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Tarek C. Grantham

Professor
University of Georgia, Georgia

Dr. Tarek C. Grantham is Professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia (UGA). He serves as Coordinator in the Gifted and Creative Education (GCE) Graduate Program, where he teaches primarily in the Diversity and Equity Strand. He Co-Directs the GCE University-School Partnerships for Achievement, Rigor, and Creativity (Project U-SPARC) initiative. Dr. Grantham’s research addresses equity for under-represented ethnic minority students in advanced programs, gifted Black males, motivation, and creativity policy. He has co-edited three books: Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging African American Males at Selective Public Research Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in Academics and Sports (2018), Young, Triumphant, and Black: Overcoming the Tyranny of Segregated Minds in Desegregated Schools (2013), and Gifted and Advanced Black Students in School: An Anthology of Critical Works (2011). Dr. Grantham is an At-Large member of the Board of Directors for NAGC. He has served as Chair for the Special Populations Network and is the 2018 recipient of the Alexinia Baldwin “Gifted & Special Populations” Award. He is also the recipient of the Mary M. Frasier Excellence and Equity Award and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award of the Georgia Association for Gifted Children for outstanding achievement in gifted education.

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