James Kaufman
Professor of Educational Psychology,
University of Connecticut 

“Why Creativity?  Toward better and newer positive outcomes”  

Tuesday, February 5, 7 p.m.
Lois Chiles Studio Theater
The Moody Center for the Arts,
Rice University 

Book signing to follow
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creativity-up-close-james-kaufman-tickets-52992652450

Teresa Amabile
Baker Foundation Professor, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration, Emerita,
Harvard University 

“A Labor of Love: Lessons from a Creativity Research Program” 

Tuesday, February 26, 7 p.m.
Lois Chiles Studio Theater,
The Moody Center for the Arts,
Rice University 

Book signing to follow
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creativity-up-close-teresa-amabile-tickets-52992695579

Dean Keith Simonton
University of California-Davis
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis 

“Creativity in the arts and sciences: Contrasts in disposition, development, and achievement” 

Tuesday, April 16, 7 p.m.
Lois Chiles Studio Theater,
The Moody Center for the Arts,
Rice University 

Book signing to follow
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creativity-up-close-dean-keith-simonton-tickets-52992715639

All lectures are free and open to the public but seating is limited.  Registration is strongly encouraged.  For more information, please email creativityupclose@rice.edu

Learn more about creativity by participating in a public course taught by Rice Professor Anthony Brandt at the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.  Creativity Up Close: Creative Process and Practice begins on Feb. 19. Register here: bit.ly/2FCoPOU

Co-sponsored by Rice University’s Moody Center for the Arts, Humanities Research Center, Glasscock School of Continuing Studies, and Arts Initiative Fund