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S4.8.5 The Role of Mentoring for Talent Development and Excellence
Implications for the practice of mentoring will be discussed in light of four presentations. Kerr examines how gifted girls can become patented inventors in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Stoeger and colleagues describe longitudinal research on effective online mentoring for talented girls in STEM. Subotnik investigates how mentors transform talented youth into creative producers. Finally, Lunsford uncovers various populations' affective reactions to mentoring.
Author(s):
Heidrun Stoeger
heidrun.stoeger@ur.de
University of Regensburg
Germany
Heidrun Stoeger, PhD, is full professor for educational sciences at the University of Regensburg, Germany. She holds the Chair for School Research, School Development, and Evaluation. She is vice-president of the International Research Association for Talent Development and Excellence (IRATDE). She served from 2007 to 2014 as editor-in-chief of the journal High Ability Studies. She has published more than 250 articles, chapters, and books on giftedness, self-regulated learning, motivation, fine motor skills, and teacher education. She is a member of several national and international scientific boards and expert commissions in the field of giftedness research and gifted education.
Rena Subotnik
rsubotnik@apa.org
American Psychological Association
United States
Rena F. Subotnik, PhD, is Director of the Center for Psychology in Schools and Education at the American Psychological Association. One of the Center’s missions is to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas that enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains. She has been supported in this work by the National Science Foundation, the American Psychological Foundation, and the Association for Psychological Science, the Dreyfus Foundation, and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.
Barbara Kerr
bkerr@ku.edu
University of Kansas
United States
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., holds an endowed chair as Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas and is an American Psychological Association Fellow. She founded the Guidance Laboratory for Gifted and Talented at the University of Nebraska; was Associate Director of the Belin-Blank National Center for Gifted and Talented at the University of Iowa; and co-director of the National Science Foundation projects for talented at risk girls at Arizona State University. Prof. Kerr specializes in psychology of creativity; issues of gender, privilege, and talent development; innovations in counseling and therapy.
Laura Lunsford
llunsford@campbell.edu
Campbell University
United States
Laura Gail Lunsford, PhD, is professor and chair of psychology at Campbell University. She has published over 40 peer reviewed articles, chapters, and books on mentoring and leadership development, including the definitive Handbook for Managing Mentoring Programs. The Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Institute for Education Science, and the LUCE Foundation have funded her work. In 2009 she was honored with the International Mentoring Association’s Dissertation Award. She is currently a member of a National Academies Consensus Study on the Science of Effective Mentoring in STEMM.