NAGC Honors Leaders and Future Leaders in Gifted Education
NAGC recognized the talents and accomplishments of our bright stars in the field of gifted education and in the classroom at the Celebration of Excellence program on November 3 in New Orleans. The honorees are pictured below with NAGC President Paula Olszewski-Kubilius.
Ann Isaacs Founder’s Memorial Award
Donald J. Treffinger
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President’s Award
Susan Johnsen
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Distinguished Scholar Award
Tracy L. Cross
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Distinguished Service Award
Del Siegle
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NAGC/Ball State Administrator of the Year Award
Cheryl Quatrano-Hatzidimitriou
(Pictured with John Jacobson, Dean of Teachers College and Professor of Elementary Education at Ball State University)
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David W. Belin Advocay Award
Jacquelin Medina, Colorado Department of Education, Denver, CO
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Early Scholar Award
Kyung Hee Kim
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Early Leader Award
Richard M. Cash
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Hollingworth Award
Stephanie Robertson
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Community Service Award
James T. Webb
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Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year “The Efficacy of Academic Acceleration for Gifted Minority Students”
Volume 54, Issue 3
Seon-Young Lee, College of Sciences in Education at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; George Peternel, retired, Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
(Pictured with GCQ Editor Carolyn Callahan)
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Doctoral Student Awards
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Deborah Dailey
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
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Janine Firmender
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
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Alexander Pagnani
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
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Lisa DaVia Rubenstein
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
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Cheryl L. Walker
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Masters’ and Specialists’ Award
Mary Lin McNeill
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Little Rock, AR
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