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Tarek C. Grantham

Professor
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia, United States

Dr. Tarek C. Grantham is Professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia (UGA). He has served as Coordinator in the Gifted and Creative Education (GCE) Graduate Program, where he teaches primarily in the Diversity and Equity Strand. He Co-Directs the GCE University-School Partnerships for Achievement, Rigor, and Creativity (Project U-SPARC) initiative. Dr. Grantham’s research focuses on equity for underrepresented ethnic minority students in advanced programs, gifted Black males, motivation, and policy related to creativity. He has co-edited three books: Recruiting, Retaining, and Engaging African American Males at Selective Public Research Universities: Challenges and Opportunities in Academics and Sports (2018), Young, Triumphant, and Black: Overcoming the Tyranny of Segregated Minds in Desegregated Schools (2013), and Gifted and Advanced Black Students in School: An Anthology of Critical Works (2011). Dr. Grantham has served as a member of the NAGC Board of Directors and as Chair of the Special Populations Network. He is a recipient of the NAGC Distinguished Service and the Alexinia Baldwin “Gifted & Special Populations” Award. He is also the recipient of the Mary M. Frasier Excellence and Equity Award and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award of the Georgia Association for Gifted Children.

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