Camilla Persson Benbow is a
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-born (
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) American
educational psychologist
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and a university professor. She studies the education of
intellectually gifted
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students.
Biography
Camilla Benbow is the Patricia and Rodes Hart
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of Education and Human Development at
Vanderbilt University
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's
Peabody College. She is an
educational psychologist
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who has focused on education of intellectually gifted young people.
Benbow is co-director (with
David Lubinski
David J. Lubinski is an American psychology professor known for his work in applied research, psychometrics, and individual differences. His work (with Camilla Benbow) has focussed on exceptionally able children: the nature of exceptional abil ...
) of the
Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth The Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) is a prospective longitudinal survey study of persons (mostly in the United States) identified by scores of 700 or higher on a section of the SAT Reasoning Test before age 13 years. It is one of th ...
(SMPY), a longitudinal study that examines the development of over 5,000 individuals over their life-spans.
Her interests focus on identifying education that is most effective to developing intellectual talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Benbow received her undergraduate and graduate education at
Johns Hopkins University
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, including the Ed.D., with distinction, in 1981. She became associate research scientist at Johns Hopkins University in 1981. In 1986,
Iowa State University
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appointed her Associate Professor of Psychology promoting her rapidly to full professor in 1990, department chair in 1992, and Distinguished Professor in 1995. She was appointed Interim Dean of Education at Iowa State in 1996. At Iowa State she also directed the pre-collegiate programs for talented and gifted students.
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Benbow is a ]Fellow
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of the American Psychological Association
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and the American Psychological Society
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, has received a distinguished scholar award from the National Association for Gifted Children
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, and in 2004 the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mensa Education and Research Foundation. In May 2006, she was appointed to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. She has also served on the National Science Board
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Benbow has interpreted some of her study data to indicate that there are innate differences between young men and women in their aptitude for higher mathematics and fields of endeavor that depend on mathematics, such as engineering and physical sciences.] These positions have been met with some controversy from women's groups.Background for the AWM petition concerning the inclusion of Dr. Camilla Benbow on the National Mathematics Advisory Panel.
-Approved by the Executive Committee of AWM. Association of Women in Mathematics, 2006.
Publications
Benbow has edited, authored or co-authored 2 books, several book chapters, reviews and over 100 articles in academic journals.
Books
* Benbow, C. P., & Lubinski, D. (Eds.). (1996). ''Intellectual talent: Psychometric and social issues.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
* Benbow, C. P., & Stanley, J. C. (Eds.). (1983). ''Academic precocity: Aspects of its development.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Selected articles
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References
External links
Camilla Benbow's Background and Experience
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