Linda Emerick, Ph.D.

Weinfeld Education Group, LLC Presents…

Diamonds in the Rough
Smart Kids Who Learn Differently

March 11- 13, 2010
University of Maryland
Shady Grove
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Biography:

Dr. Linda Emerick is Associate Professor and Director of the M.Ed. ELED program at Towson University. She was a public school teacher in the Metro-Atlanta, Georgia area for 13 years, teaching 8th grade science and 3rd-8th grade gifted education. She taught and was director for 1st-8th grade Saturday-enrichment programs in Georgia and Minnesota. She was Associate Professor (graduate gifted education) and Director of Education Outreach Programs at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota for 12 years before moving to Maryland in 2000. She has served as an education researcher for the National Research Centers for Gifted Education (UConn) and a consultant for gifted programs in numerous school districts, addressing gifted program evaluation and curriculum initiatives, gifted education pedagogy, underachievement among the gifted, and classroom teaching and instruction reforms.