Del Siegle is the Lynn and Ray Neag Endowed Chair for Talent Development at the University of Connecticut, where he directed the National Center for Research on Gifted Education for 11 years. He is a past-president of NAGC and recipient of their 2021 Founder’s Memorial, 2018 Distinguished Scholar, and 2011 Distinguished Service Award. He has been co-editor of the Journal of Advanced Academics and Gifted Child Quarterly. Dr. Siegle’s research interests include motivation of gifted students and bias in the identification of students for gifted programs. He is co-author with Sylvia Rimm and Gary Davis of the popular textbook, “Education of the Gifted and Talented.” Prior to becoming director of the Renzulli Center, he was the Neag School of Education= associate dean for research and faculty development and Department Head of Educational Psychology. He has been a PI on $16 million in grants. Prior to earning his Ph.D., he was a gifted education teacher in Montana.