Indiana Association for the Gifted Podcast

Join us for a conversation about twice exceptional students with Dr. Megan Foley Nicpon!

Shenita Bolton is the Executive Director of College and Career Readiness at Fort Wayne Community Schools.

Amelia Pflieger is the High Ability, Advanced Courses, and Internship Manager for Fort Wayne Community Schools

Emily Mofield, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Education and serves as Lead Faculty for the Gifted and Advanced Academics Graduate Program at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee.

 
Vicki Phelps, Ed.D., is the Executive Director and Head of School for the Quest Academy, a pre-K - 8th grade independent school for gifted children in Palatine, Illinois. 

Dr. Hertzog received her masters’ degree in Gifted Education from the University of Connecticut under the tutelage of Dr. Joseph Renzulli, and her Ph.D. in Special Education under her advisor Dr. Merle B. Karnes. Her research examines curricular practices and policies in the field of gifted education. From 1995 to 2010 she was on the faculty in the Department of Special Education and directed University Primary School, an early childhood gifted program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Collaboratively with the head teachers, she won several curriculum awards from the Curriculum Division of the National Association for Gifted Children. She joined the University of Washington in 2010 as a professor in the area of Learning Sciences and Human Development, and the Director of the Halbert and Nancy Robinson Center for Young Scholars (2010-2020). Currently her research focuses on equity and access to advanced learning opportunities in schools, and pedagogical strategies that help teachers challenge all students.

*Bio from https://education.uw.edu/people/faculty/nhertzog