NAGC Announces Dr. Jennifer Riedl Cross as Next Gifted Child Quarterly Editor

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) is pleased to announce that Dr. Jennifer Riedl Cross has been appointed Editor of Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), the Association’s research journal. Cross’ three-year term begins September 1 of this year.

Cross is currently the director of research at the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. She teaches educational psychology and gifted development courses in the Educational Policy, Planning, and Leadership department and is co-editor of the Handbook for Counselors Serving Students with Gifts and Talents. In addition to research on mental health aspects of giftedness, Cross’s studies in the field of gifted education emphasize its social aspects.

Cross was an invited keynote speaker at the Roeper Institute's “A Matter of Equity 2021 Summer Institute,” in support of gifted education. She is active with Camp Launch, the Center's residential summer camp for low-income, high-ability middle school students, where she conducts research and has created a class on personal development, which emphasizes the development of psychological resources.
   
Cross was the 2015-2017 Chair of the NAGC Conceptual Foundations Network and is a member of the Society for Research on Adolescence and the American Psychological Association. 

“I’m excited for this opportunity to lead GCQ as its next editor,” commented Cross. “For me, it’s a kind of homecoming, having served as assistant editor for GCQ some 20 years ago. A lot has changed since then and GCQ has changed along with the times. It’s an honor to have a part in bringing contemporary research and ideas to the field,” she said.

“Dr. Cross’s passion and expertise in gifted and talented research will be an asset to Gifted Child Quarterly and its readers,” said NAGC President Lauri Kirsch. “Her impressive experience in publications, coupled with Dr. Cross’s dedication to equity in the field of gifted and talented education, will further advance GCQ during her term as editor. I’m very much looking forward to reading her first issue,” she concluded.

All issues of CGQ can be accessed online by NAGC Premiere and Lifetime Members.

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