Jonathan A. Plucker, Ph.D., is professor of educational psychology
and cognitive science at Indiana University, where he also directs
the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy. After receiving his
doctorate in educational psychology from the University of
Virginia, he taught for 5 years at the University of Maine before
moving to Indiana University. He is a past-chair of the Research
and Evaluation Division of the National Association for Gifted
Children, and he currently serves as president for the Psychology
of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts division of the American
Psychological Association. Plucker has published more than 100
articles, chapters, and book reviews, and he has served on the
editorial boards ofGifted Child Quarterly, Roeper Review,
Creativity Research Journal,Journal of Creative Behavior, Journal
of Research on Science Teaching, andPsychology of Aesthetics,
Creativity, and the Arts. He has received numerous awards for his
research on giftedness, talent, and creativity, including the NAGC
Early Scholar Award, the NAGC Paul Torrance Award, and the APA
Division 10 Berlyne Award.
Carolyn M. Callahan, Ph.D., professor in the Curry School of
Education, University of Virginia, also is associate director of
the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented. She
teaches courses in the area of education of the gifted, and is
executive director of the Summer Enrichment Program. Dr. Callahan
has authored more than 130 articles, 25 book chapters and
monographs in gifted education focusing on creativity, the
identification of gifted students, program evaluation, and the
issues faced by gifted females. Dr. Callahan has received
recognition as Outstanding Faculty Member in the Commonwealth of
Virginia and was awarded the Distinguished Scholar Award from the
National Association for Gifted Children. She is a past-president
of The Association for the Gifted and the National Association for
Gifted Children. She also sits on the editorial boards ofGifted
Child Quarterly, Journal for the Education of the Gifted, andRoeper
Review.
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