Background
Rena Subotnik was born on March 10, 1948 in New York, United States, in the family of Louis and Emma (Bouskela) Subotnik.
Rena Subotnik was born on March 10, 1948 in New York, United States, in the family of Louis and Emma (Bouskela) Subotnik.
In 1969 Rena received Bachelor of Arts at City College of the City University of New York. Then she earned Master of Arts at Columbia University in 1974, and then got Doctor of Philosophy at University of Washington in 1984.
Dr. Subotnik began Rena's position as director of the Center for Psychology in the Schools and Education at American Psychological Association in January 2002. Before she came to APA, she was a professor of education at Hunter College, where she coordinated the secondary education program and served as research and curriculum liaison to the Hunter College laboratory schools. In 1997-1998, Subotnik was an APA congressional fellow in child policy.
Rena is co-author of "Rethinking Giftedness and Gifted Education: A Proposed Direction Forward Based on Psychological Science", “The Talent Gap”, and "Malleable Minds: Translating Insights from Psychology and Neuroscience to Gifted Education." She is also author of "Genius Revisited: High IQ Children Grown Up" and "A Guide to Incorporating Multiple Methods in Randomized Controlled Trials to Assess Intervention Effects."