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[PAST EVENT] The Stigma of Giftedness and Anti-intellectualism
February 14, 2013
5pm - 7pm
This workshop will focus on how the stigma of being gifted and pursuing intellectual goals can exist in certain cultures and will provide strategies for dealing with overcoming this problem.
Dr. Tracy Cross holds an endowed chair, Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Psychology and Gifted Education, and is the Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. He has published well over 150 articles, book chapters, and columns, made over 200 presentations at conferences, and has published four books. He has edited five journals in the field of gifted studies (Gifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review, Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, NAGC Research Briefs) and is the current editor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. He is currently the President of the National Association for Gifted Children.
Dr. Jennifer Riedl Cross is the Director of Research at The Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Marry. Her area of specialization is cognitive and social processes, with an emphasis in gifted studies. Her research focuses on the social environment of schools and the development of attitudes, particularly those regarding social structures. Over the past two decades, she has been assistant or managing editor for major research journals in the field of gifted education, including Gifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review, and presently is managing editor for the Journal for the Education of the Gifted.
{{http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQHRCZH, Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP.}}
Dr. Tracy Cross holds an endowed chair, Jody and Layton Smith Professor of Psychology and Gifted Education, and is the Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary. He has published well over 150 articles, book chapters, and columns, made over 200 presentations at conferences, and has published four books. He has edited five journals in the field of gifted studies (Gifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review, Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, NAGC Research Briefs) and is the current editor of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. He is currently the President of the National Association for Gifted Children.
Dr. Jennifer Riedl Cross is the Director of Research at The Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Marry. Her area of specialization is cognitive and social processes, with an emphasis in gifted studies. Her research focuses on the social environment of schools and the development of attitudes, particularly those regarding social structures. Over the past two decades, she has been assistant or managing editor for major research journals in the field of gifted education, including Gifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review, and presently is managing editor for the Journal for the Education of the Gifted.
{{http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CQHRCZH, Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP.}}
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