Bronwyn MacFarlane

Bronwyn MacFarlane, Ph.D., Professor of Gifted Education and Educational Leadership, is a doctoral faculty member at Arkansas State University where she teaches doctoral courses in advanced statistics, educational policy, law, and leadership with the Center for Excellence in Education. She was nationally elected to serve on the 7-member international board, the Executive Committee, for the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC). Named one of the Top 3 Professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for 2021 by the Board of Visitors with the University-wide and College level prizes for Faculty Excellence in Public Service; she has received many awards including two college Excellence Awards in Research for producing over 13 publications in one year. She served in the role of Associate Dean for the founding of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Education and Health Professions where she provided leadership for educator and health preparation programs. She has taught over 35 different graduate course topics across educational leadership, teacher education, counseling, research and statistics, higher education, and gifted education degree programs. Dr. MacFarlane published five books, 25 articles in peer- and editorially-refereed national periodicals, 30 book chapters, 95 reports, and delivered more than 175 presentations.

Named the "Early Leader" in the field of gifted education with the 2018-2019 national award, she has diverse experiences teaching diverse learners, leading educational programs, providing organizational leadership for community partnership projects, designing and evaluating differentiated curriculum for high ability learners and online programs, and providing professional consulting. Dr. MacFarlane holds leadership qualifications for school superintendency, principalship, counseling, and teaching across a range of content areas and grade levels.

Prior to becoming a tenured full professor at the university level teaching graduate school coursework, Dr. MacFarlane worked at The College of William and Mary in Virginia with the Center for Gifted Education as the Research Associate to the Executive Director while pursuing her doctoral studies in Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership with dual specializations in Gifted Education Program Administration and K-12 School Administration.

With many professional experiences and successes as a classroom teacher, teacher of gifted students (grades K-12), administrator of gifted programs, consultant, higher education, and community leader, Dr. MacFarlane is actively involved with research initiatives, reviewing school programs, working with diverse stakeholder groups, developing curriculum, and creative projects.

She provides humorous and inspiring keynotes, workshops, and collaborative recommendations as an expert consultant with schools and organizations nationally and internationally.

Her story is told in the July 2021 issue of the academic journal, Roeper Review, "Curriculum and Creative Leadership: An Interview With Bronwyn MacFarlane." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02783193.2021.1930233

More information about Dr. MacFarlane: https://ualr.edu/news/2021/04/15/briscoe-agarwal-macfarlane-faculty-excellence/ AND https://ualr.edu/facultyexcellence/2014/04/08/dr-bronwyn-macfarlane/