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Senior Scientist / Research Associate Professor
FPG Child Development Institute and Research / School of Education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dr. Mary Ruth Coleman is a Senior Scientist at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Research Associate Professor in the School of Education. She is the Director of Project U-STARS~PLUS, (Using Science, Talents and Abilities to Recognize Students ~ Promoting Learning in Under-served Students), a Javits Gifted and Talented Student Education Program and the Director of Project ACCESS (Achievement in Content and Curriculum for Every Student's Success) funded by the US Department of Education, Office for Special Education Programs, a project of national significance. She is Co-Principal Investigator for the Early Learning Disabilities Initiative sponsored by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. From 1994 to 1998, she Co-Directed North Carolina's Statewide Technical Assistance for Gifted Education Center. Prior to this, she was Associate Director of the Gifted Education Policy Studies Program at the Frank Porter Graham Center.
Dr. Coleman's teaching experiences include five years in public and private elementary schools, with both regular classroom and special education assignments. She taught for three years as an adjunct faculty member at East Carolina University, has been a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the College of William and Mary, and currently teaches classes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to teaching, she has presented numerous seminars, workshops, and staff development programs on a variety of topics.
Dr. Coleman served three terms on the as Board of Directors for Association for Gifted (TAG) one of which she was President; recently completed her third term on the Board of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC); and service on the Board of Directors for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She was just elected President-elect for the CEC and is currently serving in this capacity.
Dr. Coleman's teaching experiences include five years in public and private elementary schools, with both regular classroom and special education assignments. She taught for three years as an adjunct faculty member at East Carolina University, has been a guest lecturer at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the College of William and Mary, and currently teaches classes at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to teaching, she has presented numerous seminars, workshops, and staff development programs on a variety of topics.
Dr. Coleman served three terms on the as Board of Directors for Association for Gifted (TAG) one of which she was President; recently completed her third term on the Board of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC); and service on the Board of Directors for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She was just elected President-elect for the CEC and is currently serving in this capacity.