);
Jeong-Eun Rhee (Long Island University -
C.W. Post Campus); Stephanie Daza (University of Texas-Arlington)

ABSTRACT

Given the reputations of these pivotal scholars introductions are hardly
necessary, nonetheless short bios of each panelist are offered in a separate
document. In conversation with the audience, this session will address the
following: How does Postcolonial Studies work at the cracks, fissures, and in
between spaces to help explain, explore, and complicate gaps in knowledge
production? What is the relationship between postcolonial theories and other
theories interested in decolonizing efforts? To shed light on our theme, we
are asking panelists to engage in a dialogue about the role of postcolonial
theory in education, specifically the role of postcolonial theory in their own
work and how it crisscrosses and complicates other theories on which their
work depends. We see the kind of politics and commitment of the work of our
panelists as a possible nexus to open up key dialogue about the theoretical
interstices within, across and through which the field of 'mainstream'
educational theorizing can be complicated and reshaped.

Friday, 10:35am to 12:05pm in San Diego Convention Center, 15B

New Horizons in Indigenous Research and Transformative Action:
Perspectives From the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, the
Pacific, and Postcolonial Studies

Participants:

Kerry Laiana Wong (University of Hawai'i - Manoa)
Linda T. Smith (The University of Waikato - New Zealand)
Marie Battiste (Univeristy of Saskatchewan)
Glenabah M. Martinez (University of New Mexico)
Sofia A. Villenas (Cornell University)
Nina Asher (Louisiana State University)

Chairs and Discussants: Margaret J. Maaka (University of Hawai'i), Stephanie Daza
(University of Texas-Arlington), Tiffany S. Lee (University of New Mexico)

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this collaborative session is two-fold. First,
the session aims to bring together scholars from three SIGs
to initiate a cross-SIG conversation among/about our different, but
interrelated, fields of study. A second goal is to flesh out possibilities for
shared interests and solidarity, as well as underlying tensions, in theory,
policy, and practice. The goal of the panel is an in-depth conversation about
the complexity of and relationships among our work across the three SIGS.
Panelists will address topics such as: the state of Indigenous and
Postcolonial Studies to contextualize the fields, both historically and
contemporarily; the nature of knowledge production in the fields; the quality
of education for Indigenous and Postcolonial peoples, particularly noting
areas in need of transformation where collaboration/solidarity among peoples
might be useful; the role of the fields, particularly SIGs and AERA, in
producing theory/policy and influencing educational practices that are
transformative and anti-oppressive; and in keeping with the AERA theme, the
panelists uses of (and/or resistances to) discipline-based inquiry in the
production of knowledge.

Sponsor: SIG-Leadership for Social Justice Schedule Information: Scheduled Time: Wed, Apr 15 - 10:35am - 12:05pmBuilding/Room: San Diego Convention Center / Room 8 Title Displayed in Event Calendar: School Leaders’ Leading for Social Justice: Implications for Educational Leadership Session Participants: Chair: Cheryl B. Warner (Clemson University) Life Histories of Social Justice Principals *Martin Scanlan (Marquette University) Stories of Personal Power: LGBT School Administrators Take Back Their Lives (download) *Mary Jean Denton (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities), C. Cryss Brunner (University of Minnesota) Taking It to the Streets: Leading for Social Justice in an Impoverished Urban School Through Home Visits *Christa A. Boske (Kent State University), Lillian McEnery (University of Houston - Clear Lake), Susan Mccormack (University of Houston - Clear Lake) Discussant: Anthony H. Normore (California State University - Dominguez Hills)

Sponsor: SIG-Law and Education Schedule Information: Scheduled Time: Tue, Apr 14 - 8:15am - 9:45amBuilding/Room: San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina / Solana Title Displayed in Event Calendar: Schools, Universities, and the First Amendment Session Participants: Expression and Association Rights of School Employees in Electronic Environments *Justin M. Bathon (University of Kentucky), Jonathan D. Becker (Virginia Commonwealth University), Scott McLeod (Iowa State University) The Legal and Policy Implications of Faculty Misconduct and Discipline in Higher Education Institutions *Patrick D. Pauken (Bowling Green State University), *Philip T.K. Daniel (The Ohio State University) Sexual Minority Youth and the First Amendment *David Stader (University of Texas - Arlington), Elizabeth Meyer (McGill University), Thomas John Graca (University of Texas - Arlington) Discussant: Julie F. Mead (University of Wisconsin - Madison) Chair: Patricia A.L. Ehrensal (The George Washington University)

Sponsor: Committee on Scholars and Advocates for Gender Equity in Education Schedule Information: Scheduled Time: Tue, Apr 14 - 2:15pm - 3:45pmBuilding/Room: San Diego Convention Center / Room 8 Title Displayed in Event Calendar: Gender, Identity, and Education Session Participants: Gender, Bullying, and Harassment: Preparing Educators to Create Safer and More Equitable Schools *Elizabeth Jackson Meyer (Concordia University) Understanding Sexism and Heterosexism at Elite Institutions: An Ecological Perspective on Promoting Diversity *Pamela Felder Thompson (Teachers College, Columbia University), *Alysa Turkowitz (Teachers College, Columbia University) “¿Y Qué Dirán de Mí?” The Internal Negotiation of Ethnic and Sexual Identities of Lesbian and Gay Latina/o College Students at a Predominantly White Institution *Abraham Pena (University of Texas - Austin) Chair: Florian C. Feucht (University of Toledo) Discussant: Paul Chamness Miller (Texas Tech University)