Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D.
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Joy Lawson Davis, Ed.D., is an Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, where she teaches courses in Diversity Education and Gifted Education. She holds two advanced degrees in Gifted Education from the College of William & Mary in Virginia. An active member of the National Association for Gifted Children, currently serving her second term as chair of the NAGC’s Diversity and Equity Committee, Dr. Davis is also a co-editor of the Special Populations Newsletter and writes a column for NAGC’s Teaching for High Potential focusing on special populations of gifted learners.
Recently, Dr. Davis became the curriculum director for the International Gifted Education Training Network (I-GET), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to extend best practices in educating gifted students from marginalized groups to nations around the world. As an educational consultant, she has provided extensive services to school districts and presented at conferences in the United States, Trinidad and Tobago, and South Africa.
