Hornberger and Kafai Named AERA Fellows for 2010

GSE Professors Nancy Hornberger and Yasmin Kafai has been named AERA Fellows for 2010.

Dr. Hornberger investigates language and education in culturally and linguistically diverse settings, combining methods and perspectives from educational anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and sociolinguistics. She gives special attention to educational policy and practice for indigenous and immigrant language groups, compared across national contexts.

A learning scientist, Dr. Kafai examines technology designs and cultures through the lens of constructionist theory. Her early work, published in Minds in Play: Computer Game Design as a Context for Children’s Learning (1995), set the foundation for programmatic initiatives on games and learning in the United States and Europe. 

The AERA Fellows program was established in 2007 to honor education researchers with substantial research accomplishments.