FACULTY & STAFF DIRECTORY
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Rita Culross
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EDUCATION:
B.A. with highest distinction, 1972, Purdue University. (Elementary education/teaching the gifted)
M.S. Ed., 1973, Purdue University. (Educational psychology)
Ph.D., 1976, Purdue University. (Psychology)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Counseling the gifted, underachievement among gifted students, effectiveness of International Baccalaureate programmes, women in higher education, creativity, and web-based applications in instruction and counseling.
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:
Culross, R.R., Erwin, M., & Yu, J. (in press). Women at work/women at play: Finding life balance. In L.H. Choate (Ed.), Girls’ and women’s wellness: Contemporary counseling issues and interventions. Alexandria, Virginia: American Counseling Association Publishing.
Culross, R.R., & Tarver, E.T. (in press). Teacher and student perceptions of the International Baccalaureate Program: A first-year perspective [Special issue]. Journal of School Choice.
Tarver, E.T., & Culross, R.R. (in press). Cross-disciplinary perspectives on consultation in gifted education: Reactions from practitioners. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
Culross, R.R. (Ed.). (in press). Cross-disciplinary perspectives on consultation in gifted education [Special issue]. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
Culross, R.R. (in press). Cross-disciplinary perspectives on consultation in gifted education: An overview. Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation.
Culross, R.R. (2005). The International Baccalaureate Program as an intervention for underachieving students. Dialogue, 1(2), 4.
Culross, R.R. (2004). Rebalancing the scale between the personal and the professional. Advancing Women in Leadership. Retrieved from http://www.advancingwomen.com/awl/winter2004/Culcross.html.
Culross, R., Dawkins, C. and Tarver, E. (2004). Student perceptions of the International Baccalaureate Program: A first-year perspective. Gifted Education Press Quarterly, 18(3), 2-6.
Culross, R.R. (2004). Why I teach. College Teaching, 52(4), 63..
Culross, R.R. (2004). Individual and contextual variables among creative scientists. Roeper Review, 26(3), 126-127.
National Presentations
Culross, R.R., & Tarver, E.T. (2006, November). Teacher and student perceptions of the International Baccalaureate Programme: A first-year perspective. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Giftedness and School Choice, at the annual meeting of the
National Association for Gifted Children, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Culross, R.R. (2006, November). Issues and epidemiology in twice-exceptional students: The case of giftedness and dyslexia. Paper presented as part of the symposium, A Guide to Being Dyslexic and Gifted: Identification, Theory, and Practice by the International Dyslexia Association, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Culross, R.R. (2006, November). Life-work balance. Presented at the Department of Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.
Tarver, E., & Culross, R.R. (2006, July). First years’ perceptions of the Diploma Programme by teachers and students. Paper presented at the annual conference of the International Baccalaureate Association of North America and the Caribbean, Bahamas.
Culross, R.R., Tarver, E., & Dawkins, C. (2005, August). Perceptions of the International Baccalaureate by teachers of high ability students. Paper presented at the World Conference on Gifted and Talented Children, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Culross, R.R. (2005, April). Evidence-based teacher preparation for the gifted. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children, Baltimore, Maryland.
Culross, R.R. (2004, September). Why I teach. Paper presented at The International College Teaching Methods & Styles Conference, Reno, Nevada.
Culross, R.R. (2004, June). Developmental potential among creative scientists. Paper presented at the International Congress of the Institute for Positive Disintegration in Human Development, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Culross, R.R. (2004, April). The International Baccalaureate as an intervention for underachieving gifted students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for the Education of Underachieving Gifted Students, Rensselaer, NY.
International Presentation
Culross, R.R. (2004, September). Why I teach. Paper presented at The International College Teaching Methods & Styles Conference, Reno, NV
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