Dr. Karen Arnstein is a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Educational Studies at Purdue University. She is part of a Javits-grant-funded team examining positive psychology's effects on identifying underserved gifted students. Her previous research examined the developmental transitions of twice-exceptional students. Prior to this, Karen worked as an assistant professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Houston-Downtown. She earned her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction for the Gifted from the University of Denver.