James C. Kaufman, Ph.D., is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology in 2001. Kaufman is an international leader in the field of creativity, known for his research on such areas as everyday creativity, creativity assessment, creativity and fairness, and creativity and mental health. Kaufman is the author or editor of 35 books either published or in press. These include Creativity 101 (Springer, 2009); Cambridge Handbook of Creativity (with Robert Sternberg; Cambridge, 2010); Essentials of Creativity Assessment (with Jonathan Plucker and John Baer; Wiley, 2008), and International Handbook of Creativity (with Sternberg; Cambridge, 2006). He has published more than 200 papers, chapters, and reviews. Kaufman has appeared on CNN, NPR, the 92nd Street Y, Redesign My Brain, and narrated the comic book documentary Independents; he has been interviewed for many newspapers, websites, and other publications. Kaufman is the Past President of American Psychological Association's Division 10 (Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts). He is a Fellow of APA (Divisions 1, 5, 10, 46) and the Association for Psychological Science. Kaufman was a cofounding editor of both Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts and Psychology of Popular Media Culture; he currently edits the International Journal of Creativity and Problem Solving. His awards include the 2003 Daniel E. Berlyne Award and the 2012 Paul Farnsworth Award from APA's Division 10, the 2008 E. Paul Torrance Award from the National Association of Gifted Children, the 2011-2012 Mensa Education & Research Foundation's Award for Excellence in Research, and the 2009 Early Career Research Award from the Western Psychological Association. He is also a playwright/lyricist whose musical Discovering Magenta made its NYC debut in 2015.