Kerr, Barbara A.

Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., is the Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. Educated at the University of Missouri and Ohio State University, she has served on faculties of the Universities of Nebraska and Iowa and Arizona State University. Her research is on the development of giftedness and creativity. She has written five books in this area, including: Smart Girls (1985, 1997); Smart Boys (2001); A Handbook for Counseling Gifted & Talented (1991, 2003); and Counseling Girls & Women: Volume 1, Talent, Risk & Resiliency and Volume 2, Talent Deve...