Camilla Persson Benbow is a

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-born (

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) American

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and a university professor. She studies the education of intellectually gifted students.

Biography

Camilla Benbow is the Patricia and Rodes Hart

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of Education and Human Development at

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. She is an

who has focused on education of intellectually gifted young people. Benbow is co-director (with

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) of the

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(SMPY), a longitudinal study that examines the development of over 5,000 individuals over their life-spans. Her interests focus on identifying education that is most effective to developing intellectual talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Benbow received her undergraduate and graduate education at

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, including the Ed.D., with distinction, in 1981. She became associate research scientist at Johns Hopkins University in 1981. In 1986,

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appointed her Associate Professor of Psychology promoting her rapidly to full professor in 1990, department chair in 1992, and Distinguished Professor in 1995. She was appointed Interim Dean of Education at Iowa State in 1996. At Iowa State she also directed the pre-collegiate programs for talented and gifted students. Benbow is a

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of the

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and the

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, has received a distinguished scholar award from the

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, and in 2004 the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Mensa Education and Research Foundation. In May 2006, she was appointed to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel. She has also served on the

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, which oversees the

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. Benbow has interpreted some of her study data to indicate that there are innate differences between young men and women in their aptitude for higher mathematics and fields of endeavor that depend on mathematics, such as engineering and physical sciences. These positions have been met with some controversy from women's groups.

International Society for Intelligence Research

Benbow is a longtime member of the

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along with her husband

. Both received the Society's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

Publications

Benbow has edited, authored or co-authored 2 books, several book chapters, reviews and over 100 articles in academic journals.

Books

* Benbow, C. P., & Lubinski, D. (Eds.). (1996). ''Intellectual talent: Psychometric and social issues.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. * Benbow, C. P., & Stanley, J. C. (Eds.). (1983). ''Academic precocity: Aspects of its development.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Selected articles

References

External links

Camilla Benbow's Background and Experience
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