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Keith Sawyer

Associate Professor of Education and Associate Professor of Psychology


Research Interests:

Psychology of Creativity, Team Processes of Collaborative Groups, Collaboration and Learning, and Organizational Innovation


Selected Publications:

  • "Thinking Skills and Creativity", Educating for Innovation, Issue 1, 41-48, 2010
  • "Creative Teaching: Improvisation in the Constructivist Classroom", Educational Researcher, Issue 33, 12-20, 2010

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Academic/Professional Activities:

  • Editor, Associate Editor, Explaining the Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation,"New York: Oxford University Press 2006
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Explaining the Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation,"New York: Oxford University Press 2010
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences New York: Cambridge University Press 2006
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences New York: Cambridge University Press 2010


Personal Interests:

Professor Sawyer's research has been featured on CNN and Fox News and in Time magazine and other media.
Keith  Sawyer

Keith Sawyer, a professor of psychology and education at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of the country's leading scientific experts on creativity. He combines this scientific expertise with a strong hands-on background in real-world creativity.

Email: KSAWYER@WUSTL.EDU
Phone: (314) 935-8724

BS , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MA , University of Chicago
PhD , University of Chicago