Linda Kreger Silverman, PhD, is the Director of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development (ISAD) and its subsidiary, the Gifted Development Center, in Denver, CO. Since 1994, she has served as a visiting professor or adjunct faculty member in psychology and/or education at the University of New South Wales (Australia), Iowa State University, Whitworth University (Spokane, WA), University of Melbourne (Australia), and Carlow College (Pittsburgh, PA.)