Professor · Educational Psychology · Literacy, Metacognition, SRL
His field is educational psychology (learning and cognitive theory), with research centered on learning and cognition, thinking, and learning strategies. He received his B.A. and M.A. from the Department of Education at Seoul National University, and his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota.
Professor · Educational Psychology · Creativity, Talent Development, Gifted Education
Seon-Young Lee, Ph.D. is Professor of the Department of Education at Seoul National University (SNU) in Seoul, South Korea. Before joining SNU, she was a faculty member of the Department of Education at Yonsei University, a research assistant professor of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University, and a postdoctoral researcher at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development. She was also the past president of the Korean Society for Creativity Education. Previously, Seon-Young was an associate editor of Gifted Child Quarterly, a flagship journal in the field of gifted education in affiliation with National Association for Gifted Children in the U.S., and the Journal of Advanced Academics published by SAGE, and an editor of Journal of Creativity Education. Currently, she is the editor of Asian Journal of Education and on the editorial board of several international journals including Gifted Child Quarterly, High Ability Studies, and the Journal for the Education of the Gifted. Seon-Young has published 130+ research articles, books, and book chapters about gifted and creative education with foci on talent development, creativity, and specialized programs for gifted and talented students. Her research interests encompass creative education, psychosocial and leadership development, career development, and talent dissemination. She received the Gifted Child Quarterly Paper of the Year Award for 2011 and was a keynote speaker at the 22nd Biennial World Council for Gifted and Talented Children held in Sydney, Australia. She and her research team developed the Global Talent Identification Measure (i+3C) that consists of the subscales of intelligence, creativity, character, and communication skills.