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NERA Annual Conference

Highlights from the 2011 Annual Conference

NERA's 42nd annual conference, held from October 19-21 at the Hartford Marriott in Rocky Hill, CT drew a crowd of over 330 registrants representing 18 states and several countries. The program included 2 pre-conference workshops, 4 in-conference workshops, 113 individual research paper presentations, 11 symposia, 29 research posters, 4 working group sessions, 3 paper discussion sessions; 6 invited panels, 2 GSIC-sponsored panels, 4 special sessions, and a mentoring session.

Many thanks to all of the participants, volunteers, NERA members and our sponsors who helped make this a wonderful conference! We'd also like to acknowledge our new Past-President, Thanos Patelis, for his leadership and guidance; the 2011 conference Co-Chairs, Abby Lau and Carol Barry, for their successful management; the Board of Directors for their support, particularly Helen Marx, for helping with the entertainment, snacks, advice with the hotel, and the budget; Katrina Crotts, for organizing the GSIC-sponsored sessions; and Barbara Helms, for her dedicated work on the website and providing advice and wisdom on many fronts. An extra special thanks goes to Sara Finney for her generous assistance in sorting through the 200+ proposals received in June.


Special Thanks to:

  • Our wonderful Keynote Speakers, Dr. Diana Pullin and the Honorable Roy Romer. In different ways, both keynote speakers effectively challenged NERA members to think about the 2011 conference theme, Educational Research for the Good of Society.
  • The 80 NERA members who reviewed session proposals to assure the quality of the program content and the 30+ NERA members who served as session discussants, providing feedback to authors and enhancing the productivity of each research session
  • The workshop leaders and members of our invited panel sessions
  • Kevin Brewer, Coordinator (College Board) and Jess Gregory (Southern Connecticut State University)
  • NERA graduate students Antonio Ellis, Nicholas Hartlep, Amanda Soto, Whitney Zimmerman, Lindsey Le, Sahaya Josephine, Louise Bahry, and Jun Li for volunteering their time at the Registration Table.
  • All participants responsible for the most memorable part of the NERA 2011 conference-the NERA's Got Talent show
  • Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill staff: Laurie, Wilfredo, Robert, and their team.

The 2012 program co-chairs, Gil Andrada, Tia Sukin, and Craig Wells are looking for your input to help shape next year's conference. So send your comments and feedback about the NERA conference to programchairs@nera-education.org. We encourage you to participate as the conference is only as good as your involvement!

  
 
 

Northeastern Educational Research Association (NERA)
43rd Annual Conference
October 2012

Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill, Connecticut

We hope to see you next October for another exciting conference
featuring outstanding papers, networking, and fun with old and new friends.

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