Focusing on the Future: An Interview With Leonie Kronborg

Dr. Leonie Kronborg is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology and Inclusive Education in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia. Leonie has initiated and developed gifted education courses and taught gifted education/talent development units of study at the postgraduate and preservice levels for 25 years. Leonie is Vice President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children, Editor-in Chief of Gifted and Talented International and on the Editorial Boards of Gifted Child Quarterly, Journal for Education of the Gifted, Journal for Advanced Academics, Gifted Education International, and Australasian Journal of Gifted Education. She is a past president of the Australian Association for the Education of Gifted Children, and the Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children (VAGTC). She is currently president of the Association for the Education of Gifted and Talented Children in Victoria (AGATEVic). Leonie was awarded Life membership of the VAGTC in 2006, an NAGC (USA) Doctoral Student Award for a superior degree of scholarship in 2009, the Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2012, the Monash University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2013, and the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children’s Distinguished Service Award in 2021. She has many articles and chapters on giftedness and gender, eminence and talent development, teacher education and professional learning in gifted education publications. https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/leonie-kronborg /publications/ Henshon: What led you to the field of gifted education?