Susan Assouline
Professor, School Psychology; Associate Director, Belin-Blank Center

Contact Information

600 Blank Honors Center
Belin-Blank Center
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242

Education

• Post-doctoral Fellowship in Psychology and Gifted Education, The Johns Hopkins University
• Ph.D. in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, The University of Iowa
• Ed.S. in School Psychology, The University of Iowa
• B.S. in Science Education, The University of Iowa

Affiliations Within the College

• Belin-Blank Center

Professional Activities and Memberships

• National Association for Gifted Children
• National Association of School Psychologists

Research Interests

• Academically Talented Students (emphasis on math)
• Academic Acceleration
• Twice-exceptional (emphasis on Autism Spectrum and Learning Disabilities)

Selected Publications

• Developing Math Talent: A Guide for Educating Gifted and Advanced Learners in Math (with Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik)
• A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students, V. I and V. II (with Nicholas Colangelo and Miraca U. M. Gross)
• The Iowa Acceleration Scale (with Nicholas Colangelo, Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik, Jonathan Lipscomb, and Leslie Forstadt)

Courses typically taught

• 07P:121 Identification of Students for Gifted Programs
• 07P:226 Assessment of Giftedness
• 07P:127 Research & Theory in Talent Development
• 07P:101 Honors Opportunity Project