Heaton to Serve as Co-Chair of Research in Mathematics Education

May 6, 2016

Ruth Heaton, Gilmartin professor of mathematics education and WGS affiliate faculty member, has been elected to a two-year term as co-chair of the Research in Mathematics Education special interest group of the American Educational Research Association. Co-chairing responsibilities include organizing the SIG conference programs at both the AERA national conference and the Research Pre-session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics national conference. She’ll also help coordinate AERA award programs in the SIG for an early career publication award and a senior scholar award. Heaton has been a member of AERA since 1992 when she was a doctoral student.