Dear Faculty, Graduate Students, and Guests attending AERA, This is an announcement of the Professor Joshua Fishman Memorial that I have organized to be held at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in Washington, D.C. Friday, April 8th 2016, at Noon to 2:00 p.m. with Reception to follow. Dr. Fishman is world famous as the founding father of Sociolinguistics. Our American Educational Research Association SIG on Research and Reading and Literacy has organized this event in cooperation with the AERA Headquarters and the Center for Applied Linguistics as well as numerous AERA groups. Please distribute this announcement to colleagues and students who may be attending AERA on April 8th. Your presence would be most appreciated and will add to the memories and the honor that we wish to bestow to a giant in the field of language study. All are welcome to attend! Rosalind Horowitz, Ph.D. Professor, Discourse & Literacy Studies Elected Chair, American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group ( SIG) on Research in Reading and Literacy Co-Editor, Comprehending oral and written language (Academic Press and Brill, United Kingdom) Editor, Talking Texts: How speech and writing interact in school learning (Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group) Co-Editor, The Achievement Gap in Reading: Complex causes, persistent issues, possible solutions (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) College of Education and Human Development Joint Appointment, Departments of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching; and Educational Psychology The University of Texas--San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, Texas 78249-0654 USA (210) 458-2672 Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu<mailto:Rosalind.Horowitz@utsa.edu> [http://utsa.edu/img/home/utsa-today/CampaignVideo-Home-Spotlight.jpg]<...