Michelle MuratoriMichelle Muratori is a senior counselor and researcher at the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, where she works with highly gifted middle school and high school students who participate in the Study of Excetional Talent and their families. After earning her MA in counseling psychology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Michelle received her PhD in counselor education from the University of Iowa. Her graduate research on the academic, social, and emotional adjustment of young college entrants earned her recognition from the Iowa Talented and Gifted Association, the National Association for Gifted Children, and the Mensa Education and Research Foundation and Mensa International, Ltd. At the University of Iowa, Michelle also earned the Howard R. Jones Achievement Award, the Albert Hood Promising Scholar Award, and the First in the Nation in Education (FINE) Scholar Award. Since 2005, Michelle has been a faculty associate in the Johns Hopkins School of Education (in the Counseling and Human Development area) and teaches courses in theories of counseling, group counseling, couple and family therapy, and diversity and social justice in counseling. In 2014, she was honored with the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award. Michelle regularly presents at national conferences in counseling and gifted education and is a member of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), the Maryland Association for Counseling and Development (MACD), and the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC). Read More Read Less