American Creativity Association
2007 International Conference

Conference Presentations and Presenters
2007 ACA International Conference
March 21 - 23, 2007 with pre-Conference Institutes - March 20, 2007
in Austin, Texas

Unpacking Creativity Research

Tara Grey Coste
Associate Professor of Leadership and Organizational Studies
University of Southern Maine
8 School St.
Standish, ME 04084 USA
207/642-6864
207/753-6555 Fax
tgcoste@adelphia.net

Dr. Tara Grey Coste is a leadership and organizational studies professor at the University of Southern Maine.  Her work focuses on refining the training processes that enhance team creativity and on teaching business professionals techniques to enhance leadership abilities.  She has published numerous articles and presented her work at venues around the world.  She is a Colleague of the Creative Education Foundation, Leader at the Creative Problem Solving Institute, Visiting Scholar at the Centre for Entrepreneurship of the University of Greenwich, Co-Founder of the International Forum of Creativity Organizations, and Past-President and Director of Research of the American Creativity Association.

Mary C. Murdock
Associate Professor
International Center for Studies in Creativity
244 Chase Hall
Buffalo State College
Buffalo NY 14222
(716)-878-6223 (P); (716)-878-4040 (F)
www.buffalostate.edu/centers/creativity                                                

Dr. Mary C. Murdock is an Associate Professor and graduate faculty member at the International Center for Studies in Creativity, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.  She has been a guest lecturer on qualitative research in the Cognitive Psychology Unit of the University of Bergen and has taught Creative Problem Solving courses at international schools in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Tanzania, China, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Mary is an Advisory Board member of the American Creativity Association (ACA) and founder of the Buffalo-Niagara ACA chapter, a Colleague of the Creative Education Foundation, past editor of Celebrate Creativity, the National Association for Gifted Children’s Creativity Division newsletter and a Scenario Evaluator in the Future Problem Solving Program.

Her publications include three texts: Creative Problem Solving and Role Playing, co-authored with E. Paul Torrance; Creativity Assessment: Readings and Resources with Gerard Puccio; and Creative Leadership: Skills that Drive Change with Gerard Puccio and Marie Mance.  She is also co-editor of Understanding and Recognizing Creativity: The Emergence of a Discipline and Nurturing and Developing Creativity: The Emergence of a Discipline. 

Mary holds a BA in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an M.Ed. in Gifted Education and a doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia

 

Unpacking Creativity Research

This workshop is specifically tailored for graduate students and others working on proposed or in progress creativity research.  We will discuss how to identify gaps in thinking & planning, determine appropriate methodologies, and access a variety of research resources. Join us for on-the-spot feedback and collegial interaction about your work.

At the end of this session, participants will be familiarized with the process of:

  • finding research areas relevant to their interests,
  • uncovering gaps in the current literature,
  • designing appropriate studies,
  • drawing useful information from theory and data, and
  • taking advantage of opportunities for presenting and publishing their work..

Intermediate knowledge of topic
This is a workshop for graduate students and others engaged in creativity research.