Episode 14: Creativity…Finding the Balance

Psychology Life Lessons is a podcast where we listen in on conversations with psychology experts and try to extract life lessons, and maybe a little wisdom.

Drs. Dan Lannin and James C. Kaufman

In this episode, Dr. Dan Lannin has a conversation with Dr. James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., about creativity and how it can affect our personal and professional lives. James is one of the world experts on creativity, and it is fascinating to learn from him about how creativity is conceptualized, the ways it can manifest, and the meaning it often provides.

If this topic interests you, please follow up and read more of Dr. James Kaufman’s work. You won’t be disappointed.

About Dr. James C. Kaufman:

Dr. James C. Kaufman is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut. He has written or edited more than 50 books including two books coming out in 2023: The Creativity Advantage (Cambridge) and Lessons in creativity from musical theatre characters (Routledge; with award-winning composer Dana P. Rowe. Kaufman has won awards from Mensa, the American Psychological Association, the National Association for Gifted Children, and many others. He has edited books on pseudoscience and animal cognition with his wife, Allison, tested Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s creativity on CNN, written a book on bad baseball pitchers with his father, and written a musical, Discovering Magenta, which premiered in NYC a few years ago.

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