Barbara A. Kerr, Ph.D.
Author of:
- Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning (Arizona Book Award Winner)
- Smart Girls: A New Psychology of Girls, Women, and Giftedness
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., is the Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Missouri and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Ohio State University.
Dr. Kerr is the author of four books: A Handbook for Counseling Gifted and Talented; Smart Girls; Smart Boys; and Letters to the Medicine Man: The Shaping of Spiritual Intelligence. She has written more than 100 articles and papers on the topic of guiding and nurturing talent. Her research ranges from case studies of inventors, artists, writers, and architects to large-scale studies of students who attained the highest scores on the ACT college admissions test.
Dr. Kerr is Project Director for the National Science Foundation gender equity program and director of a nonprofit retreat and professional development center called Cascabel. Previously, she was Associate Director of the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education at the University of Iowa, and she established a guidance center for gifted youth at the University of Nebraska.
