S4.6.2 Specialized Schools for Talent Development: Delivering an Advanced Education Program

Bronwyn MacFarlane
bronwyn.macfarlane@gmail.com
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
United States

Bronwyn MacFarlane, Ph.D., professor of gifted education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has experience evaluating programs and leading professional development. Dr. MacFarlane published 4 books including Specialized Schools for High-Ability Learners (2018); STEM Education for High-Ability (2016); 20 chapters; and delivered over 150 presentations. Leadership roles included Associate Dean; Academic Dean of Summer Institute for Gifted at Princeton; NAGC Networks Chair of STEM & Counseling; Roeper Review guest editor; and national columnist of “The Curriculum Corner” for Teaching for High Potential. She received the 2018 NAGC Early Leader Award for significant leadership and service to the field.

Julia Roberts
julia.roberts@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

Julia Link Roberts is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. She is the Executive Director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and of The Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. Dr. Roberts is president of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. She is on the board of The Association for the Gifted, chair of the Kentucky Advisory Board for Gifted and Talented Children, and a member of the board of the Kentucky Association for Gifted and Talented Children.

Christina Amspaugh
ca8mk@virginia.edu
University of Virginia
United States

Christina Amspaugh is Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia Curry School of Education. She serves as Associate Editor of Social Media for Gifted Child Quarterly, Chair-Elect for the NAGC Computers & Technology Network, and Communications Chair for the AERA Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development SIG. Her professional experience includes work with the National Center for Research on Gifted Education and 11 years as an elementary gifted intervention specialist and gifted coordinator in Ohio. Her research interests include underserved gifted populations, classroom assessment practices, and the use of technology to support the needs of gifted students.

Nancy Hertzog
nhertzog@uw.edu
University of Washington
United States

Nancy Hertzog, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars at the University of Washington. In addition to studying the outcomes of Robinson Center alumni, her research focuses on teaching strategies designed to differentiate instruction and challenge children with diverse abilities. She has studied teachers' implementation of the Project Approach in classrooms with both high-achieving and low-achieving children. She directed University Primary School, an early childhood gifted program, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for fifteen years. She published three books and chapters on early childhood gifted education.

Kristina Ayers Paul
kayerspaul@gmail.com
Lower Merion School District
United States

Kristina Ayers Paul, Ph.D., is Special Assistant to the Superintendent for Program Evaluation in the Lower Merion School District in suburban Philadelphia, PA, where she directs research and evaluation activities for the District. Kristina's training in Educational Psychology and Program Evaluation, paired with her background as a gifted education teacher, university professor, gifted program consultant, and program evaluator, inform her approach to evidence-based decision-making, which places a heavy emphasis on purpose, people, and context.