Discovering Creative Solutions to Complex Problems
A complex and fast-changing world demands new, creative approaches to everything from corporate strategies to household chores. A Specialization in Creativity Studies allows you to tap into one of the most important movements in business, education, and the arts: the recognition that we live in an innovation-driven economy.
While creativity is increasingly recognized as a vital part of both a healthy psyche and a thriving economy, there is still much about creativity that we do not understand. In this program, you will look at where creativity comes from, what encourages it, and how it can be applied to practical, everyday circumstances.
Creativity Studies has direct applications in a variety of areas including the arts, aging, business and government, education, health, peace and conflict resolution, and psychology. It most certainly can have applications in your career.
The MA Specialization in Creativity Studies begins by looking at human potential in terms of its broadest and most expansive capacities. Saybrook’s tradition of humanistic studies includes its association with Rollo May, who wrote the classic The Courage to Create. A strong system of thought in humanistic psychology also suggests that people must express themselves creatively to be fully happy and realized, and that creative activities have therapeutic power.
Those who pursue the PhD in Psychology with a Specialization in Creativity Studies will focus on finding compelling answers to the questions creativity raises, and make a meaningful contribution to the field. You will:
• Investigate environments that support and discourage creativity.
• Explore how people find new ways of processing information to find innovative solutions.
• Discover new frameworks for the familiar.
By the conclusion of your studies, you will be developing your own questions and researching answers that will affect the way creativity is understood and applied in the world.
Creativity Studies Faculty:
Members of the Creativity Studies Specialization faculty are internationally recognized leaders in creativity research. Under the one-to-one tutelage of some of the leading researchers in the field, students will focus on academic, personal, and professional growth through research, conferences, and hands-on activities that bring issues in both creativity and psychology into focus. Our core faculty include:
Steven Pritzker, Ph.D. (Director)
Carol Barrett, Ph.D.
Joanne Brunn, Ph.D.
Kate Donohue, Ph.D.
Ruth Richards, Ph.D., M.D.
Mark Runco, Ph.D. (Distinguished Consulting Faculty)
Sandra Russ, Ph.D. (Distinguished Consulting Faculty)
Dean Simonton, Ph.D. (Distinguished Consulting Faculty)
Tobi Zausner, Ph.D.
To find out whether Creativity Studies is the right Specialization for you, please email admissions@saybrook.edu or call 800.825.4480.
