Joy M. Scott-Carrol

Joy M. Scott-Carrol, is a corporate executive officer, professor and mentor at the International Gifted Education Teacher-Development Network (IGET-Network, LLC, founded in South Africa, 2006) and formerly visiting scholar and professor in the School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand, Gauteng, South Africa.

Joy Scott-Carrol graduated from Chicago Public Schools; Creighton University-Omaha (B.S., Psychology-1976); University of Wisconsin-Platteville (M.S.Ed., Counseling Education-1980); Loyola University-Chicago (Ph.D.), Higher Education Administration/Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, with a concentration in Educational Research/Gifted Education (1996).

Joy's book, Running the Long Race in Gifted Education: Narratives and Interviews from Culturally Diverse Gifted Adults (BPN, IGet-Network Press, 2016), was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional.

Career Teaching Dr. Scott-Carrol (retired and visiting professor) has taught graduate level courses covering the historical, philosophical and practical aspects of identifying and servicing culturally diverse gifted learners, at Wits School of Education - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. While working under the direction and tutelage of Dr. Paula Olszewski-Kubilius at the Center for Talent Development Northwestern University, Joy successfully implemented and managed the center's grant funded NU-Horizons Counseling Program for Economically Disadvantaged College-Bound Gifted Students.

Awards and honors Latest---2017 48th NAACP Image Awards Nomination for Outstanding Literary Work – Instructional