Melanie S. Meyer, PhD

Professional Summary

Dr. Melanie S. Meyer is a Lecturer in Baylor's Moody School of Education’s Professional Online Learning Unit and faculty advisor in the EdD in Learning and Organizational Change program. Dr. Meyer earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of North Texas in 2021 and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student in Educational Psychology. She also completed a two-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, where she studied interventions to close opportunity and excellence gaps for students with advanced learning needs.

Dr. Meyer's research focuses on education policy, creativity, and talent development. In addition, she studies open science practices, qualitative inquiry methods, and the use of generative artificial intelligence in K-12 and higher education.

Dr. Meyer co-edited The Future of Advanced Education and Talent Development with Dr. Jonathan Plucker. She has published in Review of Educational Research, Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal of Advanced Academics, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Psychology in the Schools, and other scholarly publications. Dr. Meyer is also active in the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), regularly presents at their annual conference, and won the 2021 NAGC Carolyn Callahan Doctoral Student of the Year Award. She was selected for the Emerging Education Policy Scholar 2024 cohort by the Fordham Institute and the American Enterprise Institute.

Dr. Meyer was a classroom teacher in Texas public schools for over 20 years and taught middle school English, Language Arts, and Reading and high school Advanced Placement Language and Composition. She has also instructed graduate courses at the University of North Texas and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Meyer currently advises students in Cohorts 18 and teaches Mixed Methods Research in the online EdD program. She is proud to be a Baylor bear.

Education

• PhD, Educational Psychology: Gifted and Talented Education, University of North Texas (2021)
• BA, English, University of Texas at Austin (1993)

Research Interests

• Education Policy
• Creativity
• Talent Development
• Open Science Practices
• Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
• Generative Artificial Intelligence in K-12 and Higher Education

Select Publications

Makel, M. C., Meyer, M. S., Caroleo, S. A.*, Pei, M. A.*, Fleming, J., Hodges, J., Roberts, A. M. Cook, B. G., & Plucker, J. A. (2026). "Don't hate the players, hate the game": Qualitative insights from education researchers on questionable and open research practices. Royal Society Open Science, 13(1), 251888. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251888 

Meyer, M. S., & Raymond, C. M.* (2026). Advanced placement: Tailoring advanced coursework for students with high potential and high ability. In F. Dixon & T. Kettler (Eds.), Handbook of secondary gifted education (3rd ed.; pp. 346-363). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003492528-24 

Puryear, J. S., Meyer, M. S., Lamb, K. N., & Lee, L. E. (2025). Conceptions of giftedness and gifted education: A Q-Sort approach. Gifted Child Quarterly. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00169862251384641 

Meyer, M. S., & Plucker, J. A. (2025). Measuring creative potential and growth in preK-12 education contexts. In J. Katz-Buonincontro & T. Kettler (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of creativity and education (pp. 709-725). Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-creativity-and-education-9780197698181?cc=us&lang=en&# 

Meyer, M. S., Shen, Y.*, & Plucker, J. A. (2024). Reducing excellence gaps: A systematic review of research on equity in advanced education. Review of Educational Research, 94(1), 33-72. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543221148461 

* Indicates student co-author.

Select Presentations

Lee, L. E., & Meyer, M. S. (2025, December 3-5). Who gets in: Data-Driven tools for evaluating access to gifted programs. [Conference presentation]. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Annual Conference. Grapevine, TX, United States. https://tagtconference.org/schedule-at-a-glance/ 

Meyer, M. S., & Lee, L. E. (2025, December 3-5). Generative artificial intelligence in advanced education: A policy and guideline development workshop. [Conference presentation]. Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Annual Conference. Grapevine, TX, United States. https://tagtconference.org/schedule-at-a-glance/ 

Werse, N., Sanguras, L., Meyer, M. S., & Smith, J. C. (2025, October 24). Developing policies and guidance for the ethical use of AI in EdD programs. [Conference presentation]. Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate 2025 Convening. Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://www.cped.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=190:convening-2025&catid=20:site-content 

Meyer, M. S., & Sanguras, L. (2025, October 23). Starting points and sticking points: Navigating the dissertation writing process with generative artificial intelligence tools. [Conference presentation]. Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate 2025 Convening. Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://www.cped.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=190:convening-2025&catid=20:site-content 

Shelton, R., Meyer, M. S., Howell, L., & Werse, N. (2025, October 23). Fostering dissertation alignment: Strategies for supporting doctoral students throughout the research process. [Conference presentation]. Carnegie Project on the Educational Doctorate 2025 Convening. Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://www.cped.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=190:convening-2025&catid=20:site-content