Newswise — WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013─The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the selection of 23 scholars as 2013 AERA Fellows. These individuals are being recognized for their exceptional scientific or scholarly contributions to education research or significant contributions to the field through the development of research opportunities and settings. The new Fellows, listed below, were nominated by their peers, selected by the Fellows Program Committee, and approved by the AERA Council.

The new Fellows will be inducted on Sunday, April 28, during the Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. They join 534 current AERA Fellows.

2013 AERA FellowsFrank Achtenhagen, University of GoettingenPhilip G. Altbach, Boston CollegeArthur Applebee, SUNY, University at AlbanyThomas Bailey, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityDeborah Ball, University of MichiganCherry Banks, University of Washington, BothellBetsy Becker, Florida State UniversityCarol Camp-Yeakey, Washington University in St. LouisMichelene Chi, Arizona State UniversityVictoria Chou, University of Illinois, ChicagoJill Fitzgerald, MetaMetrics; University of North Carolina at Chapel HillMarybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityDavid H. Jonassen, University of GeorgiaDavid F. Labaree, Stanford UniversityJaekyung Lee, University of Buffalo, SUNYLarry H. Ludlow, Boston CollegeAndrew Martin, University of SydneyRussell Rumberger, University of California, Santa BarbaraFrances King Stage, New York UniversityKeith E. Stanovich, University of TorontoAmy Stuart Wells, Teachers College, Columbia UniversityKenneth Zeichner, University of Washington

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The American Educational Research Association (AERA) is the national interdisciplinary research association for approximately 25,000 scholars who undertake research in education. Founded in 1916, AERA aims to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. www.aera.net