• NEW  Welcome to our new officers, Jinfa Cai (co-chair), Joanne Lobato (awards), and Tonya Gau Bartell (secretary-treasurer). They began their tenure on the board after AERA 2010. We extend our thanks to outgoing board members James Middleton, Amanda Jansen, and Corey Drake.
• Congratulations to Andreas Stylianides, recipient of the 2010 SIG-RME Early Career Publication Award. Dr. Stylianides received the award for his 2007 article in JRME, Proof and Proving in School Mathematics.
• The Winter 2010 Newsletter is now available.
• The Membership Directory has been updated (April 2010). To update your contact information, please update your online profile with AERA. If you have questions about accessing the directory, please email Indigo Esmonde.
• Check out the new job postings. Please remember to refresh your browser to make sure you have the latest job listings. Please email all post requests to: Indigo Esmonde. If there are any problems with the website, please e-mail Indigo as well.

Announcements/Calls for papers

1. Call for submissions to Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education. The focus of the special issue is on Equitable Access to Participation in Mathematical Discussions: Looking at Students' Discourse, Experiences,
   and Perspectives. For more information, read the call or contact Indigo Esmonde, co-editor for the special issue.
2. Are you interested in how people learn, designing effective learning environments, or ways to assess learning? The University of Illinois at Chicago's interdisciplinary PhD program in the Learning Sciences focuses on learning within a discipline, such as mathematics, chemistry, computer science, or history. An interdisciplinary faculty, hands-on research, and innovative coursework highlight contemporary methodologies and applied research and design. For more information, see http://grad.lsri.uic.edu

3. Travel Grants are available from the Association for Women in Mathematics. Deadlines: Feb 1, May 1, Oct 1, every year.