Mehdi Ghahremani (PhD) is an Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at the Department of Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations (CHEF), Mississippi State University, where he teaches and studies human development to promote the understanding of differences of people. He received his PhD in Educational Studies with a focus on Gifted, Creative, and Talented Studies from Purdue University. He is a mixed-method researcher certified in quantitative and qualitative inquiry. His research interests center around STEM-talent development; psychology of higher-order thinking (HoT) skills such as critical thinking, creativity, design thinking, and wisdom; and dispositions/habits of mind associated with these effective and productive modes of cognitive skills from an educational perspective.