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 Michael Shaughnessy – Editor in Chief
New Mexico
Michael F. Shaughnessy is currently Professor of Psychology at Eastern New Mexico University. He has been involved in gifted education since receiving his doctorate from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, in 1983. He also holds master’s degrees from Bank Street College of Education and the College of New Rochelle in Guidance and Counseling and School Psychology. He has some post doctoral training from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. He has presented on gifted topics in Australia, South Korea, South Africa, Slovenia, Finland, Germany, England, France, and has been a Consulting Editor for Gifted Education International. He has written, edited or co-edited about a dozen books and published several hundred articles, book reviews, research reports, interviews and commentaries.
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 Cheryl Ackerman, Ph.D., Delaware
Dr. Ackerman has been involved in gifted education and psychology for the past 15 years and has focused her attention and research on social and emotional issues for gifted children and adults. She has presented workshops locally, nationally, and internationally, on Dabrowski’s Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) and other social-emotional topics related to the gifted. She recently served as a member of the board of directors and President of SENG – Supporting Emotional needs of the Gifted, as well as serving as Chair of the Conceptual Foundations division of the National Association for Gifted Children. Dr. Ackerman is serving as a guest-editor for a special issue of Roeper Review devoted to the role of TPD in gifted studies scheduled for publication in April, 2009. Cheryl has been working for the University of Delaware Education Research and Development Center for the past eight years conducting program evaluations and policy research primarily in the state of Delaware. |
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 Ed Amend, Psy.D., Kerntucky
R. Amend, Psy.D., is a practicing clinical psychologist at Amend Psychological Services, P.S.C., in Lexington, Kentucky with a satellite office in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his practice, Dr. Amend focuses on the social, emotional, and educational needs of gifted and talented youth, adults, and their families. He provides evaluations and therapy, facilitates child and parent discussion groups, and offers consultation and training for school personnel. Dr. Amend is co-author of two award-winning books: A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children; and Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger’s, Depression, and Other Disorders. As a strong advocate for the gifted population, Dr. Amend’s service has included the Board of Directors of SENG – Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted; President of the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education; Chair for the National Association for Gifted Children Counseling and Guidance; and consultant to the Davidson Institute for Talent Development. |
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 Alexinia Baldwin, Ph.D., Connecticut
Dr. Baldwin is Emeritus Professor of the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. She has served as the President of (TAG), Board member of (NAGC), USA delegate for the World Council for Gifted and Talented (WCGT). Her publications have focused on gifted, underserved students; their identification and curriculum needs in the classroom. She received the 2004 Distinguished Scholar Award from NAGC and the Advocate of the Year Award given by the Association for the Education of Gifted Underachieving Students (AEGUS) for 2004, and the Distinguished Alumni Award of the NEAG School of Education in 2004. |
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 Corin Barsily Goodwin, Oregon
Corin Barsily Goodwin is Executive Director of the Gifted Homeschoolers Forum (GHF), a non-profit organization supporting educational alternatives for gifted and 2e children. She has served as Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee and Gifted/Special Needs Advisor for the Home School Association of California (HSC). Previously Ms. Goodwin worked in government relations and in the public and private sectors as a policy and economic analyst. She also spent several years in library and archival positions. She does educational consulting and writing, and has been presenting workshops on gifted and home school related issues for a number of years and in many venues. She home-schools her two 2e children in rural southern Oregon, and is hard at work on her new book on gifted educational alternatives with co-author Mika Gustavson. |
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 Dina Brulles, Ph.D., Arizona
Dina Brulles is the Director of Gifted Education in the Paradise Valley Unified School District, Arizona, and faculty member of Arizona State University where she teaches gifted education. Dina is Past President of the Arizona Association for Gifted and Talented, past SENG Board Director, and a gifted education consultant, helping school districts create gifted programs that reflect the needs of their student population. Publications include: The Cluster Grouping Handbook, Free Spirit Publishing,and Helping All Gifted Children Learn, published by Pearson Assessment. |
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 Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., Minnesota
Richard M. Cash, Ed.D., holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Theater, a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Education, a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership. Throughout his more than 20 years in gifted education, he has taught elementary, middle-grade, and graduate level students. Currently, Dr. Cash is the Director of Gifted Programs, for the Bloomington Minnesota Public Schools. Richard is a highly sought-after professional developer who has worked with schools throughout the United States and internationally. His areas of expertise are brain-based learning, differentiated instruction, and gifted education.
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 Therese Clifford, Idaho
Therese has been an advocate for gifted children for many years. She has served on gifted committees in local school districts in an effort to bring about improved services for twice exceptional and highly gifted children, especially in the area of their unique social and emotional needs. She was instrumental in the production of a Twice-Exceptional Manual through the Idaho State Department of Education. She served for many years on the SENG board and held offices of Vice-President and President. She has co-led SENG Parent Groups in Idaho. Therese started an Idaho2E Twitter account and has encouraged advocates from other states to join in with the hope that someday every state will be connected and information that promotes the awareness and services for 2e individuals will be exchanged. She a board member of Edufest Gifted Conferences. She lives in Boise, works as an economist for the Department of Labor and has one son. |
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 Linda Collins, Kansas
Linda has been teaching gifted students for 8 years in the Blue Valley School District (Overland Park, KS) and formerly taught High School English for 13 years. She earned her M.Ed. from MidAmerica Nazarene University, and completed her gifted certification and conducted graduate research in the field of Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome at the University of Kansas. |
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 Catharina de Wet, Ph.D., Alabama
Catharina de Wet works as assistant professor in gifted and talented education in the Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities at the University of Alabama. She has over 10 years teaching experience in elementary, secondary school, and college, consulting in talent development, and conducting professional development workshops for teachers. She holds a masters degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, and a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut. Her research interests include teachers’ epistemological beliefs, diverse gifted students, and effective advanced curriculum. |
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 Arlene DeVries, Iowa
Arlene DeVries, MSE, a private consultant, retired as gifted/talented consultant for the Des Moines Public Schools. She has been a SENG President, board member, and SENG Model Parent Group trainer and facilitator. As board member of NAGC, she was instrumental in launching their Parenting for High Potential magazine, and served on the first editorial board. Her publications include co-authoring two 2007 books from Great Potential Press, Gifted Parent Groups, the SENG Model, 2nd Edition, and A Parent’s Guide to Gifted Children. |
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 Kenneth T. Dickson, Maryland
Ken has been an educator for 36 years. For 25 of those years, he has served in administration capacities for Gifted Education. He currently serves as Coordinator for Gifted and Talented Education and Magnet Programs for the Baltimore County Public Schools in Towson, Maryland. Ken’s educational advocacy regarding children with unique needs includes his current service as a member of the Council for Exceptional Children Board of Directors; a member of The Association for Gifted of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC); a member of the Editorial Review Boards for Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted and Roeper Review. He is a past member of CEC’s Executive Board for the Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learners and a past member of the National Association for Gifted Children Board of Directors. He is an officer in the Program Development Research and Evaluation Commission of the National Alliance for Black School Educators.
Ken’s primary interests include academic and cultural diversity relationships. A special interest in that regard focuses on educational equity concerning unique opportunities for learning, and interventions for access and support for the opportunities.
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 Ellen D. Fiedler, Ph.D., Michigan
Ellen Fiedler, Professor Emerita from the Masters degree program in gifted education at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, is a consultant who regularly provides professional development for school districts and other educational agencies. She obtained her Ph.D. in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was a research assistant at the Guidance Institute for Talented Students. She has been a Gifted Program Coordinator and a State Consultant for Gifted and has provided consultation services and presentations in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Russia. She is a published author and a regular presenter at state, national, and international conferences, including eight World Congresses on the Gifted. She has been Chair of the Counseling and Guidance Division of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and co-chair of the Global Awareness Division of NAGC. She lives in Florida during the winter and in Michigan in the summer and is currently President of the Michigan Alliance for Gifted Education. Her involvement in gifted education began more than 40 years ago as the parent of two highly-gifted children, and she has been particularly interested in the social/emotional needs of the gifted. |
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 P. Susan Jackson, British Columbia
P. Susan Jackson in the Founder and Therapeutic Director of “The Daimon Institute for the Highly Gifted” in White Rock, British Columbia, Canada. She is also the District Coordinator of “Programs to Support Gifted and Talented Students” in Langley BC Canada. She has extensive educational and mental health response background in all areas of gifted education. Her research interests and clinical experience focus on the mental health and development of highly and profoundly gifted learners. She is an internationally recognized speaker and consultant, specializing in advanced development and differential diagnosis and treatment for disintegrative states such as depression and anxiety. Sue has great interest in dual exceptionalities and advanced development. She has studied both Jung and Dabrowski extensively. She is published in the International Handbook of the Gifted, the “Living with Intensity” Dabrowski book and several major journals in the field. The culmination of her twenty years of work with highly gifted persons is the “Integral Practice for the Gifted” model, to be published in an NAGC sponsored book in 2009. Sue is interested in design of all kinds, is a poet, a nature lover and mother of two highly gifted children.
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 Carolyn K., Pennsylvania
Carolyn K. is the founder and director of Hoagies’ Gifted Education Page and Hoagies’ Kids and Teens Page.
Winner of the 2008 SENG Service Award, the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Community Service Award, and the Pennsylvania Association
for Gifted Education (PAGE) Neuber-Pregler Award., Carolyn is the author of numerous articles and columns, including Gifted Education Communicator’s Web Watch column for California Association for the Gifted.
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 Sally Lyon, Utah
Sally K. Lyon is an educational consultant and network creator of Our Gifted Online Conferences. Her passion is providing a safe harbor for all wherever they may live and who are seeking help to understand and advocate for gifted children. Sally is a successful recipient of NAGC Professional Achievement Certificate Program 2003, recipient of UAGC’s Sally M. Todd Local Leadership Award 2006, and a recipient of Top Online Educator Award 2007. She is a parent of two grown sons and is happily married. Sally, in her other life, has been involved in local politics and government work. |
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 Linda Neumann, Illinois
Linda Neumann, a professional writer and parent, is the editor of 2e: Twice-Exceptional Newsletter. The mission of this bi-monthly electronic publication is to promote understanding of twice-exceptional (2e) children and what they need to reach their potential. She is a former member of the SENG board of directors. |
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 Daniel Peters, Ph.D., California
Dr. Dan Peters is a licensed psychologist with practices in Napa and San Ramon, Ca. He specializes in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and families with special emphasis on gifted and twice-exceptional individuals. Dr. Peters’ clinical interests include the diagnosis and misdiagnosis of gifted and twice-exceptional individuals and overcoming anxiety. |
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 Teresa Rowlison, Ph.D., New Mexico
Teresa Rowlison is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at New Mexico State University. She has taught gifted education in the public schools and at the university level. She serves as a local and state member of gifted advisory committees, an officer in the New Mexico Association for the Gifted, and a member of the National Association for Gifted Children. She is a parent of a gifted child and is herself twice exceptional. |
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 Michael F. Sayler, Ph.D., Texas
Dr. Michael Sayler developed and coordinates gifted education studies at the University of North Texas. Dr. Sayler studies the components of what it takes for life-long thriving for gifted from early childhood through old age. He also specializes in successful parenting of gifted children and youth, social and emotional issues for gifted individuals, early school and college entrance and other forms of acceleration and grouping, program planning and evaluation, identifying students, grouping arrangements, and acceleration. |
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 Melinda Stewart, Massachusetts
Melinda Stewart Currently the Director of Counseling at Groton School in Groton, MA, Ms. Stewart has worked with gifted children and adolescents in a variety of settings over the last 28 years. She is the founder and former director of Voyagers, Inc., and has been on the staffs of the Stone Center at Wellesley College and McLean Hospital. She is the mother of two PG children, one currently in college and one currently homeschooled. |
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 Paige Stretton, Ohio
Paige currently serves as Editor for The Review, the Ohio Association for Gifted Children’s membership magazine. She served as Founding Co-Chair of OAGC’s Parent Division and has been honored with OAGC’s Distinguished Service Award. Paige has presented at local and statewide gifted conferences; written articles for Southeast Ohio Parent Magazine and The Review, and appeared on WOUBs HealthVision and Newswatch programs. She is an avid volunteer and serves as Treasurer for Appalachian Progressive Education, reading tutor at West Elementary, and Leader of Girl Scout Troop 5243, among others. Paige has three gifted children and resides in Athens county. |
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 Nadia Webb, Psy.D., Louisiana
Nadia Webb is a board certified pediatric and adult neuropsychologist, co-author of Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnosis of Gifted Children and Adults and serves as a member of the SENG Advisory Board. Dr. Webb maintains a small practice specializing in twice exceptional as well as staff privileges at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans. She has received awards from the American Medical Association, the Department of Defense and a personal citation from Governor Jane Hull of Arizona for her professional work. |
