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Nancy B. Hertzog (she/her/hers)

Professor, Learning Sciences and Human Development
University of Washington, Washington

Nancy B. Hertzog is a Professor in the Area of Learning Sciences and Human Development at the University of Washington, and former director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars (2010-2020). She received her master's degree in gifted education from the University of Connecticut, and her Ph.D. in special education from the University Illinois. Her research focuses on equity issues related to accessing advanced learning opportunities, and teaching strategies designed to differentiate instruction and challenge children with diverse abilities. Specifically, she has studied teachers' implementation of the Project Approach in classrooms with both high-achieving and low-achieving children. From 1995 to 2010, she was on the faculty in the Department of Special Education and directed University Primary School, an early childhood gifted program, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her experience in the field has spanned from preschool to college – giving her perspectives that prioritize understanding and advocating for the needs of the whole child. She has published three books and several chapters on early childhood gifted education, and numerous articles in the Journal of Curriculum Studies, Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Journal of Advanced Academics, Roeper Review, TeachingExceptional Children, Early Childhood Research and Practice, Journal of Research in Childhood Education,and Young Exceptional Children.

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