Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 3118

Benna Haas

Clinical Assistant Professor

Gifted, Creative, and Talented Studies,
Educational Studies

Email:
bennah@purdue.edu

Phone:
(765) 494-9745

Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 3118

Ph.D. — Special Education & Child Development with a concentration in Academically/Intellectually Gifted, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2024)
M.S.A. — School Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2021)
M.Ed. — Literacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018)
B.A. — English, Oberlin College, Ohio (2000)

2022 – 2024
Graduate Research Assistant
Special Education and Child Development
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC
2019 – 2021
Secondary Talent Development Studies Specialist
Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, NC
2017 – 2019
Middle School Gifted Education Specialist
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, NC
2013 – 2016
Middle School Academically/Intellectually Gifted Teacher
Union County Public Schools, NC
2011 – 2013
High School Multilingual Teacher
Cabarrus County Schools, NC

2024 – Carolyn Callahan Doctoral Student Award, National Association for Gifted Children
2016 – Dixie Lee Spiegel Scholarship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Gilson, C. M., Alhibs, M., Haas, B. S., Rearick, E., Garner, J. D., Kathman, L., Airhart, A., & Peplinski, J. (2023). A pragmatic analysis of how North Carolina school districts aim to differentiate for gifted high school students. 34(2), 145-179. Journal of Advanced Academics. https://doi.org/10.1177/1932202×231193546
Haas, B. S., & Pagano, L. (2021, May). A tapestry of gifts and talents through Asian values. Parenting for Highly Potential, 6 – 10. National Association for Gifted Children.

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