School Counselor Workshop

Dr. Tuite directs the Office of Admissions at the Indiana Academy. Her research interests include the experiences of high ability, LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or queer) students. She is a frequent speaker at conferences that focus on high-ability/high-achieving students.

Dr. Wallpe is the Assistant Director of Mental Health and Support Services at the Indiana Academy. In this position, she serves at the primary in-house therapist and strives to promote the emotional well-being of all Indiana Academy Students. Dr. Wallpe is a licensed psychologist and joined the Indiana Academy in January 2017.

Mrs. Nagelkirk joined the Indiana Academy in 2005 as an instructor of English. She became the Inclusive Excellence Coordinator in 2019 in addition to being the Humanities Division Chair, English Department Head, and Title IX Coordinator. Her research focuses on the confluence between Postcolonial and African-American difference feminisms, and among her specialty courses are African-American Literature, Literature of the Holocaust, and Women’s Literature. Passionate about advocacy for marginalized populations, she created the Academy’s Student Equity Council and the Bias Incident Reporting system along with also serving as chair of the Inclusion Alliance, which oversees Academy initiatives around DEI matters.

Dr. Tuite directs the Office of Admissions at the Indiana Academy. Her research interests include the experiences of high ability, LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, or queer) students. She is a frequent speaker at conferences that focus on high-ability/high-achieving students.

Dr. Rubenstein previously worked as a classroom teacher. Recently, she won the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) Early Scholar Award. She directs BSU’s undergraduate gifted and talented programs and completes research examining motivation, creativity, and talent development.

Dr. Salloum coauthored publications that examine how school context promotes educational outcomes and her current projects include studies of how early career teachers’ planning and enactment of mathematics instruction is influenced by their social network members and social context.

Mrs. Nagelkirk joined the Indiana Academy in 2005 as an instructor of English. She became the Inclusive Excellence Coordinator in 2019 in addition to being the Humanities Division Chair, English Department Head, and Title IX Coordinator. Her research focuses on the confluence between Postcolonial and African-American difference feminisms, and among her specialty courses are African-American Literature, Literature of the Holocaust, and Women’s Literature. Passionate about advocacy for marginalized populations, she created the Academy’s Student Equity Council and the Bias Incident Reporting system along with also serving as chair of the Inclusion Alliance, which oversees Academy initiatives around DEI matters.

Dr. Cassady is the director of the Academic Anxiety Resource Center (sites.bsu.edu/aarc) and the Research Design Studio (sites.bsu.edu/rds). He’s been at Ball State since 1999. His areas of expertise include test anxiety, human learning, teacher education, and research design.

Keeli Rincon is a student of school psychology in the Ed.S. program at Ball State University and works as a Graduate Assistant in the Academic Anxiety Resource Center. While pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in Indianapolis, Keeli completed her undergraduate practicum at Peace Learning Center and gained experience teaching mindfulness, coping skills, and other social-emotional skills to students in a public-school setting.