Edward García Fierros is associate professor in the Department of Education and Human Services at Villanova University. Fierros completed his doctoral degree at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. He specializes in large-scale data analyses. His major research interests are in the placement of minority students with learning disabilities, Native American education, and the theory of multiple intelligences. Fierros has written numerous journal articles and is co-author of Kornhaber, Fierros, and Veenema. (2004). Multiple Intelligences: Best Ideas from Research and Practice. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.