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Kristen Seward (l) and Nielsen Pereira (center), interim co-directors of the Gifted Education Research & Resource Institute (GER2I); and Marcia Gentry (r), former director of GER2I; former professor of Gifted, Creative and Talented Studies

College researchers to improve access to gifted and talented education

A new College of Education research project addressing gifted and talented opportunities for underrepresented students recently received $3.5 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program.

Chang awarded NSF grant to provide real-time, actionable data to instructors

A new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to researchers in the Colleges of Education and Engineering will help instructors help students succeed.

(left to right): F. Richard Olenchak, Kristen Seward, Anne Traynor, and Ophélie Desmet

New grant uses ‘positive psychology’ to better support underserved students in gifted and talented programming

Using cutting edge assessment strategies and innovative programming, a new five-year College of Education research project will seek to expand the access of underserved communities to gifted and talented programming. The grant uses techniques from positive psychology to provide these...

USA Today quotes Servaty-Seib on grief expressions in social media

Midori Anderson and Orlando Foreman met on Tinder in the summer of 2019 when they were students at the University of Arkansas. That November, he brought her flowers and tried to spell out “will you be my girlfriend?” in rose...

‘Energy and excitement!’: 15 new faculty join the College

Not one, not two, but 15 new faculty members began this semester in the College of Education! “We could not be more delighted to welcome our 15 newest faculty members,” said Phillip J. VanFossen, interim dean of the College of...

Marcia Gentry, Director of GER2I & Professor of Educational Studies

Remembering Marcia Gentry

It is with great sadness that we inform you that our friend and colleague, Dr. Marcia Gentry, passed away on August 31, 2022. Professor Gentry was a giant in the field of gifted, creative, and talented education. Prior to her entry into higher education, she spent 12 years in K-12 settings as a teacher and administrator. These experiences informed all of her subsequent academic work.