Alicia Cotabish
Dr. Alicia Cotabish, an assistant professor of teaching and learning in the College of Education, recently co-authored a service publication for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) titled, Using the Next Generation Science Standards with Gifted and Advanced Learners. The high-profile book will be released at the upcoming national NAGC conference in Indianapolis, Indiana in November. The National Association for Gifted Children will be offering a companion one-day professional development workshop as well as two panel presentations, and a national webinar to highlight the book. The book provides teachers and administrators examples and strategies to implement the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) with gifted and advanced learners at all stages of development in K–12 schools. This is the second of such books Dr. Cotabish has produced for the organization. In 2012, Cotabish was a contributing author of a NAGC service publication titled, Using the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics with Gifted and Advanced Learners. To date, Dr. Cotabish has authored and co-authored 37 publications, and 26 academic research papers and technical reports focused on K-20 STEM and gifted education. She is the current President of the Arkansas Association of Gifted Education Administrators (AAGEA).