Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction University of North Texas Minor: Gifted and Talented Education
M.S. Educational Psychology University of North Texas Minor: Gifted and Talented Education Certification: Gifted and Talented
B.S. Interdisciplinary Studies in Education University of North Texas Minor: Elementary Education Specialization: Reading Academic Discipline: Geography Certification: Self-Contained (1-8) Reading (1-8)
Recent Courses
EDU 3325 - Mathematics Concepts for Elementary Teachers
EDU 3326 - Science in Elementary School
EDU 5337 - Gifted Learners: Nature and Needs
EDU 5342 - Foundations of Catholic Education
EDU 5352 - Education Evaluation
EDU 6366 - Catholic School Leadership Internship (MCSL)
Selected Publications
Subjective wellbeing of gifted American college students: An examination of psychometric
properties of the PWI-A. Gifted Child Quarterly, 50(4), 236-248.
Important voices: Gifted children and parents share what they need. Parenting for High Potential, 4(7), 2-3, 22-23.
Locus of control, academic self-concept, and academic dishonesty among high ability
college students.Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 14(4), 88-114.
Mediating factors of personal wellbeing in gifted college students: Early-college
entrants and honors college students. Journal of Social Research and Policy, 3(2), 111-131.
The personal well-being of gifted young adults following participation in an early-college-entrance
program.Roeper Review, 33, 76-85. doi /10.1080/02783193.2011.554153
The Student Led Conference. Parenting for High Potential, 4(1).
Hope is more than just wishful thinking. Parenting for High Potential 3(2), 12-15.
Presentations
A change of pace: Differentiating for the high ability learner. Presentation made at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Education Association,
San Diego, CA.
What are they Thinking? The Boy Brain Behavior and Learning. Presentation Made at the annual meeting of the National Catholic Education Association.
Orlando, FL.
Nurturing a good life: Factors that impact personal well-being in gifted learners. Presentation made at the annual meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children,
Baltimore, MD.
Fostering hopefulness in gifted learners: Internal and external factors that impact
hope in the gifted education setting. Presentation made at the annual meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children,
Denver, CO.
Preservice teacher hopefulness: Investigating change in agency and pathways thinking
over time. Presentation for the Association of Teacher Educators 2012 Annual Meeting in San
Antonio, TX.
Pathways and agency toward teaching (PATT) scale: A development and validation update.Presentation made at the Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Orlando,
FL.