Julia Link Roberts

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Julia Link Roberts is an American scholar of gifted education. In 2004, she was described as one of the fifty-five most influential people in the field. [1] She is the Mahurin Professor of Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, [2] [3] and the executive director of The Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University and The Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky. [2]

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Education

Roberts holds a BA from the University of Missouri, and an MA and a doctorate in education from Oklahoma State University. [2]

Career

Roberts started her career at Western Kentucky University in 1974. [2] She founded the Center for Gifted Studies there in 1983, [2] and was instrumental in starting the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education in 1979. [4] After working as an assistant professor and associate professor, she was appointed as a full professor of teacher education in 1989. [2] [4] [5] She received and was director of several grants from the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program to research the education of gifted students, including "Restructuring Primary Gifted Education", [5] "Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Gifted Middle School Students", [5] and students from low-income districts and students with English as a second language who were tutored in problem-based lessons in math and science. [6] She led a ten-year advocacy campaign that resulted in establishing the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science, a statewide residential school founded in 2007. [7] She is President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, [8] having been elected to its executive committee in 2009. She has been a member of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children since 1986, and has attended 13 World Conferences sponsored by the WCGTC, and was previously its treasurer. [8] [3] She is chairperson of The Kentucky Advisory Counsel for Gifted Education, and a member of Kentucky's Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence. [9] She is the co-author with Tracy Inman of the book Strategies for Differentiating Instruction: Best Practices for the Classroom. [7]

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  1. 1 2 Karnes, Frances A.; Nugent, Stephanie A.; National Association for Gifted Children (U.S.), eds. (2004). Profiles of Influence in Gifted Education: Historical Perspectives and Future Directions. Prufrock Press Inc. pp. 130–134. ISBN   9781882664979.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "School of Teacher Education Staff". Western Kentucky University. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. 1 2 "Professor on world gifted-ed panel". Messenger-Inquirer. Owensboro, Kentucky. 31 March 2009. p. 7. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Local teachers attend day of sharing at USM". The Clarke County Tribune. Quitman, Mississippi. 1 November 2001. p. 4. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 "Gifted-student authority will speak Tuesday". The Paducah Sun. Paducah, Kentucky. 15 February 1995. p. 11. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Shah, Nirvi (15 May 2012). "Gifted Programs Aim to Regain Budget Toehold". Education Week. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 "Julia Link Roberts | National Association for Gifted Children". www.nagc.org.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Julia Link Roberts Elected President of WCGTC". World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  9. ↑ Mudd, Aaron (28 November 2018). "WKU gifted ed advocate joins Prichard Committee board". Bowling Green Daily News.
  10. ↑ "Girl Scouts honor '100 Kentucky Women of Distinction'". Lane Report. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Dr. Julia Link Roberts Archives". morgridge.du.edu.
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