Associate Professor
East Carolina University
An equity and anti-racism advocate, Angela Novak, Ph.D., is an associate professor and coordinator of gifted education at East Carolina University. For over 20 years, Angela has engaged collectively with learners, families, communities, and educators in K-20 public schools as an inclusion partner co-teaching with special education, gifted classroom teacher, pull-out and resource support specialist, and in the central office. Angela devoted five years to the non-profit sector of gifted education, writing curriculum, supporting teacher training, and facilitating weekend, after school, and summer gifted programs. Multilingualism, equity, and belongingness have been deeply embedded throughout all of these experiences, both personally and professionally, contributing to her lived experiences and research focuses in equity, giftedness, professional learning, collegians, and play. Along with Dr. Christine Weber, Angela co-edited three books on professional learning in gifted education. In 2022, she published Empowering Gifted Educators as Change Agents: A Playbook for Equity-Driven Professional Learning with co-author Dr. Katie Lewis. While Angela presents and publishes her own research, she enjoys working in community and collaboration and has co-authored book chapters, peer-reviewed articles, practitioner- and parent-centered articles, and has presented at local, state, national, and international conferences and has guested on podcasts. Angela serves in a variety of delegate, network, committee, and board roles for Xavier House, The Association for the Gifted (NC and international), the National Association for Gifted Children, and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. She is on the Advisory Council of Pure Play Every Day, is a member of the Diversity Scholars Network, National Center for Institutional Diversity, and is the interim Editor of the Journal of Advanced Academics. You can read more about her work at www.angelamnovak.com.
Friday, February 16, 2024
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM MST