Importing Conceptual Gemstones from Diverse Fields: An Interview with Interdisciplinary Scholar Don Ambrose

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Don Ambrose, Ph.D., is professor of graduate education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA, and editor of the Roeper Review. He has initiated and led numerous interdisciplinary scholarly projects involving eminent researchers and theorists from various fields including gifted education, general education, creativity studies, cognitive science, ethical philosophy, psychology, political science, economics, law, history, sociology, theoretical physics, and critical thinking. Examples of topics addressed by the many books he has published include interdisciplinary explorations of creative intelligence; the moral-ethical dimensions of giftedness; 21st-century globalization and its effects on creative intelligence; innovative, holistic education for the gifted; and applications of complexity theory to high ability. Don serves on the editorial boards of many major journals in creative intelligence fields, and for several book series. He has won many international, national, regional, and institutional awards including the National Association for Gifted Children NAGC distinguished scholar award, the outstanding book chapter award from the American Creativity Association, and the ICIE creativity award. Books just published and currently under construction include Conceptions of Giftedness and Talent (with Robert J. Sternberg), a volume on Transformational Giftedness (with Robert J. Sternberg and Sareh Karami), and an exploration of Creative Constraints (with Catrinel Tromp and Robert J. Sternberg). Other books in development describe new creative and critical thinking strategies Don invented based on constructs from various academic disciplines. He has done invited keynote presentations throughout the world.