Faculty Biographical Sketches
Marcia A.B. Delcourt, Department of Education & Educational Psychology
Dr. Marcia Delcourt, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Educational Psychology at Western Connecticut State University, is serving as the Interim Coordinator of the Ed.D. Program in Instructional Leadership. She also serves as an educational and research consultant. One of her consulting projects takes her to the South Bronx, NY where she is currently evaluating four middle schools aimed at developing language skills of children with English as a Second Language. From1993-1997, she was a Professor at McGill University where she taught courses in the Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology. While at McGill, she also received a Teaching Innovation Award from the Royal Bank of Canada for her work in using computer technologies to assist students in understanding classroom management techniques. She has also been a Professor at the University of Virginia and a Principal Investigator for The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. Dr. Delcourt has been active in education for over 20 years as a middle school teacher, graduate level program coordinator, curriculum and program consultant, and researcher. She received the Early Scholar Award for 1996 from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and is the Past Chair for the Division of Research and Evaluation of NAGC. She is also a co-editor for the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education. Her recent publications have appeared in Educational and Psychological Measurement, Gifted Child Quarterly, The Journal for the Education of the Gifted, and Journal of Research and Development in Education. Her present research interests include developing inquiry in teachers and students; encouraging talent development; analyzing program development and assessment techniques; developing student learning outcomes; encouraging teachers as researchers, and assessing the impact of computer technologies. She is presently editing a book with colleagues from McGill University entitled, Inquiry . . . Where Ideas Come From, Where they Lead. She received her B.S. degree from Bloomsburg State University and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Connecticut.
