The Julian Stanley Lecture Series
in partnership with the Nashville Public Library
Listen to a podcast of Dr. VanTassel-Baska's Lecture
The Lecture Series honors the work of Johns Hopkins University Professor Julian Stanley who founded the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), in 1971. The study, which continues today on the campus of Vanderbilt's Peabody College under the co-direction of Dean Camilla Benbow and Professor David Lubinski, focuses on students age 13 or younger who score 700 points or higher of a possible 800 on one section of the SAT, placing them at the 99.99th percentile when compared with their age peers.
Until his death in 2005 at the age of 87, Dr. Stanley continued his research of and service to exceptionally precocious students by helping them get the special supplemental, accelerative opportunities they sorely need. Dr. Stanley's legacy lives on today, having sparked the creation of large regional talent searches and residential academic summer programs across the country. The Vanderbilt Summer Academy is but one of the many programs that Dr. Stanley has inspired.
Upcoming Lectures
"Do Gifted Children Need Gifted Education?"
Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska, founder of the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary and past president of the National Association for Gifted Children, discusses the importance of educational intervention in the lives of gifted and promising learners. April 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m. at The Nashville Public Library.
Listen to a podcast of Dr. VanTassel-Baska's Lecture
Past Lectures
The Julian Stanley Lecture Series presents Dr. Julia Roberts and Tracy Inman from the Center for Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University, to be held at the Nashville Public Library. A lecture on Unchallenging Classrooms. February 6, 2008, 6:30 p.m. |
Dr. Tamra Stambaugh, Coordinator of School-Based Services in the College of William and Mary's Center for Gifted Education, addressed the common causes of perfectionism in gifted children, and strategies to help deal with this tendency. Held October 18, 2007 at the Wyatt Center on Vanderbilt's Peabody campus.
To listen to a podcast of this lecture, click here.
Dean Camilla Benbow and Professor David Lubinski addressed myths about acceleration in gifted education. Held November 5, 2007 at the Nashville Public Library.
To listen to a podcast of the lecture, click here.
For more information or questions
about
The Julian Stanley Lecture Series,
please contact Kim Bundy.
(615) 322-7843, kim.bundy@vanderbilt.edu