Todd Kettler, PhD

Dr. Todd Kettler is executive director of the Baylor Center for Talent Identification Programs (Baylor TIP) and associate professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. He teaches courses in gifted and talented education, creativity, and individual differences, and he coordinates the Gifted and Talented specialization for the Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology.

Dr. Kettler studies the science of exceptional performance, specifically how and why high academic potential develops from competence, to mastery, to expertise, and eventually to exceptional performance and creative contributions in one or more academic domains. Dr. Kettler recently published the Handbook of Secondary Gifted Education (3^rd ed., 2026) and the Oxford Handbook of Creativity and Education (2025). His creativity textbook, Developing Creativity in the Classroom (2^nd ed.) will be published in 2027. 

Dr. Kettler has served on the Texas Commissioner of Education’s Advisory Council for Gifted Education, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Council for International Studies and the DeBusk Foundation to support high-ability students' access to outstanding educational opportunities. He is the editor of the international Journal for Gifted Education and Creativity. Dr. Kettler was recently recognized by Standford University for being in the top 2% most cited scholars in the social sciences.