James C. Kaufman

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. These include the recently published The Creativity Advantage (Cambridge) and the forthcoming Lessons in Creativity from Musical Theatre Characters (with Dana P. Rowe; Routledge), as well as the Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (with Robert J. Sternberg), Creativity 101 (Springer), a book on terrible baseball pitchers with his father, and a book on pseudoscience with his wife. James has developed many theories, most notably the Four C’s (with Ron Beghetto). He has developed several self-report measures of creativity and is currently focusing on positive outcomes of creativity. James has won many awards, including Mensa’s research award, the Torrance Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children’s International Creativity Award, and APA’s Berlyne, Arnheim, and Farnsworth awards. He co-founded two major journals, Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts and Psychology of Popular Media Culture and is the current Senior Associate Editor for Creativity Research Journal. He has tested Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s creativity on CNN; written the book and lyrics to the musical Discovering Magenta (which played NYC and has a cast album); and appeared onscreen, complete with white lab coat, in the comic book documentary Independents. James lives with his wife, Allison, his sons Jacob and Asher, and a menagerie currently containing two dogs, an African Grey Parrot, five rats, and an axolotl.