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Linda E. Collins, MEd, EdD (she/her/hers)

Gifted Education Teacher
Park Hill School District, Missouri

Linda Elizabeth Lawhorn Collins, Ed.D, is a gifted education teacher at Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Missouri, who specializes in working with 2e students, presents nationally, and enjoys researching and writing about gifted students. In 2004, Linda was Master Teacher of the Year for Blue Valley School District, and in 2009, and she was the Blue Valley School District’s Kansas Teacher of the Year, and the semi-finalist for Region 3, Kansas Teacher of the Year. Linda was named a 2013 Sunflower Ambassador for the Blue Valley School District, was Park Hill School District's Star of the Month in 2020, and she has served as a member of the Editorial board for SENG. Linda earned her Doctorate in Education, in 2023, from the University of Kansas in Curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in gifted education. Linda’s dissertation research focused on the underrepresentation of diverse students in gifted education and gifted education teachers' ideas about more inclusive practices. One of her students wrote "if middle school is a hurricane, then our gifted class is the eye of the storm." Linda is married to her high school sweetheart and enjoys spending time with her delightfully diverse 2e family.

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