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Barbara J. Dray, assistant professor, Exceptional Education, has been appointed to the executive board for Division K of the American Educational Research Association. At the AERA 2008 annual meeting in New York City March 24–28, Dray presented the research paper “Interrogating Whiteness and Deficit Thinking: Implications for Mindfulness Pedagogy.” Additionally, she organized a series of community events during the conference for Division K in alignment with this year’s theme—Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward a Civic Responsibility. Division K members toured El Puente Headquarters and Academy for Peace and Justice in Williamsburg Brooklyn and enjoyed an after-hours reception at the Franklin H. Williams Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute in Midtown Manhattan on March 27.