David Lubinski

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David J. Lubinski is an American psychology professor known for his work in applied research, psychometrics, and individual differences.

He earned his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1981 and 1987 respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1987-1990 with Lloyd G. Humphreys. He taught at Iowa State University from 1990-1998 and took a position at Vanderbilt University in 1998, where he currently co-directs the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), a longitudinal study of intellectual talent, with Camilla Benbow.

In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on "Mainstream Science on Intelligence," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in the Wall Street Journal, which defended the findings on race and intelligence in The Bell Curve. ^[1]

In 1996 he won the American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (Applied Research/Psychometrics). More recently (2006) he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). In addition to this, his work has earned more than several Mensa Awards for Research Excellence. He is an APA Division 1 Fellow. He has edited a book with his wife, and another with Rene V. Dawis, and has published over 50 refereed journal articles.

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Lubinski, D., & Benbow, C. P. (2006). Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) after 35 years: Uncovering antecedents for the development of math-science expertise. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1, 316-343.
Lubinski, D., Benbow, C. P., Webb, R. M., & Bleske-Rechek, A. (2006). Tracking exceptional human capital over two decades. Psychological Science, 17, 194-199.
Benbow CP, Lubinski DJ (Eds.) (1996). Intellectual talent: Psychometric and social issues. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5302-8
Lubinski DJ, Dawis RV (Eds.) (1995). Assessing individual differences in human behavior: methods, concepts, and findings. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. ISBN 0-89106-072-3