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Hébert, a professor of educational psychology, is a nationally recognized leader in gifted education.

University of Georgia College of Education professor Thomas Hébert was recently honored as the 2012 Outstanding Alumni by the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut.

The Outstanding Alumni Award is the most prestigious of the nine given by the school each year. The award recognizes a graduate who has had a significant impact on education, has a national reputation for her/his work, has been an inspiration to other professionals and has shown continued involvement with the NSoE. The recipient is chosen by NSoE faculty and his/her identity is kept secret until it is announced at the annual awards dinner.

Hébert, a professor of educational psychology, is a nationally recognized leader in gifted education. He teaches graduate courses in gifted and creative education, and qualitative research methods. His research focuses on social and emotional development of gifted students, underachievement in high-ability students, culturally diverse gifted students, and problems faced by gifted young men.

Hébert has more than a decade of classroom experience working with K-12 gifted students and almost 20 years in higher education preparing graduate students and educators.

In March, he received the 2011 Legacy Award from the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, the nation’s largest state advocacy group of its kind, for his book titled, Understanding the Social and Emotional Lives of Gifted Students (Prufrock Press 2011). The book presents a comprehensive treatment of social and emotional development in high-ability learners.

He also received the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Research Award from the NSoE and the 2008 Mary Frasier Equity and Excellence Award from the Georgia’s Association for Gifted Children.

Hébert received his Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Connecticut in 1993. He joined the UGA faculty in 1997.

The award was presented during the NSoE’s 14^th annual awards dinner on March 31 at UConn’s Storrs campus.