<strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Intellectual</strong> <strong>Styles</strong> Preferences in Cognition, Learning, and Thinking
Li-fang Zhang, PhD, is Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor in the Faculty <strong>of</strong> Education at The University <strong>of</strong> Hong Kong, where she served as Associate Dean between 2007 and 2010. She is the author <strong>of</strong> over 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and books. Two <strong>of</strong> her recent books (with Dr. Robert J. Sternberg) are The Nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>Intellectual</strong> <strong>Styles</strong> and Perspectives on the Nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>Intellectual</strong> <strong>Styles</strong>. She serves on the editorial boards <strong>of</strong> Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology Review, and Journal <strong>of</strong> Cognitive Education and Psychology. Her main areas <strong>of</strong> research include intellectual styles, giftedness, personality, and student development in higher education. Robert J. Sternberg, PhD, is Provost and Senior Vice President as well as Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Psychology at Oklahoma State University. His PhD is from Stanford and he holds 11 honorary doctorates. Dr. Sternberg is the author <strong>of</strong> roughly 1,250 publications and has won two dozen awards. He is President-Elect <strong>of</strong> the Federation <strong>of</strong> Associations <strong>of</strong> Brain and Behavioral Sciences, President <strong>of</strong> the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, and a former President <strong>of</strong> the American Psychological Association. His main areas <strong>of</strong> interest are in intelligence, creativity, wisdom, intellectual styles, and leadership. Stephen Rayner, PhD, is Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the field <strong>of</strong> individual differences, educational leadership, and the management <strong>of</strong> inclusive education. His recent research includes the study <strong>of</strong> knowledge production in cognitive style research; examination <strong>of</strong> the construction and use <strong>of</strong> online personalized pedagogies; evaluation <strong>of</strong> doctoral pedagogies, learning, and curricula; and investigation <strong>of</strong> academic leadership in the role <strong>of</strong> the pr<strong>of</strong>essoriate in the “UK University.” He formerly taught in secondary and special education before moving to the University <strong>of</strong> Birmingham, where he worked more recently as the Director for Postgraduate Research Studies.