Nominated By: Norma Fisher-Doiron
Joseph Renzulli and Sally Reis, a husband and wife team, are internationally known for their work to extend enrichment and differentiated teaching and instruction to all students. Dr. Joseph Renzulli, Director of the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Connecticut, holds the Lynn and Ray Neag Chair in Educational Psychology where he has been a professor for over 40 years. He is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor at the University of Connecticut, an award given to only three professors a year from across the University and the medical, law, and dental schools. Sally M. Reis is also a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and serves as a Principal Investigator for the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented as well as a professor in Educational Psychology. Both Renzulli and Reis began their careers as public school teachers.