Valenzuela Only University of Texas at Austin Faculty Member Named AERA Fellow - March 11, 2010

Dr. Angela Valenzuela, a professor in The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, has been selected as an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow in recognition of her exceptional scholarly contributions to education research and to the development of research opportunities and settings.

Valenzuela, who also is Associate Vice President for School Partnerships in the university’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and director of the Texas Center for Education Policy, was the only University of Texas at Austin faculty member selected.

Individuals chosen to be AERA Fellows are known nationally and internationally for their outstanding education-related scholarship, and through the Fellows program, the association aims to convey its commitment to excellence in research. Fellows are expected to be visibly engaged in important AERA programs and activities and serve as models and mentors to the next generation of education scholars.

To become an AERA Fellow, one must be nominated by peers, selected by the Fellows program committee and approved by the AERA council. New Fellows will be inducted in May during AERA’s 91st Annual Meeting in Denver.

In addition to being selected for the highly prestigious AERA Fellows program, Valenzuela was elected to a Member At-Large position on the AERA’s executive council. Recently, she also received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the Paulo and Nita Freire International Project for Critical Pedagogy and has received the 2010 Advocate for Education Award from the Austin LULAC Council 650.

—Kay Randall, University Communications, 512-232-3910