Through Another's Eyes: Joyce VanTassel-Baska: The Talent Development of a Researcher

Suzanna E. Henshon

Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska is the Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. She is the current president of the National Association for Gifted Children. Prior to coming to William & Mary, Dr. VanTassel-Baska founded and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University. Dr. VanTassel-Baska has authored more than 350 monographs, book chapters, and articles in refereed journals, and she has written or edited 18 books. Dr. VanTassel-Baska has received many national and international awards, including a Phi Beta Kappa Faculty Award at William & Mary, a Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (1997), two International Mensa Awards (1995, 2002), a Fulbright Award, and the Richard Riley Award in Gifted Education from the South Carolina Consortium in 2002. She began her career as an English and Latin teacher, and holds her B.A., M.Ed., and Ed.D. degrees from the University of Toledo.

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