Research Associate Professor & Director of Research, Center for Gifted Education
Jennifer Riedl Cross, Ph.D. is the director of research at the William & Mary Center for Gifted Education, where she writes grants and coordinates and conducts research. She teaches educational psychology and research methods courses in the school psychology program. Dr. Cross is the co-editor, with Tracy L. Cross, of the Handbook for Counselors Serving Students with Gifts and Talents. Dr. Cross is a member of the leadership team of the newly created W&M Institute for Research on the Suicide of Gifted Students. She and Dr. Tracy L. Cross co-authored a chapter on suicide for the American Psychological Association Handbook of Giftedness and Talent and an article on clinical and mental health issues for a special issue of the Journal for Counseling and Development on gifted individuals.
As a social psychologist, Dr. Cross has studied peer relationships, with a particular focus on adolescent crowds. This interest came about through her research on the development of a social dominance orientation, an individual's preference for hierarchical or egalitarian intergroup relations. Her research in the field of gifted education emphasizes its social aspects, from individual coping with the stigma of giftedness to attitudes toward giftedness and gifted education.
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About Jennifer Riedl Cross
Jennifer Riedl Cross, Ph.D. is the director of research at the William & Mary Center for Gifted Education, where she writes grants and coordinates and conducts research. She teaches educational psychology and research methods courses in the school psychology program. Dr. Cross is the co-editor, with Tracy L. Cross, of the Handbook for Counselors Serving Students with Gifts and Talents. Dr. Cross is a member of the leadership team of the newly created W&M Institute for Research on the Suicide of Gifted Students. She and Dr. Tracy L. Cross co-authored a chapter on suicide for the American Psychological Association Handbook of Giftedness and Talent and an article on clinical and mental health issues for a special issue of the Journal for Counseling and Development on gifted individuals.
As a social psychologist, Dr. Cross has studied peer relationships, with a particular focus on adolescent crowds. This interest came about through her research on the development of a social dominance orientation, an individual's preference for hierarchical or egalitarian intergroup relations. Her research in the field of gifted education emphasizes its social aspects, from individual coping with the stigma of giftedness to attitudes toward giftedness and gifted education.