Rhoda Rosen oversees Northwestern University’s Midwest Academic Talent Search (NUMATS) program, CTD’s Weekend Enrichment Programs, Creative Studies, CTD’s parent outreach initiatives and outreach for the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Young Scholars and College Scholarship Program. Rosen also chairs the CTD-wide Diversity Committee, tasked to find ways to increase diversity within CTD classrooms and to provide a thriving, welcoming classroom environment for our diverse student population.  Rosen has worked as a university professor and a leader in the museum world. She received a BA and MA from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Rosen draws on her background in the arts to help ensure that arts integration and the fostering of critical thinking skills are a central component of the unique interdisciplinary offerings of CTD’s weekend programs; and to contribute research to the field of Creativity. She continues to teach at the college level.