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Anne M. Roberts, Ph.D.

Dr. Anne M. Roberts is currently an Assistant Professor of Education at Fisk University in Nashville, TN. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology – Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development from the University of Connecticut (2021). She also received her Master of Arts in Educational Psychology – Research, Measurement, and Evaluation (2021). In addition, she received a certificate in Program Evaluation (2020). She received her B.A. in Linguistics (2010), and her M.Ed. (2015) from the University of Mary Washington. She has worked as a gifted education specialist and Advanced English teacher. While teaching, she implemented a Makerspace in her school system, started the county’s Destination Imagination program and served as the county coordinator. Anne has also presented at local, national, and international conferences on STEM and gifted topics. She has written for high-level publications, including the Cambridge University Press. She has received high-level grants, including from Mensa and NSF. Her research interests include teacher and student perceptions of curiosity and creativity, in addition to makerspaces and Black honors students.

Education:

Ph.D. in Educational Psychology: Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development, University of Connecticut (2021)

Master of Arts in Educational Psychology: Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, University of Connecticut (2021)

Certificate in Program Evaluation, University of Connecticut (2020)

Master of Education, University of Mary Washington (UMW), (2015)

Certificate in Gifted Education, University of Mary Washington (2015)

Licensure in English Education, University of Mary Washington

Anne Roberts, Ph.D. Research & Publications

Desmet, O. A., & Roberts, A. M. (2022). Teaching for positive and transformational creativity through service learning. Education Sciences, 12(4), 1-11.

Kaufman, J. C., Beghetto, R. A., & Roberts, A. M. (2022). Creativity in the schools: Creativity models and new directions. In K.-A. Allen, M. Furlong, S. Suldo, & D. Vella-Brodrick (Eds.), The handbook of positive psychology in schools. Routledge.

Makel, M. C., Meyer, M. S., Simonsen, M. A., Roberts, A. M., & Plucker, J. A. (2022). Replication is relevant to qualitative research. Educational Research & Evaluation.

Roberts, A. M., Kaufman, J. C., Sternberg, R. J., Runco, M., Ward, T., Selcuk, A., & Kolomyts, Y. (2021). Creativity and cognition, divergent thinking, and intelligence. In J. C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of creativity. Cambridge University Press.

Roberts, A. M. (2021). Makerspaces: Tinkering is fun for teachers, too! Teaching for High Potential, 3(1), National Association for Gifted Children.

Sternberg, R. J., Kaufman, J. C., & Roberts, A. M. (2019). The relation of creativity to intelligence and wisdom. In J. C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of creativity (2nd Ed.) (pp. 237–353). Cambridge University Press.

Chen, C.-H., Chen, H.-C., & Roberts, A. M. (2018). Why humor enhances creativity from theoretical explanations to an empirical humor training program: Effective “ha-ha” helps people to “a-ha.” In S. R. Luria, J. Baer, & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), Creativity & humor. Academic Press.

Siegle, D., McCoach, D. B., & Roberts, A. (2017). Why I think I achieve determines whether I achieve. High Ability Studies, 28, 59–72.

Anne Roberts, Ph.D. Professional Services

Research and Education Committee Member, 2021-Present
• Committee Chair, 2022-Present
• Helped to evaluate proposals for academic program updates
• Met with Provost and worked with Dr. Leslie Collins to survey programs that were recently
approved by this committee

Program Vitality Evaluation (PVE) Committee Member, 2021
• Helped to evaluate all university academic programs overall
• Listened to faculty presentations of their PVE reports
• Evaluated PVE reports

Honors Council Member, 2021-Present
• Helped to serve the needs of the W. E. B. Dubois Honors Program

Teacher Education Committee
• Served as Secretary, 2020-Present
• Helped to coordinate with other teacher education disciplines

Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2021-Present
• Served as an editorial advisory board member for the journal, Teaching for High Potential
• Helped to decide future content for the journal
• Helped to incorporate more social media presence for the journal
• Helped to review journal articles

Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2022-Present
• Served as an editorial advisory board member for the journal, Journal of Gifted Education and

Creativity Chair of the Creativity Network, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), 2022-Present

Chair-Elect of the Creativity Network, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), 2020-2022
Program and Creativity Night Chair of the Creativity Network, NAGC, 2021

Chair & Creator of the Mixed Methods Subcommittee to the NAGC R&E Network Graduate Student Committee, 2019-2020
• Created a Mixed Methods research subcommittee for graduate students to share resources on
Mixed Methods within the context of gifted education
• Coordinated monthly meetings and a list of Mixed Methods resources

Co-Chair of the NAGC R&E Network Graduate Student Committee, 2017-2020
• Coordinated graduate student meetings
• Recruited new members to the committee
• Completed committee research tasks, including research-into-practice flyers for NAGC families

Anne Roberts, Ph.D. Conference Presentations, Supervision and Committees

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Roberts, A. M. (2023, November 9–12). HBCU Black honors students’ self-perceptions of their curiosity and creativity [Combined conference session]. National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Conference, Orlando, Florida, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, November 17–20). Roberts-Curiosity Community Exploration Cycle (R-CCEC) [Accepted conference session]. NAGC Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, November 17–20). Student perceptions of the Project Emerge weekend theatre enrichment program [Accepted poster session]. NAGC Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Desmet, O. A., & Roberts, A. M. (2022, November 17–20). Teaching for positive and transformational creativity through service learning [Accepted conference session]. NAGC Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2021, November 12–14). Makerspaces going to make (best practices for makerspaces) [Accepted poster presentation]. NAGC Conference, Denver, Colorado, United States.
Roberts, A. M., & Little, C. A. (2020, November 5–7). Fostering curious learners: A descriptive qualitative case study [Poster presentation]. NAGC Online Conference.
Roberts, A. M., & Little, C. A. (2020, November 5–7). “We Call the Pointy Part a Vertex”: Supporting Mathematical Vocabulary Learning [Conference session]. NAGC Online Conference.
Roberts, A. M., Heenehan, K., Kim, A., & Yambor, K. (2020, November 5–7). STEM Pals: A community-building STEM partnership [Accepted conference session]. NAGC Online Conference.
Desmet, O., Roberts, A. M., Ghahremani, M., & Karami, S. (2020, November 5–7). Instructional strategies for fostering creative practice in K-8 enrichment programs [Conference session]. NAGC Online Conference.
REGIONAL/STATE PRESENTATIONS
Roberts, A. M. (2022, August 25). Makerspaces [Invited guest lecture presentation]. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, August 25). Curiosity. [Invited guest lecture presentation]. Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2021, October 19). Creativity Q & A. Invited talk to a creativity class at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland, United States.
LOCAL PRESENTATIONS
Roberts, A. M. (2023, July 14). Teaching others about our gifts [Invited guest lecture]. Glendale Community Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, November). Curiosity and theology [Invited guest lecture]. Glendale Community Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, October). Scientific study of creativity [Invited guest lecture]. Glendale Community Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
Roberts, A. M. (2022, August 31). STEM instant challenges [Invited guest lecture workshop]. Glendale Community Center, Nashville, TN, United States.

Anne Roberts, Ph.D. Courses

Procedures for Teaching the Gifted
Secondary Curriculum Methods I
Secondary Curriculum Methods II
Elementary Curriculum Methods I
Elementary Curriculum Methods II
Educational Psychology
Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking-Honors
Theory/Practice of Teaching
Fundamental Responsibilities of Teaching