Hawai‘i Educational Research Association

Keynote Speaker:

Sylvia M. Hussey

Ka Pouhana (CEO), Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Program

8:00a – 8:30a	Registration and Breakfast/Refreshments Seasonal Cubed Fresh Fruit Tray, Assorted Breakfast Breads, Bagels, Cream Cheese, Butter and Assorted Jellies, Chilled Juice, Freshly Brewed Starbucks® Coffee and Decaffeinated Coffee, Tazo® Herbal and Non-Herbal Teas to include Decaffeinated Tea with Hot Water	Campus Center Ballroom
8:30a – 9:00a	Plenary Session Welcome Introduction of Conference Sponsors HERA Officers and Board of Directors COE and CRDG Representative(s) Announcements 2020 Peter Dunn-Rankin Graduate Student Waiver Recipients 2020 Distinguished Paper Award	Campus Center Ballroom
9:00a – 9:25a	Session I for Presentations and Symposia	Campus Center Rooms 307–310
9:30a – 9:55a	Session II for Presentations and Symposia	Campus Center Rooms 307–310
10:00a –10:15a	Refreshment Break Freshly Brewed Starbucks® Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Tazo® Herbal and Non-Herbal Teas to include Decaffeinated Tea with Hot Water	Campus Center Ballroom
10:15a – 11:15a	Keynote Address Sylvia M. Hussey, Ka Pouhana (CEO), Office of Hawaiian Affairs	Campus Center Ballroom
11:15a –11:30a	Break	Campus Center Ballroom
11:30a – 12:15p	Session III for Posters	Campus Center Rooms 307–310
12:15p – 1:15p	Lunch: Catered from Da Spot Lemon herb coconut chicken, Chimichurri beef Skewers (has soy), Rosemary herb roasted vegetable, Yellow saffron rice, Garden salad with papaya seeds dressing, Triple fudge chocolate brownies (has dairy), Iced tea and water	Campus Center Ballroom
1:15p – 1:40p	Session IV for Presentations	Campus Center Rooms 307–310
1:40p –2:00p	Refreshment Break Freshly Brewed Starbucks® Coffee, Decaffeinated Coffee and Tazo® Herbal and Non-Herbal Teas to include Decaffeinated Tea with Hot Water	Campus Center Ballroom
2:00p –2:25p	Session V for Presentations and Symposia	Campus Center Rooms 307–310
2:30p – 2:55p	Session VII for Presentations and Symposia	Campus Center Ballroom
3:15p – 4:15p	HERA Membership Meeting Election of 2020 Officers and Board of Directors	Campus Center Ballroom

Conference Fees

	Regular Registration up to February 3, 2020 4:00 pm HST	Late Registration after February 3, 2020 4:00 pm HST
Member	$80.00	$130.00
Non Member	$100.00	$130.00

2020 Peter Dunn-Rankin Graduate Student Waiver Program
Up to 5 available

The Peter Dunn-Rankin Graduate Student Waiver program is geared to encourage graduate students whose goals are to contribute to educational research in Hawai‘i. Graduate students need not be members of a school or college of education. Students from all disciplines are welcome. Up to five total waivers will be awarded on February 3, 2020 for registration to the 2020 HERA Conference.

Criteria for Graduate Student

* Must be at least a half-time student in good standing at any institution of higher education.
* Student is responsible for own membership fee ($10).
* Must submit a personal statement by 4pm HST, January 31, 2020.
* Be reachable via email on February 3, 2020 for notification of waiver award.
* Accept award by February 3, 2020.
* Become a 2020 member to HERA.
* Can not have been a Dunn-Rankin Graduate Student waiver recipient in the past two years.

Personal Statement Guidelines

Craft a personal statement no more than 500 words and submit the statement to herainfo@hawaii.edu by December 4, 2019. Acceptable formats for the documents are .doc, .rtf, .pdf or pasted into the email. Please address the following two guiding questions in the personal statement:
1. What do you consider the biggest challenges in Hawai‘i's educational system?
2. How do you envision HERA can positively contribute to policy, practice, accountability, assessment, etc. in education?

Please direct all questions to herainfo@hawaii.edu, or call Truc Nguyen at 808-956-6507.

Conference fees include refreshments and lunch, if received before our lunch reservation deadline of February 3, 2020 at 4pm HST. Registration after February 3, 2020 carries no guarantee of lunch. For more information, write to herainfo@hawaii.edu, or call Michael-Brian Ogawa at 808-956-5069 or Truc Nguyen 808-956-6507.

You may cancel or transfer your registration by February 3, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. HST. Cancellations after February 3, 2020 and no-shows are subject to a $30 processing fee.