EDUCATION
| Ph.D. | Educational Psychology | University of North Texas |
| M.Ed. | Secondary Education | University of North Texas |
| B.A. | Biology | University of North Texas |
AWARDS AND HONORS
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Early Career Researcher Mini-Grant Award, Mensa Foundation |
| 2022 | Early Scholar Award, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) |
| 2019 | Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year: Inequities of identification in gifted education: A statewide application of the twenty-percent equity allowance formula |
| 2020 | Fifth Annual Journal for the Education of the Gifted Paper of the Year: Washington’s high ability programs during the No Child Left Behind Era |
| 2019 | 1st Place NAGC Dissertation Award, National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) |
| 2018 | Carolyn Callahan NAGC Doctoral Student Award, National Association for Gifted Children |
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Equity, access, and policy issues in advanced academics
Creativity, giftedness, and talent development
Perceptions and beliefs associated with creativity
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
- Lamb, K. N., & Hertzog, N. B. (in press). Voices of families of color: Navigating white spaces in gifted education. Gifted Child Quarterly.
- Lamb, K. N. (2022). Teachers and creativity. In J. A. Plucker (Ed.), Creativity and Innovation (2nd ed.). Routledge.
- Puryear, J. S., & Lamb, K. N. (2020).Defining creativity: How far have we come since Plucker, Beghetto, and Dow? Creativity Research Journal, 32, 206-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2020.1821552
- Lamb, K. N., Boedeker, P., & Kettler, T. (2019). Inequities of identification in gifted education: A statewide application of the twenty-percent equity allowance formula. Gifted Child Quarterly, 63, 205-224.http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0016986219830768
BIOGRAPHY
Kristen N. Lamb, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Alabama. She earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in gifted education and creativity from the University of North Texas and previously served her community as a middle school science educator. Dr. Lamb is also certified in online teaching through Quality Matters. Her research focuses on equity issues in advanced academics, classroom conditions conducive to developing creative thinking and advanced academic achievement, and teacher perceptions and beliefs about creativity. Dr. Lamb is the co-author of Developing Creativity in the Classroom: Learning and Innovation for 21st-Century Schools, and she has published a number of articles and invited book chapters on the topics of creativity and gifted education. Her work in gifted education and creativity has received scholarly recognition, including the 2024 Early Career Researcher Mini-Grant from the Mensa Foundation, 2022 Early Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), 2019 Paper of the Year for Gifted Child Quarterly, 5th annual Paper of the Year for Journal for the Education of the Gifted (JEG), and the 1st Place Dissertation Award from the NAGC. She currently serves on the executive board for the Alabama Association for Gifted Children and as an associate editor for JEG.