Susan G. Assouline, Ph.D.

Author of:

• Iowa Acceleration Scale, 3rd Edition
• Iowa Acceleration Scale, 2nd Edition

Susan Assouline, Ph.D., is Associate Director of The Connie Belin & Jacqueline N. Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) program at Johns Hopkins University, where she worked with Dr. Ann Lupkowski-Shoplik. Drs. Assouline and Lupkowski-Shoplik co-authored the book Developing Math Talent: A Guide for Educating Gifted and Advanced Learners in Math. In 2004, Dr. Assouline co-authored with Drs. Nicholas Colangelo and Miraca Gross the two-volume publication A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America’s Brightest Students.

Dr. Assouline is a former science teacher and school psychologist and holds an appointment as a professor in School Psychology at the University of Iowa. Since the inception of the IAS-3, she has consulted with hundreds of educators concerning the acceleration of their students. In 2005, she received the University of Iowa Board of Regents Staff Excellence Award.