Ann Batenburg
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
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Ann Batenburg, Ph.D., serves as a clinical assistant professor in the
Simmons School of Education and Human Development. Dr. Batenburg earned her
doctorate in Teaching and Learning with a focus in Gifted Education from the
University of Iowa in 2011. She also holds two masters degrees: one in
Special Education from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, and
one in Teacher Leadership from North Park College in Chicago. She teaches a
variety of undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses with a focus
on gifted education.
Dr. Batenburg has several years of elementary teaching experience in the
Chicago area. She taught fifth grade for nine years and students with
special needs for five years. At the college level, she has taught
undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Iowa, Cornell
College, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Salem College. Her
passion is working with children who are gifted and talented, as they are
often the children who are left without services in our schools. Her
research interests center on examining factors that contribute to talent
development, other issues in the education of the gifted, and Constructivist
philosophy and teaching methods.