University of North Texas 
Anne Rinn
Faculty, Educational Psychology
Department Chair of Educational Psychology
Matthews Hall 316-B
Anne N. Rinn, Ph.D. is Chair of the Department of Educational Psychology and Professor
of Educational Psychology and Gifted Education. She has an undergraduate degree in
Psychology from the University of Houston and a doctorate in Educational Psychology
from Indiana University. Her research is related to the social and emotional experiences
of gifted individuals and the psychosocial skills necessary for the development of
academic talent. She has published around 100 journal articles and book chapters,
as well as two textbooks: Social, Emotional, and Psychosocial Development of Gifted and Talented Individuals (Rinn, 2020) and From Giftedness to Gifted Education: Reflecting Theory in Practice (Plucker et al., 2017). She was co-editor of the Journal of Advanced Academics from 2017-2022.
