Rena F. Subotnik,PhD, is director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association in Washington, DC. She is coauthor (with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Frank C. Worrell) of the articles amp ldquo The U.S. Neglects Its Best Science Students amp rdquo ( Scientific American) amp ldquo Nurturing the Young Genius: Renewing Our Commitment to Gifted Education Is the Key to a More Innovative, Productive, and Culturally Rich Society amp rdquo (Scientific American Mind) and amp ldquo Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science amp rdquo (Psychological Science in the Public Interest). She is coeditor of the books Methodologies for Conducting Research on Giftedness (with Bruce Thompson, 2 ) and The Development of Giftedness and Talent Across the Life Span (with Frances Degan Horowitz and Dona J. Matthews, 2 9). Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, PhD, is the director of the Center for Talent Development and a professor in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Recent publications include amp ldquo Minority Achievement Gaps in STEM: Findings of a Longitudinal Study of Project Excite amp rdquo (with Saiying Steenbergen-Hu, Rhoda Rosen, and Dana Thomson, 2 7) in Gifted Child Quarterly and amp ldquo The Role of the Family in Talent Development, amp rdquo (with Rena F. Subotnik and Frank C. Worrell, 2 8) in the APA Handbook of Giftedness and Talent. She is past-president of the National Association for Gifted Children from which she received the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2 9. Frank C. Worrell,PhD, is a professor of school psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. A current member-at-large of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Worrell is a former editor of the Review of Educational Research and a 2 3 recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children. Recent publications include Achieving College Dreams: How a University-Charter District Partnership Created an Early College High School (with Rhona S. Weinstein, 2 ) and amp ldquo Talent Development: A Path Towards Eminence amp rdquo (with Paula Olszewski-Kubilius and Rena F. Subotnik, 2 8) in the APA Handbook ofGiftedness and Talent.
