Honors

Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year Award, 2022

World Council for Gifted and Talented Children: International Award for Research, 2019

International Society for Intelligence Research: Lifetime Achievement Award: For Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Intelligence, 2018

American Association for College Teachers Education, David Imig Award, 2010

National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), President’s Award, 2009

Inaugural Fellow, AERA, 2009

APA George A. Miller Award – Division 1 (Outstanding Article in General Psychology), 2009

Fellow, AERA

Distinguished Alumna Award, Johns Hopkins University, 2008

Mensa Education Research Foundation (MERF) Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004

Fellow, APA Divisions 3 and 15

Fellow, Association for Psychological Science

Lifetime Achievement Award for Research on Intelligence, Mensa Educational Foundation, 2004

APA George A. Miller Award – Division 1 (Outstanding Article in General Psychology), 1999

Phi Kappa Phi, 1997

Iowa Academy of Education – Charter Member, 1996

American Association of University Women Distinguished Scholar Award, 1996

Distinguished Professor, 1995

Distinguished Scholar Award, National Association for Gifted Children, 1992

Who’s Who in America, 1991

Society of Scholars, The Johns Hopkins University, 1991

Best Research Paper on Gifted–National Association of Gifted Children, 1987

Early Scholar Award of the National Association of Gifted Children, 1985

Mensa Awards for Research Excellence, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2002

Spencer Fellow, alternate, 1984, 1985, 1986

American Educational Research Association, Division E, Research Award in Human Development, 1983

Doctorate with Distinction, The Johns Hopkins University, 1981

John Curtis Gowan Graduate Student Research Prize of the National Association for Gifted Children, November 1980, 1981

Phi Beta Kappa, The Johns Hopkins University, 1977

BA with Honors, The Johns Hopkins University, 1977