How Do Smart Students Get That Way? – A Conversation with Amanda Ripley

Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist for Time Magazine and The Atlantic. An Emerson Fellow at the New America Foundation and graduate of Cornell University, her work has appeared in Slate, the Wall Street Journal, and the Times of London. In addition to her writing, Mrs. Ripley has appeared on ABC, NBC, CNN, FOX News and NPR. She has spoken at the Pentagon, the Senate, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, as well as conferences on leadership, public policy and education. Her latest work is a New York Times bestseller entitled, “The Smartest Kids in the World--and How They Got That Way” published by Simon & Schuster.