Shelagh Gallagher

Dr. Shelagh A. Gallagher is the President of NAGC and director of Engaged Education, where she works with educators worldwide to promote appropriate education for gifted children. Previously, she spent 12 years leading the gifted education program at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. While at UNC Charlotte, she led two federal education grants focused on the needs of CLED gifted adolescents and currently runs the Talent Unleashed advocacy initiative in North Carolina to raise awareness of the needs of CLED students. She has conducted research and published widely on topics including personality attributes and giftedness, developmental and academic needs of gifted adolescents, questioning strategies for gifted students, and twice-exceptional students. She is co-author of the IEA policy report America Agrees. Dr. Gallagher is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and the James J. Gallagher Advocacy Award from the North Carolina Association for Gifted and Talented, the Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence from UNC Charlotte, and the Article of the Year Award from Gifted Child Quarterly. Eight of Dr. Gallagher’s curriculum units have won the NAGC Curriculum Division Award for Outstanding Curriculum. She recently received the “Person of SIGnificance” award from the National Society for Gifted and Talented. Every summer, Dr. Gallagher makes time to work with gifted adolescents as a Fellow at Camp Yunasa.