New officers will take over at the 2016 meeting in Washington D.C. New officers should plan to attend the annual meeting.
Emerging Scholar Award Committee: Karen Miksch, CHAIR Associate Professor University of Minnesota miksc001@umn.edu
All Graduate Students who are first author or sole author of a Law & Education SIG paper proposal are eligible for the award. The Committee will choose the best accepted graduate student proposal and present an award and $500 stipend to the recipient at the 2016 SIG business meeting. Once papers are accepted by the SIG, the Chair of the committee will convene the award committee panel to determine if there are eligible proposals for the Emerging Scholar Award. The winning graduate student will be notified in advance so that she or he can be sure to attend the SIG business meeting.
Officers Chair Jeffrey Sun Professor University of Louisville jeffrey.sun@louisville.edu
Program Chair Catherine Horn Associate Professor University of Houston (713)743-5032 clhorn2@uh.edu Secretary / Treasurer Marguerita DeSander Associate Professor Western Kentucky University marguerita.desander@wku.edu Membership Coordinator/Webmaster Maria Lewis Assistant Professor Pennsylvania State University mml25@psu.edu
The SIG is governed by the Executive Committee, made up of the Chair, Program Chair, Secretary Treasurer, and Web Master. The SIG bylaws were approved by the membership, reviewed and approved by AERA with minor modifications. Any member who would like a copy of bylaws should contact Marguerita DeSander, the Secretary/Treasurer at marguerita.desander@wku.edu