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The research of Kim (PhD ’04), now an associate professor of educational psychology at the College of William and Mary, caught the nation’s attention when it was featured in a July 10, 2010 cover story in Newsweek magazine.

University of Georgia alumna Kyung Hee Kim, whose research suggesting a decline in creativity in America caused a nationwide stir last summer, will discuss her research and more when she delivers the 2012 E. Paul Torrance Lecture at UGA on Wednesday, April 18.

The research of Kim (PhD ’04), now an associate professor of educational psychology at the College of William and Mary, caught the nation’s attention when it was featured in a July 10, 2010 cover story in Newsweek magazine.

The story was part of the awakening of the country to something that much of the world has realized and acted upon—the importance of creativity to a nation’s well-being and economic growth.

Now, Massachusetts, California and Oklahoma plan to use indexes to measure creativity in the schools. But, are more assessments key to increasing creativity? Is there really a creativity crisis?

She has discussed her research with numerous news outlets including The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal, The Metro World News (England), Superinteressante (Brazil), Periodista La Tercera (Chile), Korrespondent (Ukraine), the Globe and Mail (Canada), and others.

The lecture will held in Room S151 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art from 6-7 p.m. A coffee will precede the lecture at 5:30 p.m. and a reception will follow from 7-7:30 p.m.

The E. Paul Torrance Lecture, sponsored by the College of Education’s Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, brings scholars to UGA each year to discuss research and issues concerned with creativity. It was established in 1985 in honor of Torrance, a native Georgian and pioneer in research on the identification and development of creative potential. He is most noted for the development of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, which is still used worldwide.

See Newsweek article:
www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/07/10/the-creativity-crisis.html

See UGA Graduate School Magazine article (Pages 18-25):
www.grad.uga.edu/news/winter2011.html