GER2I Directory
Gifted, Creative and Talented Education Faculty
Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI), Associate Professor
Gifted, Creative and Talented StudiesEducational Studies
Associate Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI), Clinical Associate Professor, & High-ability Certificate/Licensure Advisor
Gifted, Creative and TalentedEducational Studies
Graduate Staff and Volunteers
Bekir Akce
GER2I Graduate Assistant
bakce@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7240 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5121
Abdullah Tuzgen
GER2I Graduate Assistant
atuzgen@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7241 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5113
Yao Yang
GER2I Graduate Assistant
yang1707@purdue.edu
(765) 496-1648 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5115
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
Contact the GER2I main office at (765) 494-7243 or by email at geri@purdue.edu.
