Education
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University (double major, psychology and Japanese Studies, magna cum laude) and his Doctor of Philosophy in cognitive and developmental psychology from Rutgers University.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Yale University (double major, psychology and Japanese Studies, magna cum laude) and his Doctor of Philosophy in cognitive and developmental psychology from Rutgers University.
His primary research focus is the domain specificity of creativity, which argues that creativity is not a general set of skills but rather that creative-thinking skills vary by domain, making creativity in one domain not predictive of creativity in other domains. He developed the Amusement Park Theory of creativity (with James C Kaufman)
He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and he has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the Educational Testing Service, the National Center for Educational Statistics, the Carnegie Foundation, and Yale, Rutgers, and Rider Universities. He serves on the editorial boards of the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
The Journal of Creative Behavior.
And the International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving.
