Shelagh Gallagher

Dr. Shelagh Gallagher is the Director of Gifted and Talented Education at the University of North Texas. Previously, she served as the director of Engaged Education, providing various services to support gifted students, their teachers, and caregivers. She has published articles on topics including the history of equity efforts in gifted education, the nature of creative expertise, personality and developmental attributes of gifted children, and gender differences in mathematics performance. Her policy and advocacy initiatives include co-authoring the national report America Agrees and leading the North Carolina Talent Delayed/Talent Denied II and Talent Unleashed efforts to broaden support for traditionally under-identified gifted students. Every summer, she makes time to work directly with gifted youth at Camp Yunasa.

In 2016, Dr. Gallagher was recognized as a Person of SIGnificance in gifted education by the National Society for Gifted Education. She is also a recipient of the Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year Award, the James J. Gallagher Advocacy Award, and the Distinguished Service Award from the North Carolina Association for the Gifted and Talented, and the Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence from UNC Charlotte. She is a nine-time winner of the NAGC Award for Exemplary Curriculum, based on her work in Problem-Based Learning. Dr. Gallagher served three terms as US delegate to the World Council for Gifted and Talented Education. Having served several terms on the Board of Directors, Dr. Gallagher is the current President of the National Association of Gifted Children, the nation's largest advocacy organization advancing the needs of gifted youth.

• National Association for Gifted Children. (2024). Universal educator preparation in gifted education. https://nagc.org

• Compton, L., & Gallagher, S. A. (November, 2023).  Key Themes and Recommendations from A Dream Unencumbered:  NAGC Invitational Colloquium.  National Association for Gifted Children.

• Hafenstein, N. L. et al. (2021).  Global principles for professional learning in gifted education. World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. https:// world-gifted.org/professional-learning-global-principles.pdf.Compton, L., & Gallagher, S. A. (November, 2023).  Key Themes and Recommendations from A Dream Unencumbered:  NAGC Invitational Colloquium.  National Association for Gifted Children.

• Hafenstein, N. L. et al. (2021).  Global principles for professional learning in gifted education. World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. https:// world-gifted.org/professional-learning-global-principles.pdf.

• Jones, E., & Gallagher, S. A. (March, 2019).  America agrees:  A national public opinion poll about gifted education.  Pasadena, CA:  Institute for Educational Advancement.

• Gallagher, S. A. (in press).  Overcoming challenges and maximizing opportunities for Multiple Intelligences in gifted education through problem-solving, creativity, and the Five Minds. MI Forum.

• Gallagher, S. A. (2023).  Reclaiming history:  The Marland Report and culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students.  Gifted Child Quarterly, 76(3),198-219.

• Gallagher, S. A. (2022). Openness to experience and overexcitabilities in a sample of highly gifted middle school students. Gifted Education International, 38(2),194-228.

• Shantz, L. & Gallagher, S. (in press).  The penguin predicament.  Royal Fireworks Press.