College of Education

Anne N. Rinn, Ph.D., is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of North Texas, where she also serves as Director of the Office for Giftedness, Talent Development, and Creativity. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Houston and a doctorate in educational psychology from Indiana University. She has authored around 75 publications related to the social and emotional development of gifted and talented individuals and the psychosocial skills necessary for the development of talent. She recently published a textbook, Social, Emotional, and Psychosocial Development of Gifted and Talented Individuals (Rinn, 2020). She is an active member of the National Association for Gifted Children and the American Educational Research Association, holding leadership positions in both organizations, and the co-editor of the Journal of Advanced Academics.