Graduate School of Education Professor Is Named Co-Editor of Premier Journal
May 11, 2026
Marybeth Gasman, associate dean for research at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, has been appointed co-editor of Educational Researcher, the premier journal of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and Distinguished Professor will oversee the publication alongside co-editor Andrés Castro Samayoa of Boston College for the 2027-2029 editorial term, with work beginning July 1.
“I truly love research and writing, and to lead the Educational Researcher editorial team brings those loves together,” Gasman said. “I have dedicated much of my career to supporting scholars in their research paths and providing transparency when it comes to publishing. This role will give me a larger opportunity to do this kind of work.”
Gasman was nominated by the AERA Publications Committee and selected following a competitive proposal process. As part of her proposal, she chose Castro Samayoa, a former doctoral advisee who is now a tenured professor and the doctoral degree program director in higher education at Boston College, as her co-editor. The two have collaborated for years and have a forthcoming book, In Community, We Can: Why Latine Graduate Students Succeed Together and How Academia Needs to Change, with Princeton University Press.
Reposted from Rutgers Today