by Lucy Cunningham

College of Education Professor Joyce E. King has been voted president-elect of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her term as president begins at the conclusion of AERA's 2014 Annual Meeting, after one year of service as president-elect.

Since 2004, King has been on the faculty at Georgia State University, where she holds the Benjamin E. Mays Endowed Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning and Leadership. Her research interests include the role of cultural knowledge, curriculum change and global education.

A native of California, King holds a Ph.D. in the social foundations of education from Stanford University and has a history of active involvement with AERA.

"Her extensive participation with AERA and her knowledge of the Association position her well to lead," said AERA Executive Director Felice J. Levine. "We look forward to her continued contributions to AERA and to the field of education research."

King chaired the AERA Commission on Research in Black Education (CORIBE) and became editor of the resulting volume, Black Education: A Transformative Research and Action Agenda for the New Century, published in 2005 for AERA by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. This volume, which examined the knowledge base, presented findings, and offered new directions for research and practice in Black education and across diverse communities, was introduced at an AERA briefing at the National Press Club.