GER2I Directory
Gifted, Creative and Talented Education Faculty
Graduate Staff and Volunteers
Bekir Akce
GER2I Graduate Assistant
bakce@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7240 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5121
Alissa Cress
GER2I Graduate Assistant
apsalaza@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7240 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5113
Mehdi Ghahremani
GER2I Graduate Assistant
mghahrem@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7240 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5121
Nesibe Karakis
GER2I Graduate Assistant
nkarakis@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7241 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5119
Andrés Parra
GER2I Graduate Assistant
fparrama@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
Alice Chiang
GER2I Graduate Assistant
chiang16@purdue.edu
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5123
Ophélie Desmet
GER2I Graduate Assistant
odesmet@purdue.edu
(765) 496-1648 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5115
Anne Gray
GER2I Graduate Assistant
gray118@purdue.edu
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 3159
Sareh Karami
GER2I Graduate Assistant
skarami@purdue.edu
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5155
Juliana Tay
GER2I Graduate Assistant
jtay@purdue.edu
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 3159
Aakash Chowkase
GER2I Graduate Assistant
achowkas@purdue.edu
(765) 496-1648 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5115
Natalie Flaming
GER2I Graduate Assistant
nflaming@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7243 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5178
Corinne Green
GER2I Graduate Assistant
green252@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7241 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5113
Hyeseong Lee
GER2I Graduate Assistant
lee2417@purdue.edu
(765) 496-1648 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5115
Abdullah Tuzgen
GER2I Graduate Assistant
atuzgen@purdue.edu
(765) 494-7241 Phone
(765) 496-2706 Fax
BRNG 5113
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.
