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Neag School of Education professors Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis. (Peter Morenus\/UConn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sally Reis<\/a>, the Letitia Morgan Chair in Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education<\/a>, first connected to the University of Connecticut during her master\u2019s program at Southern Connecticut State University in the mid-1970s. While in one class, she heard UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Joseph Renzulli<\/a> talk about his work in educational psychology, specifically his internationally-known and pioneering work in gifted and talented with the Enrichment Triad Model<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Something sparked during that talk, and they would go on to become friends. Renzulli encouraged Reis to join the Neag School\u2019s educational psychology doctoral program, and they worked on professional collaborations, including research papers, workshops, and presentations. According to Renzulli, one thing led to another, and their partnership blossomed into something more significant: \u201cWe fell in love, and we got married.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about Reis\u2019 strengths, Renzulli is quick to describe her academically, similar to his work with the Triad Model. \u201cI picture Sally\u2019s strengths like a triangle, with kindness to people at the center,\u201d he says. \u201cOne corner is an innovative, creative scholar, the second corner is leadership, and the third is communication.\u201d<\/p>\n

I picture Sally\u2019s strengths like a triangle, with kindness to people at the center. One corner is an innovative, creative scholar, the second is leadership, and the third is communication.
\nDistinguished Professor Joseph Renzulli<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

During her master\u2019s program, Reis worked as a gifted and talented teacher for Torrington (Connecticut) Public Schools. Her whole family was from Torrington, including her uncle Ray Neag. Neag would later donate to the Neag School a significant gift of $1.5 million in 1996, following a family Thanksgiving dinner discussion about how much it cost to endow a chair. Through the UConn Foundation, after that family discussion, Neag named a chair in gifted education in memory of his wife of 40 years, who had lost her battle with cancer earlier that year.<\/p>\n

A few years later, Neag would donate the largest gift to a school of education in the country at that time. Unfortunately, Reis\u2019 uncle passed away in 2018<\/a>, but he has had a legacy and life-changing impact on the Neag School of Education and across the University through that original gift and subsequent gifts.<\/p>\n

Later, Reis would become the coordinator of gifted and talented programs for Torrington Public Schools. Around the same time, she also started teaching in the gifted and talented program at UConn. As the gifted and talented coordinator for the Torrington school district, her role was the first of many leadership roles that she would have during her successful professional 40+-year-career.<\/p>\n

Leadership Across the University<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Dean Emeritus Richard Schwab presents an engraved glass bowl to honor Sally Reis\u2019 appointment in 2006 as a UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor. (UConn Photo Archives)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When colleagues and former students across the University and beyond think of Reis, they are all quick to highly commend her for her gifted and talented ability to lead and work with others and to lead major initiatives across the University.<\/p>\n

Her vitae is a huge estate filled with notable accomplishments that grew and flourished over time, which could fill volumes. After serving in increasingly responsible faculty roles, one of her early leadership roles at the Neag School was serving as the educational psychology (EPSY) department head.<\/p>\n

Dean Emeritus Richard Schwab<\/a>, who was a doctoral student at the same time as Reis, needed someone to lead the EPSY department, and he knew who to turn to. \u201cBefore returning to UConn as dean, I had stayed in touch with Sally (and Joe) through professional conferences and collaborations,\u201d he recalls. \u201cI was always impressed with her talents.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was recruited back to the Neag School, I needed a clear plan for the future of the school. There was a lot of turmoil at the time, and we needed a visionary strategic plan to guide our decisions,\u201d says Schwab. \u201cSo, I put Sally on that committee, knowing she would know what strengths to build on and where we needed to make changes to become one of the top schools of education in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan guided us to build centers of excellence, close weak programs, and would later be shown to Ray Neag to encourage his interest in investing in us through his transformative gift that would later name the school,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Nobody loves UConn more than Sally or had dedicated more of her life.
\nDean Emeritus Richard Schwab<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Soon after the plan was launched, Schwab appointed her as department chair and knew she would lead the Educational Psychology Department to one of the top raked departments on campus because she \u201cwas visionary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schwab recalls Reis being \u201cfair, a visionary who made tough decisions, but also cared deeply for her faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody loves UConn more than Sally or had dedicated more of her life,\u201d says Schwab. \u201c(In that role) she was fabulous. Being department head is the toughest job on campus, and we worked side by side, but nobody will second guess her because she had strong legitimacy across campus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another current faculty member who has known Reis since his Neag School doctoral student days, Joseph Madaus<\/a>, recalls her role as the department head. \u201cShe was always gracious of her time and supportive and created different kinds of opportunities. She was like a mentor to so many young faculty members, and she took an interest in their careers and research.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe has the people skills and cares for the people she works with,\u201d recalls Madaus. \u201cShe\u2019s an amazing problem solver and visionary. She can look at situations and find positive solutions that benefit a wide range of people, the department, and the University.\u201d<\/p>\n

While serving as a faculty member, Reis became director of the Young Scholars Saturday Semester, an early version of the still running Young Scholars Senior Summit<\/a>, a three-week program hosted by UConn and funded by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.<\/p>\n

\"Sally
Distinguished Professor Sally Reis gives the keynote address at Confratute on July 11, 2011 at von der Mehden Recital Hall. (Peter Morenus\/UConn photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reis also became co-director of the Confratute-Summer Institute on Enrichment Learning and Teachin<\/a>g with her co-collaborator Joseph Renzulli, which was among the many initiatives she nurtured. Now in its 44th year<\/a>, Confratute, an annual weeklong event sharing research-based strategies that engage all types of students in learning, has drawn tens of thousands of educators worldwide to the University\u2019s Storrs campus during the summer.<\/p>\n

Known by many as a masterful organizer and one that \u201cgets things done,\u201d Reis has led Confratute for the past 20 years. \u201cShe makes all the pieces fit together,\u201d says Renzulli. \u201cIt always amazes me that she can juggle 16 balls simultaneously and not drop one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cConfratute is Sally\u2019s pride and joy (after her family),\u201d says Stephanie Huntington, a program assistant with UConn\u2019s Renzulli Center for Creativity, Gifted Education, and Talent Development<\/a>. \u201cTeachers from all over the world have had the opportunity to come to this unique conference. The teachers are treated like family, leaving feeling inspired by their experiences. The community of teachers (from) worldwide is like nothing I have ever seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lisa Muller, executive program director of the Renzulli Center, has similar insights. \u201cConfratute is a unique experience \u2026 and Sally is integral to the feeling of family that participants experience while at Confratute. For example, Sally sees off every bus that leaves Confratute to transport the participants back to the airport. Every single bus gets a farewell from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neag School alumna Rachel McAnallen, a math expert and Confratute attendee for the past 38 years, recalls Reis\u2019 visionary keynote from 30 years ago. \u201cI remember it like it was yesterday. She gave a passionate talk about the dumbing down of curriculum in the public schools in the US. At that time, I had noticed the change in math textbooks. There were more cartoon-like illustrations and less complex math problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat with tears in my eyes as Sally said, \u2018We may not notice this now, but we will see its effects later down the road,\u2019\u201d recalls McAnallen. \u201cAnd here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sally is the single most effective leader I have known. I have never seen Sally encounter a problem she could not solve, a difficult situation she could not diffuse, or a stranger she did not make feel welcome.
\nDel Siegle, Director of the NCRGE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Another notable leadership role that Reis cultivated over time was her role with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC\/GT)<\/a>, which was the precursor to the National Center for Research on Gifted Education (NCRGE<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201c(She) was the driving force of NRC\/GT, and she was responsible for the national legislation that created the Javits program<\/a> that funds the national center and all of the Javits research we do at UConn,\u201d says Del Siegle<\/a>, director of the NCRGE and a former doctoral student of Reis\u2019. \u201cShe stands out as a leader because she offers practical and creative solutions to pressing issues schools and the field of talent development are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSally is the single most effective leader I have known,\u201d says Siegle. \u201cI have never seen Sally encounter a problem she could not solve, a difficult situation she could not diffuse, or a stranger she did not make feel welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Susan
President Susan Herbst speaks with Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Sally Reis, the Bearer of the Mace, before the inauguration ceremony on Sept. 16, 2011. (Peter Morenus\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During Susan Herbst\u2019s term as UConn\u2019s first woman president, Reis was named vice provost for academic affairs. She bloomed into a university-wide leader responsible for many initiatives, including undergraduate education programs and majors.<\/p>\n

While in this role, where she also served as a member of the President\u2019s Cabinet, she excelled and achieved numerous accomplishments, including restructuring the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to more effectively serve faculty and staff; creating a University Office of Engagement; leading all training for department heads and associate deans; revising of the university\u2019s promotion, tenure and reappointment process; increasing student retention and graduation rates; and leading the development of a five-year strategic university plan, to name a few.<\/p>\n

She managed various departments, including the Institute for Student Success, which houses the Office of First Year Programs and Learning Communities. In addition, Reis was instrumental in launching the ScHOLA\u00b2RS House, which helps influence positive academic outcomes for Black males, and recruiting former Neag School faculty member Erik Hines to be the inaugural director<\/a>. Hines has since left UConn, but ScHOLA\u00b2RS House<\/a> continues to positively impact Black male success in college.<\/p>\n

Reis worked with many administrators, including Jennifer Lease Butts<\/a>, the current associate vice provost for enrichment programs and director of the Honors Program, whom Reis had encouraged to apply to the director position after a staff retirement.<\/p>\n

\u201cSally championed numerous Honors initiatives across the University, including ensuring that an Honors education was available at all regional campuses,\u201d Lease Butts says.<\/p>\n

After serving in that vice provost role for six years, she became the senior advisor to the provost and president for special projects for two years.<\/p>\n

Reis and Rachel Rubin, chief of staff to then-President Herbst, established the BOLD Women\u2019s Leadership Network<\/a> in 2019 to develop female student leaders at UConn.<\/p>\n

Lease Butts and Reis have worked together on the BOLD Women\u2019s Leadership Network<\/a>, where Reis has continued as the faculty director, and Lease Butts oversees the administration of the enrichment programs.<\/p>\n

Reis excelled in all these roles due to her \u201cunique combination of being not only a brilliant academic and talented administrator, but somebody who people gravitate toward,\u201d says Schwab.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe had legitimacy because she was an outstanding scholar,\u201d says Schwab. \u201cNobody could question her academic ability because she had deep leadership experience from running the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented to being department head to being on the faculty senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe worked her way up the ranks and established herself as a faculty member, but a faculty member who always looked out for the best interest of the faculty members,\u201d says Schwab.<\/p>\n

\u201cSally knew lots of folks and knowing people in Connecticut is very important because of the trust you build over the years,\u201d recalls Schwab. \u201cShe knew faculty and administrators, but she also knew people in the legislature.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mentoring and Nurturing Through Communication <\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Sally
Melissa Thom \u201915 MA, pictured on the right with Sally Reis at the Renzulli Academy\u2019s Dr. Sally M. Reis Maker Space, is a past recipient of the 2021 Neag School Alumni Outstanding Professional award. (Photo courtesy of Melissa Thom)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Reis was successful as an accomplished leader throughout Connecticut and beyond, she was also known as a kind and generous mentor to many, whether a graduate student, colleague, or one of the many individuals she managed. It\u2019s often related to her \u201ckindness at the center\u201d trait that Renzulli acknowledges and her \u201cwillingness to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSally immediately engages you and takes an interest in you. You always feel like you have her time and attention,\u201d says Lease Butts. \u201cShe had encouraged me to apply for the Honors position and had told me at the time, \u2018I think you\u2019d be great.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s a nurturer and caretaker, and she just believes in people,\u201d says Lease Butts. \u201cIt\u2019s really about promoting and developing the talents in other people, helping them to be the best versions of themselves, seeing potential when others may not be seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neag School alumna Melissa Thom \u201915 MA started attending Confratute in 2009, where she learned about the Three Summers Program.<\/a> While pursuing her studies, she focused her graduate program on gifted and talented. A previous educator at the Renzulli Gifted and Talented Academy<\/a> in Hartford, Connecticut, Thom came to Connecticut to teach at the Renzulli Academy after meeting Reis at an international reading conference in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n

I consider Sally to be one of the most important mentors in my professional life. She is a very important person in my life!
\nMelissa Thom \u201915 MA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI consider Sally to be one of the most important mentors in my professional life,\u201d says Thom, who is currently a middle school teacher librarian for West Hartford (Connecticut) Public Schools. \u201cShe is a very important person in my life!\u201d<\/p>\n

Muller is also among the many who recognize Reis\u2019 ability to nurture and help others. \u201cSally is warm, personable, caring, and funny,\u201d she says. \u201cSally is a giver and loves to assist anyone \u2026 and is always willing to make that phone call or reach out to someone to help and provide support personally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muller also benefited from Reis\u2019 support when working on a research project. \u201cUnder her guidance, my skills blossomed, and I soon took on many more responsibilities and had a more significant role. I credit Sally with being one of the first to recognize my gifts and talents and providing me with the opportunities to continue to grow professionally and personally.<\/p>\n

One of Reis\u2019 early successes as a mentor was when she was working as a doctoral student. She co-taught many courses, including one for a master\u2019s student, Thomas H\u00e9bert, who would earn his master\u2019s and then doctorate in gifted education. He is currently a professor of gifted and talented education at the University of South Carolina and has \u201cadmired all of Sally\u2019s significant professional achievements for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy earliest memories of Sally are of her nurturing all students in the master\u2019s degree cohort and maintaining her passion for the field we were entering,\u201d he recalls. \u201cWhile Sally was pursuing her doctorate, she was also working part-time as coordinator of gifted and talented for Torrington Public Schools. As a result, she recruited me to teach as an enrichment teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n

She works diligently to uncover her students\u2019 skills, strengths, and experiences, and then nurtures these seeds \u2026 to ensure the opportunities for individual growth.
\nAssociate Clinical Professor Rebecca Eckert<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMy fondest memory of Sally is her dedication to working with Michael, a second-grader in my classroom,\u201d he says. \u201cThe intense discussions and laughter \u2026 that emerged is a memory that makes me smile today.\u201d<\/p>\n

A graduate student of Reis\u2019 who now works as an associate clinical professor in teacher education at the Neag School, Rebecca Eckert, thinks \u201cSally\u2019s work with students resembles that of a patient gardener.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe works diligently to uncover her students\u2019 skills, strengths, and experiences, and then nurtures these seeds of excellence carefully with so much support and careful planning to ensure the best possible opportunities for individual growth and the achievement of great goals,\u201d says Eckert.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike a true gardener, Sally is always one to celebrate the beautiful things that bloom from all this hard work,\u201d says Eckert. \u201cIt\u2019s no wonder she has a long list of grateful former students and such a beautiful garden.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another graduate student, Nicole Waicunas, now the Schoolwide Enrichment Model outreach coordinator at the Renzulli Center, echoes similar sentiments.<\/p>\n

\u201cSally is brilliant. She also takes the time to see others and help them uncover their gifts and talents,\u201d says Waicunas. \u201cI am grateful for her continued belief in me, even when I doubted myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSally takes on the struggles, and she sees the diamond in the rough,\u201d says Waicunas.<\/p>\n

Susan Baum, a fellow doctoral student of Reis, is in \u201cawe of her dedication to the field \u2026 and goes out of her way to mentor others and rejoices in their accomplishments.\u201d<\/p>\n

McAnallen recalls how \u201cshe couldn\u2019t have asked for a better advisor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHer timing was priceless because she knew when to hold your hand and when to kick your ass,\u201d says McAnallen.<\/p>\n

While Lease Butts isn\u2019t a former graduate student, she\u2019s thankful for Reis\u2019 mentorship. \u201cI\u2019ve benefited daily from her guidance and mentorship, learning how to be an administrator and woman leader,\u201d says Lease Butts.<\/p>\n

Innovative Creative Scholar<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Ray
Ray Neag \u201956 (CLAS), Professors Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis, and Carole Neag (l-r) gather after the Letitia Neag Morgan Chair in Educational Psychology Investiture for Reis in 2011. (Thomas Hurlbut\/Neag School)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reis\u2019 over 40-year career at UConn was built on the foundation of her innovative and creative scholarship, for which she was well known locally and internationally.<\/p>\n

Schwab, working for the University of Qatar to help reform their teacher education programs, sat down with one of their administrators, who held up a brochure and said, \u201cDo you know these people by any chance? They\u2019re our heroes.\u201d The brochure featured Reis on the cover for Confratute.<\/p>\n

Reis, who has served as the principal investigator for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented<\/a> (NRC\/GT) from 1990 to 2013 and is the co-project director of Project 2e-ASD<\/a>, has authored more than 250 articles, books, book chapters, and technical reports.<\/p>\n

She is a Board of Trustees Professor in Educational Psychology, the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member at UConn. She also holds the first Letitia Neag Morgan Chair<\/a> in the Neag School.<\/p>\n

\u201cReis is one of the first scholars in gifted education to pursue a focused line of research on the challenges faced by gifted females in American society,\u201d says H\u00e9bert. \u201cHer dedication to this work has had an incredible impact on women worldwide, particularly culturally diverse gifted women.\u201d Reis\u2019 book, Work Left Undone: Compromises and Challenges of Talented Females<\/em><\/a> (Creative Learning Press 1999), has been widely used worldwide and translated into several languages.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer leadership as a principal investigator on numerous NRC\/GT research studies has advanced the field of gifted and talented education for several decades,\u201d says H\u00e9bert.<\/p>\n

Reis is one of the first scholars in gifted education to pursue a focused line of research on the challenges faced by gifted females in American society.
\nProfessor Thomas H\u00e9bert<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Her influence on the world of gifted and talented is well-known, and she has impacted the growth and development of children near and far. \u201cShe was amazing at implementing the Enrichment Triad Model in her classroom in Torrington,\u201d recalls Baum.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough her efforts, the model became known, and the rest is history,\u201d says Baum. \u201cThe Enrichment Triad Model<\/a> and the Schoolwide Enrichment Model<\/a> are the most widely used approaches in gifted education worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Betsy McCoach<\/a>, another former doctoral student of Reis\u2019 and professor of educational psychology at the Neag School, agrees, \u201cFor the last 40 years, Sally has been one of the most prominent scholars in gifted education.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHer curriculum impacting study, Why Not Let High Ability Students Start School in January?,<\/a>\u00a0is still one of the most influential studies in gifted education,\u201d says McCoach.<\/p>\n

Madaus also agrees about her impact on the field of gifted education. \u201cHer research line alone is remarkable. Everything else that she\u2019s created helped foster and grow is incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Next Chapter<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Joe
Sally Reis, pictured on the second left, gathers with her family (L-R), Joe Renzulli, granddaughter Abigail Gelbar, daughter Sara Renzulli, and Sara\u2019s husband, Nick Gelbar. (Shawn Kornegay\/Neag School)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While Reis recently decided to retire from the University as a full-time faculty member, she won\u2019t be going very far.<\/p>\n

A research team led by Reis, which includes Madaus and Nicholas Gelbar<\/a>, is studying how students who are both academically talented<\/a> and also on the autism spectrum can enjoy greater college success based on the correct high school experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cHigh school should not be just about deficit reduction, but about talent development,\u201d says Reis of the findings.<\/p>\n

Reis still has an active part in the annual Confratute conference and will continue to accept speaking engagements, which take her worldwide, including an upcoming project in Italy.<\/p>\n

While she\u2019s a natural nurturer, she\u2019s always put family first on the list of her priorities. Now that her schedule is more open, she will spend more time with her young granddaughter, who turns four this year and help with wedding plans for one of her daughters, who is getting married this summer. She will also spend more time at home, in her garden.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat many people don\u2019t know about her is that she\u2019s a very accomplished horticulturist and gardener,\u201d says Renzulli.<\/p>\n

Those traits of tending and nurturing others have blossomed into a garden of gifted and talented successes that have a lasting legacy, both at UConn and beyond.<\/p>\n

View photos from an album gathered in honor of her retirement celebration.<\/a> If you would like to honor Sally Reis and her legacy to gifted and talented education, please consider giving a gift to the Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis Renzulli Fund. <\/em>Visit the website for more information<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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