An Interview with June Maker

Dr C. June Maker, who is a professor emerita in the Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies at the University of Arizona, is on the editorial board for the Gifted Child Quarterly, Gifted Education International, Gifted and Talented International, and an editorial board member for other international journals. In 2015, she received the International Research Award from the World Council for Gifted and Talented Students and a Doctor of Letters Degree from Western Kentucky University. Her research is on performance-based assessments and creativity development. She is a frequent keynote speaker, and has made numerous recent contributions to the Australasian Journal of Gifted Education (Bahar et al., 2021; Maker and Pease, 2021; Maker et al., 2021; Maker et al., 2022; Maker and Bahar, 2024; Wu et al., 2021).