Leadership for Students: A Practical Guide for Ages 8-18
Frances A. Karnesis professor of curriculum, instruction, and special education at The University of Southern Mississippi. She is widely known for her teaching, research, publications, innovative program developments, and service activities in gifted education and leadership training.Dr. Suzanne M. Beanis Director of the Roger F. Wicker Center for Creative Learning and Professor of Education at Mississippi University for Women (MUW). For the past 27 years she has served in the field of gifted studies as a teacher of gifted students, director of the Mississippi Governor’s School, founder and director of various other programs for gifted students and their teachers and parents. Dr. Bean has co-authored seven books and has had numerous publications in professional journals.She has co-authored a textbook for teachers of gifted students,Methods and Materials for Teaching the Gifted. She serves on the Editorial Review Board forGifted Child Quarterlyand theJournal for Secondary Gifted Education. Dr. Bean has also co-authored numerous grants and she was the lead author of the grant that established the Roger F. Wicker Center for Creative Learning.