Bio

Jennifer H. Robins, Ph.D., is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Baylor University. She received her doctorate in educational psychology with an emphasis in gifted education from Baylor University. Previously, she taught gifted elementary students in Waco ISD; worked as senior editor at Prufrock Press, focusing on the development of scholarly materials; and was the Director of Publications and Professional Development at the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. From 2018–2023, she was the Director of the Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at Baylor.

Her textbook, Introduction to Gifted Education, which was coedited with Dr. Julia Roberts and Dr. Tracy Ford Inman, won the 2018 Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented Legacy Book Award in the scholar category. She has served as secretary, treasurer, and vice-president of The Association for the Gifted, Council for Exceptional Children, and has been actively involved with the National Association for Gifted Children, the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented, and the Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent (RoGCT) AERA SIG, serving on a number of committees and in positions as an elected or appointed member. She is currently the past program chair for the RoGCT SIG.

She is coeditor, with Dr. Jennifer L. Jolly, of the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. Her areas of interest include the history of gifted education and underrepresented populations.