Sarah Charbonneau, M.A., is a doctoral student in Educational Psychology with a concentration in School Psychology at the University of Connecticut and a Graduate Assistant for Project SPARK. She has worked with elementary school students with disabilities in one urban and one suburban district in Connecticut as a School Psychology Practicum Student.

Stacy Hayden, M.A., is a doctoral student in the Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development program. Stacy received her B.S. in Elementary Education (2012) from Radford University. She is a graduate of the UConn Three Summers Program where she received her M.A. in Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent Development (2016). Prior to coming to UConn, Stacy taught gifted students and coordinated the Young Scholars Program in Alexandria City Public Schools, Virginia. Stacy was recognized as a Javits-Fraiser Scholar in 2014 by the National Association of Gifted Children and was named Outstanding Teacher of the Gifted for Region IV-E by the Virginia Association of the Gifted in 2017.  Stacy serves as a Graduate Research Assistant for Thinking Like Mathematicians: Challenging All Grade 3 Students, a research study funded by the funded by the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act. Her research interests include equity, pre-identification programs, and college honors programs. In her former life as a teacher, Stacy enjoyed using new technology tools in her classroom.

Molly Holinger is a Ph.D. student in Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut under the advisement of Dr. James C. Kaufman and a graduate research assistant for Project SPARK (Supporting and Promoting Advanced Readiness in Kids), a research study funded by the Javits grant program. She received her M.S. in Creative Studies from the International Center for Studies in Creativity, SUNY Buffalo State. Her current research focuses on the positive outcomes of creativity such as positive emotions, engagement, and meaning.

Kelly Kearney, Ph.D., serves as Project SPARK's Research Associate. She completed her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Gifted and Talented Education in December 2014. She has worked extensively with out-of-school time programming for advanced learners, and she previously worked as a first grade teacher. Her dissertation research focused on resilience in advanced learners from underrepresented groups. For Project SPARK, she works in schools with teachers and administrators to implement Response Lessons and identify gifted behaviors

Alexis Melendez holds a Master's in Educational Psychology with a concentration in School Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Currently, she serves as a research assistant on the Thinking Like Mathematicians: Challenging All Grade 3 Students project, which focuses on teachers' beliefs about twice-exceptional students and strategies teachers can use within the classroom to challenge all students' academic abilities while also promoting talent development. Alexis has also worked with students primarily in grades K-8 who have social, emotional, behavioral, or learning difficulties.

Jackie Ose holds a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Connecticut with a focus in Secondary Science Education. She has worked primarily with 10th grade biology students in two, large, urban school districts in CT. Jackie recently launched a free, open-source professional development website that consolidates high-quality Next Generation Science Standards resources into a tiered learning progression.

Pam Peters is a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut.  Her research interests include equity in gifted education and parent/school partnerships. Pam is also the parent of two gifted student (grades 10 and 4) and has worked with parents and districts in five states.

Anne Roberts, M.Ed., previously served as Project SPARK's Graduate Research Assistant. She is a full-time doctoral student in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on Giftedness, Creativity and Talent Development. She has worked as a gifted education specialist, Destination Imagination STEM Coordinator, and MakerSpace creator in the Virginia public school system. For Project SPARK, she worked in schools with teachers and administrators to implement Response Lessons and identify gifted behaviors.