Amy Graefe

Amy K. Graefe, Ph.D., is an associate professor of gifted and talented education in the School of Special Education at the University of Northern Colorado, where she coordinates gifted education graduate programs and serves as director of the Center for Gifted and Talented Education. She also directs UNC’s long-running Summer Enrichment Program for gifted learners and has previously worked for more than two decades as a classroom teacher, gifted education specialist, and gifted education coordinator at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

Graefe’s research and writing focus on underserved gifted learners, secondary gifted education, creativity in schools, and appropriate academic and affective programming for exceptional children. She is coauthor of Start Seeing and Serving Underserved Gifted Students: 50 Strategies for Equity and Excellence, written with Jennifer A. Ritchotte and Chin-Wen Lee to provide practical tools for teachers seeking more equitable gifted identification and services.