Laurie Croft

Education

• Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (focus on Gifted Education), University of Tulsa
• M.A. in History, University of Oklahoma
• B.A. (Honors) in History, Oklahoma State University

Affiliations within the College

• Teaching and Learning
• Belin-Blank Center

Responsibilities

• Advisor, the College of Education Honors Opportunity Program
• Facilitating the State of Iowa Talented and Gifted Endorsement process for educators
• Planning and coordinating the Advanced Placement Teacher Training Institute for the State of Iowa
• Advisor, the College of Education Honors Opportunity Program
• Project Director, Teaching American History in Iowa grant with AEA 267

Accomplishments and Interests

• Facilitating diversity in education
• 2006, Improving Our Workplace Award, The University of Iowa, role in promulgating the UI Sexual Harassment Survey
• 2007-2008, Chair, College of Education Staff Council
• History and social studies education

Select Publications

• Lim, G., Croft, L.J., & Yager, R.E. (under review, Journal of Advanced Academics: A Journal for Scholars, Administrators, and Policy Makers). A Web-Based Science-Technology-Society Program for Gifted Students: Development and Implementation.
• Baldus, C.M., Assouline, S.G., Croft, L.J., & Colangelo, N. (In press). The Iowa Online Advanced Placement Academy: Creating Access to Excellence for Gifted and Talented Rural Students. To appear in L. Shavinia, (Ed.). Handbook on giftedness. Toronto, ON: Elsevier.
• Clark, L.A., Hauserman, N., Persson, Washington-Hoagland, C., Croft, L.J., Murray, L., Reighard, L., Siler, K., Spence, B. (2006). Sexual Harassment and Unwelcomed Behavior at the University of Iowa: Results of a Campus-Wide Survey. Council on the Status of Women, Sexual Harassment Survey Subcommittee, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
• Croft, L.J. (2004). Professional development or what teachers did over their summer vacations. Understanding Our Gifted (Fall, 2004)
• Colangelo, N., Assouline, S.G., Croft, L.J., Baldus, C.M., & Ihrig, D. (2003). Young Inventors. In L.V. Shavinina (Ed.). International Handbook of Innovation. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Croft, L.J. (2002) Teachers of the Gifted: Gifted Teachers. In N. Colangelo and G.A. Davis (Eds.). Handbook of Gifted Education (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Courses Typically Taught

• 7E/S/U:196 Topics in Curriculum and Instruction: Curriculum Concepts for Gifted and Talented Students
• 7E/S/U:196 Topics in Curriculum and Instruction: Program Models in Gifted Education
• 7E/S/U:188 Practicum in Gifted Education
• 7X:100 Honors Opportunity Program Seminar
• 7X:101 Senior Honors Project