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Benna Haas
Clinical Assistant Professor
Gifted, Creative, and Talented StudiesEducational Studies
- 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
Selected Publications
- 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.
- EDPS 248000 — Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction
- EDPS 545000 — Social and Affective Development of Gifted Students
