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BIOGRAPHY Dr. Karen Joy Agne Dr. Karen Joy Agne is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at Plattsburgh State University of New York. Dr. Agne teaches graduate courses in Tests and Measurements, Behavioral Management in the Classroom and Gifted Education, as well as graduate elective classes in Acting for Teachers, Creative Problem Solving, and Spiritual Foundations of Education.Agne is Founder and Director of the Super Saturday School, an educational program for gifted children in three counties of upstate New York (see website www.plattsburgh.edu/centers/aage). She also directs and teaches the gifted program for a school district located in the Adirondack State Park. A veteran of the public school system, Karen Agne taught for eighteen years, at both elementary and secondary levels, before moving to higher education. She spent ten years directing and teaching gifted children. Agne was 1984 Illinois State Gifted Teacher of the Year. Agne was given the Distinguished Achievement Award for Most Learned Article from EdPress, the Association of Educational Publishers, for “The Dismantling of the Great American Public School” in 1999. Among her publications are: Agne, K., (2001). Gifted: The Lost Minority. Kappa Delta Pi RECORD, Summer. Agne, K., (1999) Kill the Baby: Making All Things Equal. Educational HORIZONS, 77(3), 140-147. Agne, K. (1998). “Caring: The Way of The Master Teacher” in R.P. Lipka & T.M. Brinthaupt (Eds) Studying the Self Series, Vol. 4, The Role of Self in Teacher Development, State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. Agne, K., (1998). The Dismantling Of The Great American Public School. Educational HORIZONS, 76(3), 127-131. (Reprinted in Taking Sides: Educational Issues, 11th ed., (2001), Dushkin Agne, K., (1996) Fear: The Teachers’ Teacher. Educational HORIZONS, 74(3), 130- 133. (Reprinted in E.L.I.T.E., 1998) Agne, K., (1994). Caring: The Expert Teacher’s Edge. Educational HORIZONS, 70(3), 120-124 (Reprinted in ANNUAL EDITIONS: Educational Psychology, Spring 1994) Agne, K., Greenwood, G., & Miller, L. (1994). Relationships Between Teacher Belief Systems and Teacher Effectiveness Among Teachers of the Year. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 27(3), 141-152 Top of Page |