Tracy Riley

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'''Tracy L. Riley''' (born 1966) is an academic dean and professor of education at Massey University. She specialises in gifted education.

== Academic career == Riley was born in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teaching gifted students in the inclusive classroom / Tracy L. Riley|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/155461578|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Trove, National Library of Australia}}</ref> She was educated at the University of Southern Mississippi, graduating with a MEd in 1990 and PhD in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prof Tracy Riley, Dean Research|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/expertise/profile.cfm?stref=324330|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Massey University|language=en}}</ref> She took up an academic position at Massey University in New Zealand 1996, rising to full professor effective 1 January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-28|title=2019 professorial appointments announced|url=https://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/about-massey/news/article.cfm?mnarticle_uuid=A20450CF-7E07-43BD-89EB-9E0B7FD6EE70|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Massey University|language=en}}</ref>

In 2007 Riley received a New Zealand Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching, in recognition of her pioneering work in eLearning and teaching research.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007|title=Dr Tracy Riley|url=https://ako.ac.nz/our-community/tertiary-teaching-excellence-awards/2007-tertiary-teaching-excellence-awardees/dr-tracy-riley/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=AKO Aotearoa|language=en-US}}</ref> She was presented with the giftEDnz Te Manu Kōtuku Award in April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Te Mana Kotuku|url=https://giftednz.org.nz/te%20mana%20kotuku|access-date=2020-12-29|website=giftEDnz|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

Riley was the first chair of giftEDnz and as of 2020 continues as an elected board member.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board Members|url=https://giftednz.org.nz/board%20members|access-date=2020-12-29|website=giftEDnz|language=en-NZ}}</ref> She has been New Zealand representative on the executive committee of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children since 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-10|title=New Executive Committee Assumes Office|url=https://world-gifted.org/executive-committee/new-executive-committee-assumes-office/|access-date=2020-12-29|website=World Council for Gifted and Talented Children|language=en}}</ref>

== Selected works ==

=== Books === * {{Citation|author1=Riley|first=Tracy L|title=Teaching gifted students in the inclusive classroom|year=2011|publication-date=2011|publisher=Prufrock Press|isbn=978-1-59363-704-0}} * {{Citation|last1=Karnes|first1=Frances|title=The best competitions for talented kids: Win scholarships, big prize money, and recognition|publication-date=2013|publisher=Prufrock Press|isbn=978-1-61821-130-9|last2=Riley|first2=Tracy}}

=== Articles ===

* {{Cite journal|last1=Riley|first1=Tracy|last2=Bicknell|first2=Brenda|date=2013|title=Gifted and Talented Education in New Zealand Schools: A Decade Later|journal=Apex|language=en|volume=18|issue=1|pages=1–16|doi=10.21307/apex-2013-006|issn=2324-1284|doi-access=free|hdl=10289/8872|hdl-access=free}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Riley|first1=Tracy|last2=White|first2=Vanessa|date=September 2016|title=Developing a Sense of Belonging Through Engagement with Like-Minded Peers: A Matter of Equity|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s40841-016-0065-9|journal=New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies|language=en|volume=51|issue=2|pages=211–225|doi=10.1007/s40841-016-0065-9|s2cid=151646285|issn=0028-8276|url-access=subscription}} * {{Cite journal |last1=Riley |first1=Tracy |last2=Mentis |first2=Mandia |last3=Kearney |first3=Alison |author-link3=Alison Kearney |date=September 2016 |title=Editorial: Equity and Diversity |journal=New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies |language=en |volume=51 |issue=2 |pages=139–142 |doi=10.1007/s40841-016-0057-9 |issn=0028-8276 |doi-access=free}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Mentis|first1=Mandia|last2=Holley-Boen|first2=Wendy|last3=Butler|first3=Philippa|last4=Kearney|first4=Alison|last5=Budd|first5=Julia|last6=Riley|first6=Tracy|last7=MacArthur|first7=Jude|last8=Dharan|first8=Vijaya|last9=Bevan-Brown|first9=Jill|date=November 2016|title=Māwhai: Webbing a professional identity through networked interprofessional communities of practice|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0742051X16301779|journal=Teaching and Teacher Education|language=en|volume=60|pages=66–75|doi=10.1016/j.tate.2016.08.008|url-access=subscription}} * {{Cite journal|last=Riley|first=Tracy|date=2019-10-16|title=Specialist Teachers of the Gifted: Positioning Their Roles in New Zealand|url=https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=688046801496880;res=IELHSS|journal=Australasian Journal of Gifted Education|pages=47–52|doi=10.21505/ajge.2019.0015|s2cid=210448803 |url-access=subscription}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Webber|first1=Melinda|last2=Riley|first2=Tracy|last3=Sylva|first3=Katrina|last4=Scobie-Jennings|first4=Emma|date=August 2020|title=The Ruamano Project: Raising Expectations, Realising Community Aspirations and Recognising Gifted Potential in Māori Boys|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1326011118000169/type/journal_article|journal=The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education|language=en|volume=49|issue=1|pages=77–88|doi=10.1017/jie.2018.16|s2cid=158881157|issn=1326-0111|url-access=subscription|doi-access=free}} * {{Cite journal|last1=Clarke|first1=Linda|last2=McLaughlin|first2=Tara|last3=Aspden|first3=Karyn|last4=Riley|first4=Tracy|date=2020-12-13|title=Supporting teachers' practice through professional learning and development: What's happening in New Zealand early childhood education?|journal=Australasian Journal of Early Childhood|volume=46|language=en|pages=66–79|doi=10.1177/1836939120979063|s2cid=230542324|issn=1836-9391|doi-access=free}}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* {{ResearchGate|id=Tracy_Riley3}} * {{Google Scholar id|id=UQJhxnUAAAAJ&hl=en}} *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oISpoMgbw0 Gifted Children], keynote speech by Tracy Riley * {{LinkedIn page|id=in/tracy-riley-6684b240}} * {{Twitter|id=tllriley}}

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