GER²I Directory

Gifted, Creative and Talented Education Faculty

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Alissa Cress

Clinical Assistant Professor Gifted, Creative and Talented StudiesEducational Studies

Work Phone: (765)494-7243work Work Email: apsalaza@purdue.eduINTERNET

Categories: Centers and Institutes, Educational Studies, GERI, Gifted Education

F. Richard Olenchak

Professor Educational Psychology; Higher Education; Gifted, Creative and TalentedEducational Studies

Work Phone: (765) 496-6421work Work Email: olenchak@purdue.eduINTERNET Website: Vita

Categories: Centers and Institutes, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Educational Psychology and Research Methodology, Educational Studies, GERI, Gifted Creative Talented Certificate Online Faculty, Gifted Education, Higher Education Administration

Nielsen Pereira

Director of the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER2I), Associate Professor Gifted, Creative and Talented StudiesEducational Studies

Work Phone: (765) 494-7243work Work Email: npereira@purdue.eduINTERNET Website: Vita

Categories: Centers and Institutes, CnI Online Fac, Educational Studies, GERI, Gifted Creative Talented Certificate Online Faculty, Gifted Education, High Ability Certificate Online Faculty

Kristen Seward

Associate Director of the Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute (GER2I), Clinical Associate Professor, & High-ability Certificate/Licensure Advisor Gifted, Creative and TalentedEducational Studies

Work Phone: (765) 494-7252work Work Email: ksseward@purdue.eduINTERNET Website: Vita

Categories: Centers and Institutes, CnI Online Fac, Educational Studies, GERI, Gifted Creative Talented Certificate Online Faculty, Gifted Education, High Ability Certificate Online Faculty

GER²I Staff

Graduate Staff and Volunteers

Advisory Board

• Dr. Bill Asher (MS ’51, PhD ’55)
  Professor Emeritus, Purdue University
• Ms. Kathleen Bandolik
  Retired Principal, O.A. Thorpe Academy
• Dr. Nina Buchanan (PhD ’84)
  Professor Emerita, University of Hawaii Hilo
• Dr. Pam R. Clinkenbeard (MS ’80, PhD ’84)
  Professor of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Dr. David Dai (PhD)
  Associate Professor, Dept. of Educational and Counseling Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
• Dr. Janice Davidson (BA ’66, HDR ’97)
  Owner/President, Davidson Group, Ex-Officio Board Member
• Dr. Felicia Dixon  (PhD ’96)
  Professor Emerita,  Ball State University
• Dr. Matt Fugate
  Assistant Professor, University of Houston-Downtown
• Dr. Jan Hansen (Ph.D. ’88)
  President/CEO, Educate Tanzania
• Mrs. Dorothy L. Huang (MS ’72)
  Realtor, Remax of Naperville
• Dr. Penny Britton Kolloff (PhD ’83)
  Professor Emerita, IL State University
• Dr. Sidney Moon (MS ’85, Ph.D. ’91)
  Professor Emerita, Purdue University
• Jack Palmer
  Marketing Coordinator, Frontier Builders
• Dr. Scott Peters (Ph.D. ’09)
  Associate Professor of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
• Dr. Ann Robinson (PhD ‘ 83)
  Center for Gifted Education, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Mr. Gregg Rutter (BA ’78, MAT ’08)
  Gifted and Talented Education Coordinator, Nay Ah Shing Schools Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Dr. Kathleen Steele (BA ’70, MS ’72, PhD ’81)
  Superintendent, Crawfordsville, Community School Corporation
• Alfonso José Uribe
  USM Colombia S.A.
• Dr. Gilman W. Whiting (PhD ’04)
  Professor, Vanderbilt University
• Dr. Vicki Vaughn (PhD ’91)
  Retired Principal & GT Coordinator, Edgelea Elementary School
• Dr. Yang Yang (PhD ’12)
  Director of Student Life, Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science