Pace Institute for Creativity

Lead professors: Dr. Nils Myszkowski, and Weihua Niu

The goal of the Pace Institute for Creativity (PIC) is primarily to promote understanding of the nature of creativity using a cross disciplinary approach. The PIC investigates the role of creativity in people’s lives, and explore factors that contribute to the achievement of creative potential in different domains, including school, workplace and daily problem solving. Additionally, PIC members are involved in designing programs aimed at enhancing creativity in different contexts.

Meetings: Mondays 4:30 – 5:30, 41 Park Row, Room 1321

Student Requirements: Mentored lab students are required to provide 4 hours of RA work - other mechanisms to be involved are possible (MA thesis, independent study, voluntary RA work) and requirements depend on specific projects taken by students.

Contact: nilsmyszkowski@yahoo.fr, or wniu@pace.edu

Faculty Lead Biographies

Nils Myszkowski, PhD

Dr. Myszkowski is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology at Pace University NYC. His work notably focuses on psychological measurement, especially as it applies to cognitive and conative aspects of aesthetic and creative competence. He is especially active in the field of creative and aesthetic judgment ability, judgment data modelling and innovation management.

Weihua Niu, PhD

Dr. Weihua Niu received her degrees in psychology from Beijing Normal University (BA), Chinese Academy of Sciences (MA), and Yale University (PhD). She is a Professor in Psychology at Pace University NYC. Her scholarly interests include creativity, educational testing, mathematical thinking, cultural influence on higher cognitive functioning, and global education. She has published more than 50 articles and book chapters in these areas and was invited many times internationally to present her work to academic and general audiences.

Subtopics

The following is a list of subtopics of interest to the members of PIC (specific members identified in parentheses). Each topic includes a few recent, related publications.

Culture and Creativity (Niu)

  • Cross-cultural aspects of creativity

Related publications

Niu, W. (In press). Intelligence in worldwide perspective: A 10-year’s update. In S. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.) Cambridge handbook of intelligence. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Niu, W. (2018). Eastern and western views of creativity. In S. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.) Cambridge handbook of Creativity. New York: Cambridge University Press
Niu, W., Zhou, Z., & Zhou, X. (2017). Understanding Chinese approach to teaching creatively in mathematics classroom. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 49, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-017-0887-z.

Creativity and health (Niu)

  • Creativity and well being
  • Emotion and well being
  • Creative Self

Related publications

Brass, J. & Niu, W. (2016). The impact of implicit self-theory on rated creativity in third and sixth graders: Creativity Research Journal, 28(3), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2016.1195612

I/O Creativity (Myszkowski)

  • Group vs individual creativity
  • Creativity in the Workplace.

Related publications

Celik, P., Storme, M., Davila, A., & Myszkowski, N. (2016). Work-related curiosity positively predicts worker innovation. Journal of Management Development, 35(9), 1184–1194. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMD-01-2016-0013

Development of Creativity (Niu)

  • Development of creativity in children and adolescents
  • Lifespan and aging
  • Creativity from Potential to Realization

Related Publications

Zhang, W. & Niu, W. (2013). Creativity in the later life: Factors associated with the creativity of the Chinese elderly. Journal of Creative Behavior, 47(1), 60-76. https://doi.org/10.1002/jocb.23

Creative Education and Training (Niu)

  • Creative Education
  • Creative giftedness
  • Program design and evaluation

Related Publications

Niu, W., Zhou, Z., & Zhou, X. (2017). Understanding Chinese approach to teaching creatively in mathematics classroom. ZDM – Mathematics Education, 49, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-017-0887-z.
Niu, W. & Zhou, Z. (2016). Creativity in mathematics teaching: An update. In R. Beghetto & J. Kaufman (Eds.), Nurturing creativity in the classroom. New York: Cambridge University Press

Measurement (Myszkowski)

  • Measurement of creativity
  • Individual differences in Aesthetic ability
  • Everyday creativity

Related publications

Myszkowski, N., & Storme, M. (in press). Judge Response Theory? A call to upgrade our psychometrical account of creativity judgements. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.
Myszkowski, N., Çelik, P., & Storme, M. (2018). A meta-analysis of the relationship between intelligence and visual “taste” measures. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 12(1), 24–33. https://doi.or...37/aca0000099