Opportunities for Graduate Study

Graduate Programs

Interested in pursuing graduate training in the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts? Here’s an incomplete and ever-growing list of scholars (arranged geographically) who work at programs that train graduate students.

Prospective students should contact the researchers directly to see if they are admitting students for the coming year.

USA

Arizona

• Ronald Beghetto, Arizona State University

Arkansas

• Jay Greene, University of Arkansas
• Darya Zabelina, University of Arkansas

California

• Robert Bilder, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior
• Terri Goslin-Jones, Saybrook University
• Greg Feist, San Jose State University
• Steven Pritzker, Saybrook University
• Ruth Richards, Saybrook University
• Ilene Serlin, California Institute of Integral Studies
• Paula Thompson, Department of Kinesiology, California State University, Northridge

Connecticut

• James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut

Colorado

• Sue Hyeon Paek, University of Northern Colorado (MA and PhD programs)

Florida

• Haiying Long, School of Education and Human Development, Florida International University

Georgia

• Anna Abraham, Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, University of Georgia

Kansas

• Barbara Kerr, University of Kansas

Maryland

• Joel Chan, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
• Susannah Paletz, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
• Jonathan Plucker, Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts

• Marie Forgeard, William James College (Clinical PsyD program)

Nebraska

• Roni Reiter-Palmon, I-O Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha (PhD program)

New Jersey

• Pablo Tinio, Montclair State University, Graduate Certificate in Gifted and Talented Education

New York

• Orin Davis, SUNY Buffalo State College, MS program in Creativity and Change Leadership
• Jennifer Drake, Brooklyn College, CUNY
• Aaron Kozbelt, Brooklyn College, CUNY
• Nils Myszkowski, Pace University (MA, PsyD, MSEd, & PhD programs)
• Weihua Ni, Pace University (MA, PsyD, MSEd, & PhD programs)

North Carolina

• Dale Cohen, University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Paul Silvia, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (MA & PhD programs)

Ohio

• Sandra Russ, Case Western Reserve University

Pennsylvania

• Roger Beaty, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
• Anjan Chatterjee, Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania
• Lila Chrysikou, Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Drexel University
• Jennifer Katz-Buonincontro, Drexel University (MA & PhD programs)
• John Kounios, Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Drexel University
• Larry Keiser, Freddie Reisman Center for Translational Research in Creativity and Motivation, Drexel University
• Drexel University, PhD in Education in STEM Education or Leadership, Creativity & Innovation Concentration
• Drexel University, Creativity & Innovation Programs (MS Degree and Graduate Certificate Programs)
  • Larry Keiser (Program Director)
• Drexel University, Graduate Minor in Interdisciplinary Team-Oriented Creativity
  • Fraser Fleming (Lead Contact)
  • Paul Gondek, Jen Katz-Buonincontro, Dan King, Dee Nicholas (Affiliated Faculty)

Texas

• Selcuk Acar, Department of Educational Psychology, University of North Texas
• Russell Eisenman, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Virginia

• Thalia Goldstein, George Mason University
• Alexander McKay, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University

International Scholars

Austria

• Mathias Benedek, University of Graz
• Andreas Fink, University of Graz
• Helmut Leder, Empirical Visual Aesthetics (EVA) Lab, University of Vienna

Belgium

• Baptiste Barbot, Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain)

Canada

• Liane Gabora, University of British Columbia
• Jessica Strong, University of Prince Edward Island

Germany

• Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Frankfurt am Main
  • Edward Vessel, Fredrik Ullén, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann
  • does not itself grant PhDs but individual arrangements are made with neighboring institutions

Israel

• Yoed Kenett, Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
• Hod Orkibi, School of Creative Arts Therapies, University of Haifa, Israel

New Zealand

• Jeffrey Smith, University of Otago
• Lisa Smith, University of Otago

Switzerland

• Vlad Glaveanu, Webster Center for Creativity and Innovation, Webster University, Geneva

UK

• Rebecca Chamberlain, Goldsmiths, University of London (MSc, Psychology of the Arts, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity)
• Helen Clegg, University of Buckingham (MSc, Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise; PhD options available)
• Genevieve Cseh, Buckinghamshire New University
• Philip Fine, University of Buckingham (MSc, Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise; PhD options available)
• Kathryn Friedlander, University of Buckingham (MSc, Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise; PhD options available)
• Gillian Hill, University of Buckingham (MSc, Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise; PhD options available)
• Karl Jeffries, University of Central Lancashire (MA by research, MPhil or PhD options available for creativity studies)
• Guido Orgs, Goldsmiths, University of London (MSc, Psychology of the Arts, Neuroaesthetics and Creativity)
• Wendy Ross, London Metropolitan University
• Paul Sowden, Department of Psychology, University of Winchester (PhD)
• University of Buckingham (MSc, Psychology of Creativity and Performance Expertise; PhD options available)