Dr Jennifer Riedl Cross

Jennifer Riedl Cross,  is the Director of Research at the Center for Gifted Education. With a doctorate in educational psychology, specializing in cognitive and social processes, Dr. Cross is the co-editor, with Tracy L. Cross, of the Handbook for Counselors Serving Students with Gifts and Talents. She served as guest editor, with James Borland, of a special issue of Roeper Review on the topic of gifted education and social inequality. Her research in the field emphasizes the social aspects of gifted education, from individual coping with the stigma of giftedness to attitudes towards giftedness and gifted education.