The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar
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(left) Poster Session; (above) Panel Session.
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(above) Keynote by Anthony S. Bryk of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching; (right) Clark Scholars exhibit their research during a poster session.
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The David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar
Lieve Pitts, UCEA
The 2015 David L Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Leadership and Policy was held in advance of the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. A result of a collaboration between UCEA, AERA’s Divisions A & L and Sage Publications, this year’s seminar engaged 42 students and 14 faculty scholars in a day and a half of learning and development.
The Clark Seminar, one of the most well-respected graduate student seminars held each year at AERA, emerged from a 2-3 day regional series of graduate student seminars held by UCEA originally held in 1966. At first held in member institutions, UCEA announced that it would support two graduate student seminars beginning in 1979. UCEA demonstrated its support by providing a grant to the host institution to cover some of the expenses of the students sent to the seminar, by publicizing the seminar in its news releases and newsletter, the UCEA Review, and by providing a forum of the proceedings in the UCEA Review. By 1984, the seminar had adopted a new title: National Graduate Students Research Seminar in Educational Administration and had begun to hold the seminar prior to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting. At this time, the event was co-sponsored by AERA and the National Institute of Education (NIE). The seminar changed again as NIE folded. UCEA stepped in and provided financial support beginning in 1986. By 1987, UCEA and AERA were joined by the US Department of Education Office of Research in their sponsorship of the seminar. Another change occurred in 1998 when UCEA, AERA Divisions A and L, and Corwin Press joined together to sponsor the graduate student seminar. In 1999, the graduate student seminar adopted its current title: David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy in honor of David L. Clark who had passed away in 1998.
This year the Seminar kicked off Wednesday, April 15th at 8:00 A.M. with registration and continental breakfast. Other activities during the day included small-group work sessions (student scholars shared their dissertation work and received feedback from faculty and students in the group), and poster sessions (student scholars presented their work). During lunch, participants were engaged with a panel, “Developing a Research Agenda: From Dissertation to Tenure”. The panelists were Scott Bauer, George Mason University; Betty Malen, University of Maryland; Curtis Brewer, University of Texas at San Antonio; and Tina Trujillo, University of California Berkeley. The panelists talked about the publishing process, publishing the dissertation, balancing professional and family life, and navigating the tenure process. Wednesday events continued with a second poster session, more small group work, a group photo, and a keynote address by Dr. Anthony Bryk on “Learning To Improve”. This full day was concluded with a networking reception followed by dinner.
Thursday began with breakfast followed by small-group work sessions and then a panel discussion: Publishing in Academic Journals. The panelists were Luis Huerta, Teachers College Columbia University; Mark Berends, University of Notre Dame; Jane Lindle, Clemson University; and Diana Pounder, University of Central Arkansas. The panelists focused on several essential topics related to publishing. The Clark Seminar concluded at noon.
The 42 student participants included Jared Boyce, Stephanie Brown, Kevin Condon, Dionne Cowan, F. Chris Curran, Daniella Hall, Pakethia Harris, Rodney Henderson, Laura Elena Hernandez, Alice Huguet, Todd Hurst, Amy Illingworth, Detra D. Johnson, Kierstyn Johnson, Mary F. Jones, Sarah Hale Keuseman, Jeffry King, Priya Goel La Londe, Stuart Littlejohn, Hector D. Lopez, D. Gavin Luter, Bryan A. Mann, Ashley E. McKinney, Kelly McMahon, Erika Bernabei Middleton, Adam Miller, Jason P. Murphy, Miguel Ordenes, Karen O’Reilly-Diaz, Jada Phelps-Moultrie, Lindsay Redd, Amy Luelle Reynolds, Nicole Spencer, Cameron Sublett, Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Nicole Vaux, Jessica Wallenstein, Rachel White, Rodney S. Whiteman, Leslie Wiggins, and Sarah Jane Zuckerman. UCEA hopes you found the conversations with your faculty mentors and Clark peers to both inspire and invigorate your future research. We encourage you to continue the conversations and connections started.
The planning committee, made up of Erin Anderson, Bonnie Fusarelli, Lieve Pitts, Jennifer Rice King and Michelle Young, would like to give a big thank you to all 14 Clark Faculty – Scott Bauer, George Mason University; Mark Berends, University of Notre Dame; Curtis Brewer, University of Texas San Antonio; Bonnie Fusarelli, North Caroling State University; Mark Gooden, University of Texas at Austin; Donald Hackmann, University of Illinois; Luis Huerta, Teacher College, Columbia University; Jane Lindle, Clemson University; Betty Malen, University of Maryland; Bradley Portin, University of Washington; Diana Pounder, University of Central Arkansas; Jennifer Rice, University of Maryland; Megan Tschannen-Moran, College of William and Mary; Tina Trujillo, University of California, Berkeley; Michelle Young, University of Virginia. Their contributions, leadership and mentor feedback supported the David L. Clark Seminar’s mission of bringing together emerging educational administration and policy scholars and noted researchers for presentations, generative discussion, and professional growth. A sincere thank you is also extended to this year’s keynote, Dr. Anthony Bryk, who delivered an engaging and illuminating speech.
Feedback from the post-seminar survey reflected the significance of the Clark Seminar from both student and faculty perspectives: “the interactions were insightful, rich, and fulfilling,” and “I came away feeling awfully good about the future of our profession.” As faculty and scholars left to attend other AERA events, the planning team was gratified to see the positive impact of the David L. Clark seminar.
Lieve Pitts, UCEA
The 2015 David L Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Leadership and Policy was held in advance of the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. A result of a collaboration between UCEA, AERA’s Divisions A & L and Sage Publications, this year’s seminar engaged 42 students and 14 faculty scholars in a day and a half of learning and development.
The Clark Seminar, one of the most well-respected graduate student seminars held each year at AERA, emerged from a 2-3 day regional series of graduate student seminars held by UCEA originally held in 1966. At first held in member institutions, UCEA announced that it would support two graduate student seminars beginning in 1979. UCEA demonstrated its support by providing a grant to the host institution to cover some of the expenses of the students sent to the seminar, by publicizing the seminar in its news releases and newsletter, the UCEA Review, and by providing a forum of the proceedings in the UCEA Review. By 1984, the seminar had adopted a new title: National Graduate Students Research Seminar in Educational Administration and had begun to hold the seminar prior to the American Educational Research Association (AERA) meeting. At this time, the event was co-sponsored by AERA and the National Institute of Education (NIE). The seminar changed again as NIE folded. UCEA stepped in and provided financial support beginning in 1986. By 1987, UCEA and AERA were joined by the US Department of Education Office of Research in their sponsorship of the seminar. Another change occurred in 1998 when UCEA, AERA Divisions A and L, and Corwin Press joined together to sponsor the graduate student seminar. In 1999, the graduate student seminar adopted its current title: David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in Educational Administration & Policy in honor of David L. Clark who had passed away in 1998.
This year the Seminar kicked off Wednesday, April 15th at 8:00 A.M. with registration and continental breakfast. Other activities during the day included small-group work sessions (student scholars shared their dissertation work and received feedback from faculty and students in the group), and poster sessions (student scholars presented their work). During lunch, participants were engaged with a panel, “Developing a Research Agenda: From Dissertation to Tenure”. The panelists were Scott Bauer, George Mason University; Betty Malen, University of Maryland; Curtis Brewer, University of Texas at San Antonio; and Tina Trujillo, University of California Berkeley. The panelists talked about the publishing process, publishing the dissertation, balancing professional and family life, and navigating the tenure process. Wednesday events continued with a second poster session, more small group work, a group photo, and a keynote address by Dr. Anthony Bryk on “Learning To Improve”. This full day was concluded with a networking reception followed by dinner.
Thursday began with breakfast followed by small-group work sessions and then a panel discussion: Publishing in Academic Journals. The panelists were Luis Huerta, Teachers College Columbia University; Mark Berends, University of Notre Dame; Jane Lindle, Clemson University; and Diana Pounder, University of Central Arkansas. The panelists focused on several essential topics related to publishing. The Clark Seminar concluded at noon.
The 42 student participants included Jared Boyce, Stephanie Brown, Kevin Condon, Dionne Cowan, F. Chris Curran, Daniella Hall, Pakethia Harris, Rodney Henderson, Laura Elena Hernandez, Alice Huguet, Todd Hurst, Amy Illingworth, Detra D. Johnson, Kierstyn Johnson, Mary F. Jones, Sarah Hale Keuseman, Jeffry King, Priya Goel La Londe, Stuart Littlejohn, Hector D. Lopez, D. Gavin Luter, Bryan A. Mann, Ashley E. McKinney, Kelly McMahon, Erika Bernabei Middleton, Adam Miller, Jason P. Murphy, Miguel Ordenes, Karen O’Reilly-Diaz, Jada Phelps-Moultrie, Lindsay Redd, Amy Luelle Reynolds, Nicole Spencer, Cameron Sublett, Ariel Tichnor-Wagner, Nicole Vaux, Jessica Wallenstein, Rachel White, Rodney S. Whiteman, Leslie Wiggins, and Sarah Jane Zuckerman. UCEA hopes you found the conversations with your faculty mentors and Clark peers to both inspire and invigorate your future research. We encourage you to continue the conversations and connections started.
The planning committee, made up of Erin Anderson, Bonnie Fusarelli, Lieve Pitts, Jennifer Rice King and Michelle Young, would like to give a big thank you to all 14 Clark Faculty – Scott Bauer, George Mason University; Mark Berends, University of Notre Dame; Curtis Brewer, University of Texas San Antonio; Bonnie Fusarelli, North Caroling State University; Mark Gooden, University of Texas at Austin; Donald Hackmann, University of Illinois; Luis Huerta, Teacher College, Columbia University; Jane Lindle, Clemson University; Betty Malen, University of Maryland; Bradley Portin, University of Washington; Diana Pounder, University of Central Arkansas; Jennifer Rice, University of Maryland; Megan Tschannen-Moran, College of William and Mary; Tina Trujillo, University of California, Berkeley; Michelle Young, University of Virginia. Their contributions, leadership and mentor feedback supported the David L. Clark Seminar’s mission of bringing together emerging educational administration and policy scholars and noted researchers for presentations, generative discussion, and professional growth. A sincere thank you is also extended to this year’s keynote, Dr. Anthony Bryk, who delivered an engaging and illuminating speech.
Feedback from the post-seminar survey reflected the significance of the Clark Seminar from both student and faculty perspectives: “the interactions were insightful, rich, and fulfilling,” and “I came away feeling awfully good about the future of our profession.” As faculty and scholars left to attend other AERA events, the planning team was gratified to see the positive impact of the David L. Clark seminar.