Carlos J. Vallejo Research Fellowship--AERA 2013 Pre-Conference Seminar

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>Become a Carlos J. Vallejo Research Fellow:
>Apply and Join us for an AERA Pre-Conference Seminar
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>We are now accepting applications for the Carlos J. Vallejo Research
>Fellowship for Latinos/as in Education, a preconference event of the
>Multicultural/Multiethnic Education special interest group. The Vallejo
>Research Fellowship is designed for graduates students and newly minted
>doctoral degree holders (without a tenure track position) who are
>pursuing careers in the professoriate. The participants will have the
>opportunity to engage in a day-long seminar with leading Latino/a
>scholars in the field of education. Applications for this program are due
>by Friday, February 1, 2013 to:
>https://sdsueducation.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_basVEZTs1Q1gK45. Accepted
>participants will be notified soon thereafter. Space is limited, so
>please apply early.
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>The application requires prospective fellows to respond to the following
>essay prompt (300 words or less): Our goal is to create a community of
>scholars that support one another's research and development. With this
>in mind, please provide a statement in response to this question: "How
>will you benefit and contribute by participating in the Carlos J. Vallejo
>Research Fellowship for Latinos/as in Education"?
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>Accepted participants are responsible for their own travel and lodging;
>however, breakfast and lunch for the 27th will be covered by the program.
>A draft preliminary schedule for this seminar is below, more speakers are
>currently being confirmed:
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>Saturday, April 27, 2013, 8:00 a. m. - 6:00 p. m.
>2013 Annual Meeting
>American Educational Research Association
>San Francisco, California
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>Preliminary Seminar Agenda
>Caroline S. Turner, CSU, Sacramento & Eugene Garcia, Arizona State
>University
>Faculty Program Directors
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>Saturday, April 27, 2013
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>8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
>Welcome and Introductions [Caroline S. Turner, CSU, Sacramento; Eugene
>Garcia, Arizona State University, J. Luke Wood, San Diego State
>University]
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>8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
>Purpose and Occasion: Advancing Research on Underrepresented Ethnic
>Populations in Education Carols J. Vallejo Research Track [Turner, Garcia
>and Wood]
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>9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
>Overview of the Research on the Latino Experience in Education
>[Anne-Marie Nunez, University of Texas, San Antonio]
>Dr. Nunez will lead this session designed to provide a succinct, yet
>comprehensive, overview of the array of
>research issues and topics related to the literature base on Latinos and
>education.
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>10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
>Developing a Research Agenda and Career Studying Latinos in Education
>[Gloria Rodriguez, UC, Davis; Gerardo R. Lopez, Loyola University, New
>Orleans]
>Dr. Rodriguez and Dr. Lopez will lead a discussion describing her
>experiences developing and maintaining
>a research agenda and career focused on conducting research on Latinos
>and education.
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>11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
>Roundtable Discussions: Academic Career Attainment and Development
>[Rebeca Burciaga, CSU, San Jose; Anne-Marie Nunez, UT, San
>Antonio;Gerardo R. Lopez, Loyola University, New Orleans; Eugene Garcia,
>Arizona State University]
>This will be an interactive session with scholars who represent diverse
>sub-areas within education and who are at different career stages
>assigned to specific roundtables. Theses scholars will describe briefly
>their own academic pathways, discuss strategies for negotiating academia,
>answer questions and provide insights related to academic career
>attainment and development, discuss what students should be doing
>currently to best position themselves for academic careers, discuss
>balancing personal, and professional priorities, etc.
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>12:00 p.m. - 1:30p.m.
>Lunch and Keynote Address: Mentoring Latinas/os in Higher Education:
>Intentional Cultivation of Talent, Caroline S. Turner
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>1:30 PM-2:30 PM.
>Grantsmanship Workshop [Eugene Garcia, Arizona State University; Dali
>Ozturk, Institutional Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA]
>Dr. Garcia will discuss the process of identifying and securing external
>funding to support one's research agenda.
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>2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
>Quantitative Research Design Session [Frances Contreras, University of
>California, San Diego; Francesca Lopez, University of Wisconsin,
>Marquette; Leticia Oseguera, Pennsylvania State University]
>This session will describe how to utilize a quantitative research design
>to examine a particular aspect of the Latina/Latino experience in
>education.
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>3:30 PM. -  4:30 p.m.
>Qualitative Research Design Session [Rebeca Burciaga, CSU, San Jose;
>Julie Figueroa, CSU, Sacramento; María C. Ledesma, University of Utah]
>This session will describe how to utilize a qualitative research design
>to examine a particular aspect of the Latina/Latino experience in
>education.
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>4:30 PM  - 5:30 PM
>Meet the Editors - Preparing a Manuscript for Publication
>Journal of Language, Identity and Education. [Terrence G. Wiley,
>President/CEO, Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington DC &
>Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University]
>Journal of African American Males in Education. [J. Luke Wood, Assistant
>Professor, San Diego State University]
>Association of Mexican American Educators Journal. [Oscar
>Jimenez-Castellanos, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University]
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>5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
>Conclusion and Awarding of Certificates
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