About the ULTR SIG

The AERA Special Interest Group: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research (ULTR) was founded in October 2000 with 35 education professors from southern California. Dr. Lori Kim, Founder, has served as the first Chair and Program Chair of the organization to make its first SIG-sponsored sessions from the very next AERA annual meeting in 2001. As of 2007, the SIG: ULTR has more than 300 members from more than 35 different states from the U.S. and 3 other countries. As stated in the Mission of the AERA SIG: ULTR, we promote collaborative development and dissemination of our members' achievement in research and professional practice in Urban Learning and Teaching. With growing membership of the organization, the ULTR has been able to offer an increasing number of SIG-sponsored sessions at AERA annual meetings. The ULTR currently sponsors two publications: (a) Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research and (b) Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Copies of the Journal, a refereed publication, are provided to the SIG members each year. The Online Yearbook publishes the articles written by the presenters of the SIG-sponsored sessions at the AERA annual meetings.

The ULTR promotes collaborative development and dissemination of its members' achievements in research and professional practice in Urban Learning and Teaching. For further information about the ULTR or its activities, please email Lori Kim at lkim@calstatela.edu or write to: Lori Kim, Ph.D. Charter College of Education California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90032

Contact Us

Questions about the ULTR SIG? Email: lkim@calstatela.edu

2010-2011 Officers

Chair
Dr. Lori Kim
California State University, Los Angeles
lkim@calstatela.edu

Secretary/Treasurer
Dr. Pearl Chen
California State University, Los Angeles
hchen6@calstatela.edu

Program Chair
Dr. Brad Allison
California State University, Los Angeles
balliso@calstatela.edu

Associate Program Chair
Theresa Y. Austin, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
taustin@educ.umass.edu

2010 Yearbook Editor
Dr. Brad Allison
California State University, Los Angeles
balliso@calstatela.edu

2010 Yearbook Associate Editor
Dr. Beth Berghoff
Indiana University–Purdue U. Indianapolis
bberghof@iupui.edu

2011 Journal Editor
Dr. Sharon Ulanoff
California State University, Los Angeles
sulanof@calstatela.edu

2011 Associate Journal Editor
Dr. Kelly McNeal
William Paterson University
mcnealk1@wpunj.edu