Leveraging Research for the Public Good: A Scholars' Roundtable Honoring the Contributions of Felice J. Levine

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

A core dimension of AERA's mission is "the use of research to improve education and serve the public good". This session gives tribute to the laudable intellectual vision, leadership, and organizational contributions of Felice Levine, AERA Executive Director, to AERA’s mission and to the field. It will focus on the central questions: What is the role of evidence and research in supporting the public good? And what does that look like in this moment? and will highlight major areas of inquiry and research advanced by Dr. Levine during her tenure as AERA's Executive Director. Roundtable participants will bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to examining these questions, centering the discussion on the threats to knowledge and to scholarship in the present moment and the unique role of universities, scholars, journalists, the legal community, and professional associations in supporting research that makes the world and our education systems more equitable. At the end of the discussion, members of the audience will have opportunities to direct questions to roundtable participants.

Sub Unit

• AERA Sessions

Participants

• David E. DeMatthews, University of Texas at Austin

• Liesel Ebersohn, University of Pretoria

• Kent McGuire, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

• Rachel M. Perera, The Brookings Institution

• Leah Watson, American Civil Liberties Union

• Janelle T. Scott, University of California - Berkeley

Moderator

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, University of Michigan