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Marcia Gentry
Marcia Gentry is the Director of the Gifted Education Resource Institute (GERI). Marcia joined the faculty at Purdue in 2004 after spending 8 years as a professor in Minnesota where she began her research into student perceptions of school experiences and directed graduate programs in gifted education. She accepted the role of GERI director in January of 2008. Her research has focused on the use of cluster grouping and differentiation; the application of gifted education pedagogy to improve teaching and learning; student perceptions school; and on non-traditional services and underserved populations—areas in which she has over 50 publications. Marcia is chair-elect of the American Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Research on Giftedness and Talent. She has also served on the National Association for Gifted Children’s Board of Directors and is recipient of its Early Scholar Award. She frequently contributes to the literature, regularly participates in international, state, and regional venues concerning gifted child education and educational research, and she serves on the editorial review boards of 5 journals including Gifted and Talented International. Prior to her work in higher education Marcia taught math and science to middle school students, enriched curriculum to gifted elementary students, and she served as a regional administrator for gifted programs.