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NEW FROM PRUFROCK PRESS AND ROUTLEDGE
Her newest book.
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2027
Creating Positive Futures for Gifted Students Globally: Addressing the Intellectual and Psychosocial Needs of Underserved Advanced Learners. Edited by Dr. Joy Lawson Davis and Dr. Erinn Fears Floyd.
ALSO BY DR. DAVIS
Bright, Talented, and Black
A Guide for Families of African American Gifted Learners
Empowering Underrepresented Gifted Students: Perspectives from the Field
With Deb Douglas
Gifted Children of Color Around the World: Diverse Needs, Exemplary Practices and Directions for the Future
Co-edited with James L. Moore III
Culturally Responsive Teaching in Gifted Education: Building Cultural Competence and Serving Diverse Student Populations
Co-edited with C. Matthew Fugate and colleagues
Gumbo for the Soul: Liberating Memoirs and Stories to Inspire Females of Color
Co-edited with Donna Y. Ford and Michelle Trotman Scott
HER WORK
Shaping the national conversation.
With more than four decades of leadership spanning K-12 education, state policy, higher education, research, and professional learning, she is one of the most influential voices advancing opportunities for historically underrepresented gifted learners.
Her scholarship, publications, and professional leadership have helped shape national conversations on gifted learners of color, twice-exceptional and thrice-exceptional students, family engagement, and culturally responsive identification and programming.
At Solution Spaces, she partners with Adrienne to help educators reimagine how advanced learners experience instruction, including their work with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
40+
years of leadership
6
national honors since 2018
2e · 3e
leading voice for twice- and thrice-exceptional learners
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
A career the field has celebrated.
Recognized by the nation’s leading gifted and exceptional education organizations.
2025
Distinguished Service Award
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
2025
2e Hall of Fame Inductee
Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education
2024
Diversity Award
Council for Exceptional Children, The Association for the Gifted (CEC-TAG)
2020
Hall of Fame Award
New Jersey Association for Gifted Children
2019
Lifetime Achievement Award
Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG)
2018
Alexinia Baldwin Special Populations Award
National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Where Dr. Davis helps districts most.
EQUITY
Equity and access
LEARNERS
Every gifted learner
LEADERSHIP
Programs and people
• Equity and Excellence in Gifted Education
• Diversity, Access, Inclusion, and Belonging
• Talent Development and Access Initiatives
• Culturally Responsive Teaching
• Identification of Underrepresented Gifted Learners
• Twice-Exceptional (2e) and Thrice-Exceptional (3e) Learners
• Social-Emotional Development of Gifted Students
• Gifted Education Program Evaluation
• Professional Learning and Leadership Development
• Family and Community Engagement