Angela Novak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and AIG Coordinator at East Carolina University, teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in education, focusing on assessment practices and gifted education. Dr. Novak has served both NAGC and CEC-TAG in a variety of network, committee and board roles, and is on the Advisory Council of Pure Play Every Day. She recently co-edited, with Dr. Christine Weber, a three-book series of NAGC service publications related to professional learning and has authored book chapters, peer-reviewed articles in gifted education, administration, and professional learning, as well as practitioner-focused and parent-centered articles in gifted education. She has worked in public education in the gifted field as a classroom teacher, resource teacher, and central office support, as well as in the private not-for-profit sector of gifted education. Dr. Novak researches professional learning, creativity, gifted collegians, and play, all within the context of gifted education and equity. She is the co-creator, with Dr. Katie D. Lewis, of the Four-Zone Professional Learning Model and the Seven Guiding Principles for Developing Equity-Driven Professional Learning for Educators of Gifted Children. She is an equity and anti-racism advocate, and is a member of the Diversity Scholars Network, from the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) and is currently the Co-Chair of the Diversity and Equity Committee for NAGC. You can read her blog or more about her work at www.angelamnovak.com.