The 2005 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) will be held on April 11-15 in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year’s event is Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability. Below is the schedule of University of Rochester speakers.

Monday, April 11
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Le Centre Sheraton Montreal/Salon 1, Joanne Larson, associate professor, Toward an Anti-Racist Ethnography of Literacy Teaching and Learning (Participant)

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., Ritz-Carlton, Montreal/Vice Royal II, Ellen Santora, assistant professor, Electronic Portfolios in Social Studies Education: Are They Suitable for Transformative Reflection and Theorizing

2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/St. Michel, Sonia James-Wilson, assistant professor, Preparing New Teachers to Become Agents of Change: An Inclusive Teacher Leadership Approach

2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Montreal Ballroom, Richard Ryan, professor, clinical and social psychology, Legislating Competence: High Stakes Testing, School Reform and Motivation from a Self-Determination Theory Viewpoint

6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Fontaine, Section A, Doug Guiffrida, assistant professor, Motivation and African-American College Student Retention

Tuesday, April 12
8:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Point-aux-Trembles, Heather Carroll, master’s student, ITA Pronunciation, Identity Construction, and World Englishes

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Le Centre Sheraton Montreal/Salon A, Joanne Larson, associate professor, Lynn Gatto, doctoral student, Learning Spaces Travel: Stepping in Between the In/Out of School Binary

11:25 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Salle de Bal Ballroom, Mary Jane Curry, assistant professor, Access to Higher Education: Learning Academic Literacy and Disciplinary Content Over the Telephone

2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Longueuil, Kara Finnigan, assistant professor, Principal Leadership and Teacher Expectancy in Low Performing Schools

3:05 p.m.-3:45 p.m., Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Salle de Bal Ballroom, Ann Monroe-Baillargeon, assistant professor, Living Inclusion: the Lives of Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms

4:05 p.m.-6:05 p.m., Le Centre Sheraton Montreal/Salon 4, Jeannine Dingus, assistant professor, Community Reciprocity in the Work of African-American Teachers

Wednesday, April 13
10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Salon Terrasse, Sonia James-Wilson, assistant professor, Preparing New Teachers to Advocate for Equity and Social Justice

6:15 p.m.-7:45 p.m., Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth/Peribonka, Joanne Larson, associate professor, Writing and Literacies SIG Business Meeting (Chair)

Thursday, April 14
8:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Le Centre Sheraton Montreal/Salle de Bal Centre, Randall Curren, professor, Theory and Research in Education (Journal Talks)

8:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Hilton Montreal Bonaventure/Point-aux-Trembles, Ellen Santora, assistant professor, american History as Dialogue: History, Historical Experiences, and Historical Inquiry

8:15 a.m.-9:45 a.m., Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth/Saint Laurent, Richard Ryan, professor, clinical and social psychology, High Stakes Testing as a Motivational Policy: Predictions and Outcomes Considered from a Self-Determination Framework (Participant)

10:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m., Le Centre Sheraton Montreal/Garcia Lorca, Ann Monroe-Baillargeon, assistant professor, Reducing Barriers and Enhancing Opportunities? Teachers’ Use of Instructional Technology in Various Classes

12:25 p.m.-1:55 p.m., Ritz-Carlton, Montreal/Salon Vert, Andrew Elliot, professor, clinical and social psychology, What Might Explain the Counterintuitive Correlations Between Goal Orientation Measures and Achievement (Discussant)

Friday, April 15
8:15 a.m.-10:15 a.m., Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Huronie A&B, Jeannine Dingus, assistant professor, The Family Business of Education: Profesional Socialization of Intergenerational African-American Teachers

12:25 p.m.-1:05 p.m., Marriott Montreal Chateau Champlain/Salle de Bal Ballroom, David Hursh, associate professor, Marketing Education: The Rise of Testing, Accountability, and Markets in the United States and England

12:25 p.m.-1:55 p.m., Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth/Jolliet, Nancy Ares, assistant professor, Culturally Relevant Design and Analyses of Network Supported Learning