Kara Finnigan
ksfinnigan.bsky.social
Kara Finnigan
@ksfinnigan.bsky.social
education policy, sociology, cross-sector (educ/crim justice/housing/etc), network/spatial analysis, segregation, regional equity, racial justice, policy implementation. Current study-Detroit housing/schls
Watching live stream of Genevieve Siegel-Hawley doing her public service today testifying abt charter schls & educ equity before House Committee on Education & Workforce's Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, & Secondary (w/ former student Jenna Roberson in audience) 👏 #edresearch #edpolicy
May 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Grades are in, graduation is tomorrow! What a year! Grateful for these students who made my first year at @umich.edu extra special (and special shout out to Ashley and Brianna for their selfie talents)! #goblue
May 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Look what arrived! Congrats to Lora, Peter & @janellescott.bsky.social! This 79-chapter hdbk is critical to our field! @aeraedresearch.bsky.social #education #edpolicy #edresearch Our chapter on educ & social policy w/Jennifer Jellison Holme @markiejay06.bsky.social Walker Swain & Terrenda White
April 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
And perhaps most importantly...we have been honored to serve in this role & are also VERY excited to hand off the torch to the new team! Congratulations Gustavo and Audrey! We look forward to working closely with you over the coming months to ensure a smooth transition! www.aera.net/Newsroom/AER...
December 31, 2024 at 11:28 PM
As we close out 2024, a special thank you to the AMAZING AERA Open editorial team!!!

They represent a range of institutions/organizations (and time zones!) as you can see here:

journals.sagepub.com/editorial-bo...

None of this was possible without their dedication....Thank you team!! 👏 🥂
December 31, 2024 at 10:06 PM
🚀 2024 was record breaking for AERA Open, w/nearly** 1,000 submissions!

See recently published & entire '24 volume here: journals.sagepub.com/home/ERO

**we know some of you are still working on manuscripts to submit before NYE celebrations (ha! ha!) ...see exact # submitted below 👇
December 31, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Another reflection at AERA Open as we close out yr..peer reviewers are unsung heroes of acad. publishing! 👏 👏 In 2024 more than 750 reviewers worked tirelessly to ensure ea. article met high standards & provided feedback to authors whose work needed development. #education #edresearch #openaccess
December 31, 2024 at 8:58 PM
As we ring in the new year at AERA Open, we wanted to share this word cloud from ALL titles published in 2024 (reps key terms/topics). Wondering how many articles were published? Approx 1 every 3 days! journals.sagepub.com/home/ERO
#openaccess #education #edresearch @aeraedresearch.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 8:08 PM
We just published our 100th article this year! #openaccess #education #edresearch Grateful to our team & board! some shown in pic from mtg @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Special thanks to hundreds of reviewers saying YES & helping w/ development of field in this challenging time for peer review!! 👏👏
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
8 more AERA Open articles published in last few days! Focus on schl discipline, restor. justice, science curric, hiring univ presidents, early college, emot labor & DEI work, math motiv/perform, & "othering" of multilingual stud's & stud's w/disabilities. Read & share!
journals.sagepub.com/home/ERO
November 22, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline.
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 AM
One more from 11/14 by Amy Jo Richardson and David Knight focuses on transfer pathways and credit loss journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 16, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Another 11/14 pub - by Robert Bifulco and Sarah Souders uses recently avail school finance data to study racial disparities in school poverty and spending journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 16, 2024 at 10:46 PM
Also published 11/14 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... Study by Elise Chor suggests Head Start’s buffering effect may operate by reducing exposure to household instability as well as parent–child relationship conflict.
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Published 11/14 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... Study of the racial terminology used in ed research from 2009-2019 based upon review of more than 1400 empirical studies by @bakerdphd.bsky.social Karly Ford @drsamviano.bsky.social & @marcjguerrero.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 10:38 PM
published today! journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... - college students and legal vulnerability following the 2016 presidential election by Daniel Millán
November 16, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Nov AERA Open pubs: stdnts & leg vulnerability, racial cat's in edrsrch, hd start & hous. instability, racial dispar's spending, earned credit/loss, wmn & comp. prgrms, integ. stdnt support, schl brd elecs, racial chng 'burbs, Atl's schlrship - read & share! #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/home/ERO
November 16, 2024 at 10:26 PM