Gordon Vessels, Ed.D.
Senior Core Faculty,
Department of Teaching and Learning
Dr. Gordon Vessels joined ACE in 2010 and has taught graduate courses since 2005. He has worked for more than 20 years as a school psychologist in mostly urban schools. Additionally, he has public K-12 school teaching experience and was a teaching and research assistant at UGA and ISU. He has completed degree programs in education, sociology, school psychology, and leadership where he studied non-biased assessment and creativity.
Dr. Vessels has authored and directed multi-school U.S. DOE grant projects and has created data collection instruments. Additionally, he published Character and Community Development in 1998. He has significant real-world experience in fostering students’ social and moral development, as well as building character and community.
Education
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Doctorate in School Psychology
University of Georgia -
Master's in Sociology
Indiana State University -
Bachelor's in Education
Indiana State University -
Certificate in Leadership & Supervision
Georgia State University
Research Interests
- Non-biased assessment
- Character education
- Creativity in education
- Inter-rater reliability and content validity of grading rubrics (research for ACE completed in 2015 and 2018)