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Two Women Scholars Sharing Book Award

GiftedBookThe Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented has awarded its Legacy Book Award to Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings (Prufrock Press, 2015). The book provides practical strategies and models for best serving gifted students in rural schools. Editors Susannah Wood of the University of Iowa and Tamra Stambaugh of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, will be honored at the association’s annual conference in San Antonio this December.

Susannah_WoodsSusannah Wood is an associate professor in rehabilitation and counselor education in the College of Education at the University of Iowa. She holds a master’s degree in education and a Ph.D. in counselor education and rehabilitation from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

StambaughTamra Stambaugh is an assistant research professor in special education and executive director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. Prior to her appointment at Vanderbilt, she was director of grants and special projects at the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. Dr. Stambaugh is a graduate of Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. She holds a master’s degree from Ohio University and a Ph.D. in educational policy, planning, and leadership from the College of William and Mary.

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