Doctoral Program Graduates' Dissertation Topics
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Author |
Title (Year) |
Where Are They Now? |
| Linda Avery | Teacher Efficacy and Behavior: Their Relationship and Impact on Student Learning (2000) | Professional Consultant and Independent Researcher |
| Wenyu Bai | Developmental Strategies and Styles of Gifted Adolescents and Their Measurement of Gifted Students (2006) | |
| Elissa Brown | Systemic Reform: The Impact of North Carolina’s State-initiated Polices on Local Gifted Programs (2001) | Director of Gifted North Carolina |
| Kim Chandler | A National Study of Curriculum Policies and Practices in Gifted Education (2004) | Director, Curriculum and Instruction Center for Gifted Education, College of William and Mary |
| Joy Davis | An Exploration of the Impact of Family on the Achievement of African American Gifted Learners Originating from Low-Income Environments | |
| Denise Drain | Teachers' Attitiudes and Practices Towards Differentiating for Gifted Learners in K-5 General Education Classrooms (2008) | Maryville University, MO |
| Matt Edinger | An Exploratory Study of Creativity-Fostering Teacher Behaviors in Secondary Classrooms | Chesterfield County Public Schools, VA |
| Ellen Fithian | Rate of advanced placement (AP) exam taking among AP-enrolled students: A study of New Jersey High Schools (2003) | Professional Consultant and Independent researcher |
| Heather French | The Use of Jacob's Ladder to Enhance Critical Thinking Abilities in Gifted and Promising Learners Populations (2006) | |
| Paula Ginsberg | An Exploratory Study of the Success of Twice-exceptional Students in College (2007) | |
| Valerie Gregory | Effects of Staff Development on Student Learning (2002) | Chesterfield Co. Public Schools, Chesterfield, VA |
| Suzanna Henshon | Talent Development and the Creative Writing Process: A Study of High-ability and Gifted Teenagers (2005) | Professional Writer and published author Instructor, Florida Gulf Coast University |
| Christine Hill | Department of Defense Educational Activity | |
| Tacey Hopper |
Case studies of home-schooled gifted students (2002) | |
| Claire Hughes | Comparative Study of Teaching Critical Thinking Through Persuasive Writing to Average, Gifted and Students with Learning Disabilities (2000) | Indiana University in Pennsylvania |
| Catherine Little | A Study of Figurative Language Development and Production in Primary Gifted Children (2002) | Assistant Professor of Gifted Education, University of Connecticut |
| Louis P. Lloyd-Zannini | A Correlation Study of School Principals Perceptions of Self-efficacy and the Availability & Quality of Gifted Programming in their Schools (2002) | Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA |
| Susan McGowan | An Exploratory Study of the Use of Critical and Creative Thinking in Elementary Language Arts Classrooms (2007) | Assistant Professor, Longwood University, VA |
| William Rutledge Orton | Influences of Self in Career Decision-making among Gifted Adolescents Attending Governor’s School in Science and Technology (Virginia) (1999) | Professional Consultant |
| Donna Poland | Instructional Strategies in Science Classrooms of Specialized Secondary Schools for the Gifted (2003) | Virginia State Gifted Coordinator |
| Chwee Quek | A National Study of Scientific Talent Development in Singapore (2005) | Ministry of Education, Singapore |
| Martin Reardon | Assessing Potential for Learning: A Factor-analytic Study of a Performance-based Identification Protocol for Young, Socioeconomically Disadvantaged High-ability Learners (2000) | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Lisa A. Schenkel | Optimal Educational Experiences and Their Relationship to Self-concept and Flow in Adolescent High-Ability and Gifted Learners (2001) | Professional Consultant |
| Tamra Stambaugh | An Exploratory Study of Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program (2007) | Vanderbilt University, TN |
| Jeanne Struck | A Study of Talent Development in a Predominantly Low SES and/or African American Population (2003) | Supervisor of Gifted and Fine Arts Williamsburg/James City County School Division |
| Kim Tyler | A Study of Perceived Teacher Effectiveness (2006) | Assistant Professor, Texas Wesleyan in Burleson, TX |
| Suzannah Wood | Gifted and Talented Adolescents; Experiences in School Counseling: A Mixed Method Investigation (2005) | Assistant Professor, University of Iowa |
| Bess Worley II | An Exploratory Study of Secondary Arts Schools for the Gifted (2006) | Gifted Coordinator Gloucester County Public Schools |
