The Creative Brain: The Science of Genius

Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry; Director, Neuroimaging Research Center and Mental Health Clinical Research Center, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine; one of the world’s leading experts on creativity; co-author of The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius (2005)

Education for Innovation: Creative Teaching & Learning for the 21st Century

R. Keith Sawyer, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education, Washington University, St. Louis; one of the nation’s leading experts on creativity; author of Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (2008) and Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (2006)

Neural Substrates of Musical Creativity

Charles J. Limb, MD, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Staff Physician and Research Fellow, National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health; Faculty, Peabody Conservatory of Music; co-author of “Neural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation” (2008, PLoS ONE)

Unleashing Creativity in Children & Adults

Robert Epstein, PhD, Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego; Contributing Editor, Scientific American Mind Magazine; Director Emeritus, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies; co-author of “Measuring and training creativity competencies: Validation of a new test” (2008, Creativity Research Journal)

The 21st Century Imperative: Embracing Creativity, Inquiry & Innovation for all Learners

Sarah Armstrong, EdD, Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Virginia; Consultant and President, Leading and Learning Solutions; former teacher and administrator in both public and independent schools; author of Teaching Smarter with the Brain in Focus (2008)

Tending to the Creative Fire of Emotionally-Challenged Learners

Mary Fowler, MA, internationally recognized authority on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders; Consultant for the National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY); author of 20 Questions to Ask If Your Child Has ADHD (2006), Maybe You Know My Teen (2001), and Maybe You Know My Kid (1999)

Engaging Today's Students: Nourishing Their Creativity Matters for a Healthy Life

Tambra Stevenson, MS, Founder and Director, Creative Cause; Dahn Yoga and brain education instructor; Volunteer Teacher, Sitar Arts Center, D.C.; past public health researcher at Harvard School of Public Health, University of Pennsylvania, Texas Children's Hospital, and Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition, Science and Policy; and Governing Council Member, American Public Health Association

THE ARTS, COGNITION & LEARNING

How Arts Training Influences Cognition

Michael I. Posner, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Psychology, Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon; co-author of Educating the Human Brain (2006), and “How Arts Training Influences Cognition” (2008, Dana Consortium Report on Arts & Cognition); author of Cognitive Science of Attention (2004)

The Arts & Six Revolutions in Cognition: Implications for Arts Education & Schools

Arthur D. Efland, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Arts Education, Ohio State University; Artist, author of “Art education as imaginative cognition” (2004, Handbook of Research and Policy in Arts Education) and Art & Cognition: Integrating the Visual Arts into Curriculum (2002)

Integrating Brain-Targeting Teaching & The Arts into Instruction

Mariale M. Hardiman, EdD, Assistant Dean of Urban School Partnerships, School of Education, The Johns Hopkins University, (which has begun a Neuroeducation Initiative); former public school principal; author of Connecting Brain Research with Effective Teaching (2003)

Learning & Cognition in the Visual Arts

Kimberly Sheridan, EdD, Assistant Professor, Departments of Educational Psychology and Art and Visual Technology, College of Education and Human Development, George Mason University (where she is developing a research center on the arts and cognition); Research Specialist on the Studio Thinking Project, Harvard University Project Zero; co-author of Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education (2007)

Can Art Spark Connections in the Brain?

Barry Gordon, MD, PhD, Therapeutic Cognitive Neuroscience Professor; Founding Member, Mind/Brain Institute; Director, Division of Cognitive Neurology/ Neuropsychology, and The Memory Clinic, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes; co-author of Intelligent Memory (2003)

The Arts, Cognition & Learning

Richard D. Sjolseth, EdM, Consultant, Gifted and Talented; Co-President/Founder, Institute of Learning, Cognition, The Arts and the Brain, CA
Diane Y. Watanabe, EdD, Consultant, The Arts, Cognition and the Brain; Co-President/Founder, Institute of Learning, Cognition, The Arts and the Brain, CA

MUSIC, READING & LANGUAGE

Neurocognitive Bases of Language & Music

Michael T. Ullman, PhD, Director, Brain and Language Laboratory; Co-Director, Center for the Brain Basis of Cognition; Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University; co-author of “Double dissociation between rules and memory in music: An event-related potential study” (2007, NeuroImage Journal)

Music, Mind & Reading

Peter Perret, PhD, Conductor Emeritus of the Winston-Salem Symphony; music education researcher, Section of Neuropsychology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Lecturer on the “Neuropsychology of Music,” Wake Forest University Medical Center; co-author of A Well-Tempered Mind: Using Music to Help Children Listen and Learn (2004)

Autism: Language Strategies for Learning with the Visual Brain

Carole A. Kaulitz, EdM, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist, Autism Consultant; Adjunct Instructor, Lewis and Clark College; co-author of Learning with a Visual Brain in an Auditory World (2007)
Ellyn Arwood, EdD, CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist, Autism Consultant; Professor, School of Education, University of Portland, OR; co-author of Learning with a Visual Brain in an Auditory World (2007)

Music and the Brain: Enhancing Language & Verbal Skills

Nina Kraus, PhD, Hugh Knowles Professor, Departments of Neurobiology & Physiology and Communications Sciences and Disorders; Principal Investigator, Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Northwestern University; co-author of “Musical Training and Vocal Production of Speech and Song” (2008, Music Perception) and “Musicians have enhanced subcortical auditory and audiovisual processing of speech and music” (2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

The Impact of Music Skill Training on Math & Reading: Fresh Evidence

Martin F. Gardiner, PhD, Visiting Research Associate, Center for the Study of Human Development; Brown University; Director of Research, The Music School, RI; co-author, "Learning improved by arts training" (1996, Nature: 381,284), "Music, Learning and Behavior: A Case for Mental Stretching" (2000, Journal for Learning Through Music), and "The Human Ecology of Music" (2002, Encyclopedia of Human Ecology)

GIFTEDNESS, INTELLIGENCE & LEARNING DISORDERS

The Neuroscience of Creativity & Intelligence: Implications for Education

Rex E. Jung, PhD, Neuropsychologist; Research Assistant Professor of Neurology, Psychology and Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico; Research Scientist, The MIND (Mental Illness and Neuroscience Discovery Institute) Research Network; awarded a three-year grant by the John Templeton Foundation to study creativity through neuroimaging

Teaching for Creativity & Critical Thinking in Schools

Elena L. Grigorenko, PhD, Associate Professor of Child Studies, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Psychology; Child Study Center, Yale University; co-author of Teaching for Wisdom, Intelligence, Creativity and Success (2009), Teaching for Successful Intelligence: To Increase Student Learning and Achievement (2007), and Creativity: From Potential to Realization (2004)

The Neural Plasticity of Giftedness & Learning Disorders

M. Layne Kalbfleisch, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Education and Human Development; Principal Investigator, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine; author of "The Neural Plasticity of Giftedness" (2009, Handbook on Giftedness) and "Getting to the heart of the brain: Using cognitive neuroscience to explore the nature of human ability and performance" (2008, Special Issue on the Cognitive Neuroscience of Giftedness)

Executive Function & Identification of Gifted: A Viable Approach?

Jack A. Naglieri, PhD, Professor of Psychology; Director, School Psychology Program, Department of Psychology; Faculty, Center for Cognitive Development, George Mason University; Senior Editor, Journal of Attention Disorders; co-author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Assessment of Intelligence and Achievement (2007) and Helping Children Learn (2003)

Brain Development, Intelligence & Giftedness

Jay N. Giedd, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Chief, Brain Imaging in the Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health; leading researcher on child and teen brain maturation and development

Tango & the Brain: The Neuroscience of Dance

Steven D. Brown, PhD, Director, NeuroArts Lab; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behavior, McMaster University; Pianist and dancer; author of “Music of language or language of music” (2008, Trends in Cognitive Science); co-author of “The Neuroscience of Dance” (July 2008, Scientific American)

Using Movement & Music to Reduce Depression and Anxiety & Improve Learning

Roberta Scherf, MA, Founder and President, Thinking Moves; and Chris Bye, PhD, Instructor, University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis/St. Paul

Partnering Dance and Education

Judith Lynne Hanna, PhD, Senior Research Scholar, Department of Dance; Affiliate, Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland; author of Partnering Dance and Education (1999), Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress (2006), and "A Nonverbal Language for Imagining and Learning: Dance Education in K-12 Curriculum" (November 2008, Educational Researcher)

Action-Based Learning: How to Make Learning A Moving Experience

Jean Blaydes Madigan, MEd, Co-Creator, Action Based Learning Lab; internationally-known pioneer in kinesthetic teaching strategies; consultant; winner of the Texas AHPERD Teacher of the Year, and one of six National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year Awards; author of Thinking on Your Feet (2004)

TEEN AND ADULT BRAINS AND CREATIVITY

The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen

Robert Epstein, PhD, Visiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego; Contributing Editor, Scientific American Mind magazine; Director Emeritus, Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies; author of The Case Against Adolescence: Rediscovering the Adult in Every Teen (2007) and The Big Book of Creativity Games: Quick, Fun Activities to Jumpstarting Innovation (2000)

Creativity and Aging

Gene D. Cohen, MD, PhD, Director, Center on Aging, Health & Humanities; Professor of Health Care Sciences and Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, George Washington University; Founder, The Creativity Discovery Corps; author of The Mature Mind: The Positive Power of the Aging Brain (2006) and The Creative Age: Awakening Human Potential in the Second Half of Life (2001)