Patterns and Profiles of Promising Learners From Poverty provides a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the education and inclusion of promising students from poverty in gifted and talented programs.

Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Smith Professor Emerita at William & Mary, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She has published widely, including 30 books and more than 700 refereed journal articles, book chapters, and scholarly reports.