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In Search of Excellence: An Interview With Linda Brody

Dr. Linda Brody directs the Study of Exceptional Talent (SET) and the Diagnostic and Counseling Center (DCC) at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). SET offers academic advising and counseling to exceptionally advanced students identified through talent searches and studies their progress over time, while the DCC provides psycho-educational assessments and counseling to students who seek these services, with an emphasis on addressing the needs of twiceexceptional students. Linda’s research focuses on evaluating strategies that facilitate talent development, especially acceleration, and on studying special populations of gifted students, including the highly gifted, gifted females, and twice exceptional students. She has edited several books and published numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. Having earned her doctorate from Johns Hopkins, she taught graduate courses in gifted education there for many years. Linda presents regularly at conferences, is a reviewer for journals in the field, and serves on several advisory boards including the Maryland State Advisory Council on Gifted and Talented Education. She was awarded NAGC’s Distinguished Service award in 2015 and was inducted into the Bridges 2e Hall of Fame for her work on behalf of twice-exceptional students in 2017.