SUSAN ROSTAN

Susan M. Rostan is a visual artist and has an MFA from Long Island University, where she studied with acclaimed abstract painter Stan Brodsky.  Her doctorate is from Columbia University where she studied gifted education with Abraham Tannenbaum and James Borland. Dr. Rostan has directed her own art school since 1970 and has served as an adjunct professor in Hofstra University’s School of Education.  For the past 14 years, she has conducted meticulous research in children’s artistic development, publishing well-received articles in The Journal of Creative Behavior and Creativity Research Journal as well as chapters in several books on creativity. These interwoven experiences give Dr. Rostan a unique perspective for witnessing, exploring, documenting, and writing insightfully about the real-world concerns and needs of children engaged in artistic development. This work focuses on gifted and talented children.  Dr. Rostan is herself a lifelong artist whose abstract paintings have been shown in many Long Island galleries, and are prized among local collections.