Del Siegle

PI, Lynn and Ray Neag Endowed Chair for Talent Development

Educational Psychology

Del Siegle, Ph.D. serves as PI. He is the Lynn and Ray Neag Endowed Chair for Talent Development at the University of Connecticut (UConn). He has successful grant management experience as Director and Principal Investigator of the National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE), PI for an Exploratory Study on the Identification of EL in Gifted and Talented Programs (funded by the Office of English Language Acquisition), and PI for Project BUMP UP (Building Up Mathematics Proficiency Utilizing Push-in [funded by the Javits program]). These reflect research experience in identification of underserved populations, identification and services specific to the EL population, and identification and services for mathematics achievement with an emphasis on underserved populations. Project EAGLE reflects the intersection of this work. He is a former elementary gifted and talented teacher and former mathematics teacher. Dr. Siegle is a well-respected workshop presenter and leader in gifted and talented education.