2010 WVAGT Fall Conference |
Biographical Statement
Maurice D. Fisher, Ph.D., has been the publisher of Gifted Education Press for the last
twenty-nine years. During this period, he has published fifty books on identifying and
educating the gifted, and the Fisher Assessment of Giftedness Scale. These books were
written by authors located in school districts and universities across the nation. He is
also the publisher and editor of Gifted Education Press Quarterly and Gifted
Education News-Page, two periodicals that contain articles by educators of gifted
students, and reviews of education and trade books. See the Gifted Education Press
Web Site -- www.giftededpress.com -- for information about these publications. GEPQ
currently has approximately 15,000 subscribers, and is constantly adding new
subscribers, who are primarily teachers and parents.
For twenty-five years, Dr. Fisher worked in the Fairfax County Public Schools in
Virginia where he was responsible for evaluating gifted and special education
programs by using such instruments as standardized tests and survey questionnaires.
He is currently a research and statistical analysis consultant for the gifted and special
education programs in this school district. Dr. Fisher received his doctorate in gifted
education, and educational psychology and statistics from the University of Virginia
and has degrees in experimental psychology from the University of Wisconsin-
Madison and Michigan State University. He was also a post doctoral fellow and
research associate at Stanford University's Center for Research in Teaching in Palo
Alto, California.
For ten years, he taught gifted education graduate courses for the University of
Virginia, Continuing Education Division. He was also President of the Virginia
Educational Research Association and a member of this organization’s board for
many years.
Contact Information
Maurice D. Fisher, Ph.D., Publisher
Gifted Education Press
10201 Yuma Court
Manassas, VA 20109
703-369-5017
Mfisher345@comcast.net
April 29, 2010
| Maurice D. Fisher, Ph.D. Keynote Speaker for the WVAGT Fall Conference |