Dr. Mary Frasier was recently selected as the recipient of the 2002 Aderhold Distinguished Professor Award at the University of Georgia. This award was established to honor a faculty member each year for excellence in research, teaching, and outreach/service. Dr. Frasier was recognized for her significant contributions and leadership in the field of gifted education.
As the founder and director of the Torrance Center for Creative Studies, at the University of Georgia, Dr. Frasier conducts research on the identification and development of creative potential. Dr. Frasier received her Ph.D in Educational Psychology from the University of Connecticut. She has been an author on numerous National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented reports including An Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of the Staff Development Model and the Research-Based Assessment Plan in Improving the Identification of Gifted Economically Disadvantaged Students, Core Attributes of Giftedness A Foundation for Recognizing the Gifted Potential of Minority and Economically Disadvantaged Students, and Educators' Perceptions of Barriers to the Identification of Gifted Children from Economically Disadvantaged and Limited English Proficient Backgrounds.
In a recent report, Joe Renzulli said, "Mary Frasier is our nation's leading authority on issues dealing with the identification and programming for at-risk gifted students."
