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Poster 26: Programs for Career Development: Gifted Students Need More

Thursday, November 13, 2025
5:15 PM - 6:30 PM ET
Location: Convention Center, Exhibit Hall B
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
  • MK

    Mihyeon Kim

    Director, Precollegiate Learner Programs
    College of William and Mary
    Yorktown, Virginia, United States

  • Jennifer Riedl Cross

    Research Professor
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

  • TC

    Tracy L. Cross

    Dean, College of Education & Human Development
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

  • Anyesha Mishra (she/her/hers)

    Founder & CEO
    Nurturarc LLC
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Short Description: Preparing for a career needs to begin early. We learned from more than 3,000 gifted adults that many did not have the career development support they needed, with negative life outcomes. Their needs could have been met with programs like the ones we will introduce you to in this session. These university-based programs can easily be adapted to K-12 settings.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will understand the impact of inadequate career development for gifted individuals.
  • Attendees will recognize the components of programs designed to support gifted students’ career development.
  • Attendees will be able to adapt or create programs in K-12 schools to support gifted students’ career development.