Scott Hunsaker , Ph.D.

Scott Hunsaker

Associate Professor of Educational Foundation & Gifted/Talented Education
Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty
Appointed 1995
Email: scott.hunsaker@usu.edu
Phone (435) 797-0386
Office: Jones Education Building, Room 386

Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D. University of Virginia 1991 Educational psychology--gifted education
  • M.Ed. Brigham Young University 1982 Public school administration
  • B.A. Brigham Young University 1977 Elementary education

Professional Experience:

Utah State University, Department of Elementary Education: Logan, Utah
  • 2000-Present Utah State University, Associate Professor in Foundations/Gifted and Talented Education
  • 1995-2000 Utah State University, Assistant Professor in Foundations/Gifted and Talented Education
  • 1991-95 University of Georgia, Assistant Professor of Gifted/Creative Education
  • 1987-91 University of Virginia, Graduate Research Assistant
  • 1985-87 Alpine School District, Utah, Teacher Specialist/Coordinator of Gifted Education
  • 1977-85 Alpine School District, Utah, Elementary Teacher
  • 1977-1978 Provo Canyon Boys' School, Utah, Night School Teacher

Faculty and Administrative Load

  • Regular Load in Educational Foundations
  • ELED 1000 (Orientation to Elementary Education)--Fall, Spring
  • Regular Load in Gifted Education
  • ELED 4410 (Teaching the Gifted in the Regular Classroom) - Spring
  • ELED 6420/30 (Education of the Gifted) - Fall
  • ELED 6460/70 (Identification and Evaluation in Gifted Education) - Spring
  • Regular Load in Instructional Leadership
  • EDUC 7320 - Instructional Leadership - Fall

Advisement

  • Committee Chair: 5 doctoral students(3 completed), 32 masters students (29 completed)
  • Committee Member: 1 doctoral student (1 completed), 22 masters students (15 completed)

Other Collegiate Assignments

  • Member, College Curriculum Committee
  • Coordinator, Departement Gifted/Talented Endorsement Program
  • Director, Intermountain Conference on Education of the Gifted/Talented Education

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

  • National Association for Gifted Children: former member, Board of Directors; reviewer,Gifted Child Quarterly; proposal reviewer, Research and Evaluation Division
  • Council for Exceptional Children: member, The Association for the Gifted: reviewer, Exceptional Children
  • American Educational Research Association: convention proposal reviewer, Special Interest Group on Nature of Gifted and Talented Children
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, member
  • Phi Delta Kappan, member
  • Utah Association for Gifted Children: Form Past President, former President, President-Elect, former 3rd Vice-President--Publications

Current Professional Assignments and Activities

  • Principal Investigator and Director, Advanced Readers at Risk (Federal Grant Project under The Jacob K. Javits Gifted & Talented Student Program)
  • Member, Utah Consortium of Gifted Program Coordinators

Publications

  • Hunsaker, S.L., & Callahan, C.M. (2004). Creativity and giftednessL Published instrument uses and abuses. In S.M. Reis, & D.J. Treffinger (Eds.)Essential readings in gifted education: Vol. 10. Creativity and giftedness(pp. 175-186).
  • Hunsaker, S.L. (2005). Outcomes of creativity training programs. Gifted Child Quarterly, 49, 292-299.
  • Al-Lawati, F. & Hunsaker, S.L. (2002). Muhr and Mawhajib: Islamic Women's Use of Gifts in Community Problem-Solving. Roeper Review, 25, 22-26.
  • Hunsaker, S.L. (2000). Documenting gifted program results for key decision-makers. Roeper Review, 23, 80-82
  • Hunsaker, S.L., Parke, C.J., & Bramble, J.G. (2004, Summer). High ability readers and the achievement gap. Understanding Our Gifted, 16(4), 8-10. [Invited]

Papers Presented

  • Hunsaker, S.L. (2001, August). Opportunities and Challenges for the Gifted Reader: The World-Class Reader Model. Presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Hunsaker, S.L., Erwin, K., May, D., Odoardi, R., & Sakashita, S. (2003, November). World class readers: A hero quest. Presented at the meeting of the National Association for Gifted Children, Indianapolis, IN.
  • Hunsaker, S.L. (2002, March). Marginalia as a metacognitive strategy for gifted readers. Presented at the National Curriculum Network Conference, Williamsburg, VA.

Research

  • Current Research Agenda Focus: Advanced readers, gifted education
  • Advanced readers at risk, funded by US Department of Education. Jacob K. Jauits Gifted and Talented Student Program

Awards

  • Jewel Bindrup Award, Utah Association for Gifted Children, 2006
  • Undergraduatate Research Mentor of the Year, USU College of Education and Human Services, 2005
  • Teacher of the Year, USU College of Education, 2002
  • Award for Excellence, American Mensa Education and Research Foundation and International Mensa Limited, 1996
  • Early Leader Award, National Association for Gifted Children, 1991

Upcoming Deadlines

  • October 1
    Apply to the Teacher Education Program

  • October 1
    Apply for Student Teaching