Sally Beisser, Ph.D., is the Ellis and Nelle Distinguished Professor of Education at Drake University in teacher education, doctoral qualitative research methods, and service-learning on campus, in Belize, and South Africa. Recently she conducted pedagogy workshops at University of Gjokova and University of Prizren in Kosovo. She has presented at the Oxford Round Table in the UK on gifted education and studied gifted programs in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia.

She will be a keynote speaker on Identifying the Young Gifted Child: Dynamic Assessment through Observation at the October 13-15 Iowa Talented and Gifted (ITAG) conference.

Sally been an elementary school teacher of gifted children for 15 years and taught gifted education in higher education for 20 years. She has published in Gifted Child Quarterly, Gifted Child Today, co-chaired the NAGC Parent and Community Committee, presented numerous times at the Iowa Talented and Gifted (ITAG) and the national NAGC gifted conferences, and serves on the NAGC Teaching for High Potential Advisory Board. She has received the ITAG Distinguished Service Award. Since 2007 Dr. Beisser has directed the Drake University Online Talented and Gifted Endorsement (pK-12 TAG) program, having served students from 29 states and 8 countries.