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The Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training team<\/strong> comprises a group of experts and scholars from top international universities and centers in creativity, innovation, leadership, and psychometric testing. Creative Sparkle for Assessment and Training offers three kinds of high-quality services
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Professor Mark A. Runco<\/h6>
Director of Creativity Research and Programming, Southern Oregon University <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Mark Runco is the Director of Creativity Research and Programming at Southern Oregon University. He previously taught and was tenured at the University of Hawaii, Hilo, California State University, Fullerton, and the University of Georgia. He was Endowed Professor of Creative Studies and Director of the Creativity Center at UGA 2008-2018. Dr Runco was also founding Editor of the Creativity Research Journal and is now Emeritus Editor as well as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Creativity. He is Past President and Fellow of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association and recipient of various awards, including three for Lifetime Achievement awards (the latest from the American Psychological Association). Dr. Runco co-edited three editions of the Encyclopedia of Creativity and has published approximately 300 articles and chapters on creativity. The 3rd edition of his textbook, Creativity: Research, development, and practice (Academic Press) has been translated into 10 languages. Dr Runco founded Creativity Testing Services and published several dozen tests covering many aspects of creative potential and creative performance. He has consulted with Lego, Disney, Turner Broadcasting, Crayola, and a number of international companies. Further details can be found at www.markrunco.com<\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Professor Margaret Sutherland<\/h6>
Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils, The University of Glasgow <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Margaret Sutherland, PhD is Professor of High Ability Studies and Inclusive Practice and is Director of the Scottish Network for Able Pupils at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She serves on the Executive Committee and is treasurer of the WCGTC. She has written articles in the field of high ability and is author of Gifted and Talented in the Early Years: A practical guide for 3-6 year olds and Developing the Gifted and Talented Young Learner. She has 42 years teaching experience in mainstream primary schools, behaviour support and latterly in higher education. <\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Professor Bonnie Cramond<\/h6>
Professor Emerita of Gifted and Creative Education and Former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, University of Georgia <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Bonnie Cramond, Ph.D. Bonnie is Professor Emerita of Educational Psychology and Gifted and Creative Education at the University of Georgia (UGA) and the former Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at UGA. She is known for her research in the assessment and development of creativity, especially among at-risk students, and for her extensive work in the creativity field. Bonnie Cramond studies children who are \u2026 well, different. She studies the behaviors of children categorized as \u201cstrange.\u201d What she has discovered is that \u201cstrange\u201d children are often creative geniuses living in noncreative worlds. As an international and national speaker, she has published numerous articles and a book on creativity research, and she teaches classes on giftedness and creativity. Her work centers particularly in the identification and nurturance of creativity, especially among students considered at risk because of their different ways of thinking, such as those misdiagnosed with ADHD, emotional problems, or those who drop out. Cramond is a member of the board of directors of the National Association for Gifted Children, a former editor of the Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, and on the review boards of several other journals.<\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Professor Rena Subotnik<\/h6>
Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Rena F. Subotnik PhD serves as Research Associate with the Advanced Development Talent Program, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education. For 22 years Dr. Subotnik was Senior Director of the American Psychological Association\u2019s Center for Psychology in Schools and Education where she led projects to generate public awareness, advocacy, clinical applications, and cutting-edge research ideas to enhance the achievement and performance of children and adolescents with gifts and talents in all domains. Earlier in her career she was a middle school gifted teacher, professor of educational psychology and head of secondary education at Hunter College, research coordinator of the Hunter College laboratory schools for gifted children (grades PreK- 12), and an education staff member in the office of a United States Senator where she helped develop influential federal policy in teacher education. Dr. Subotnik\u2019s talent development Megamodel applies to domains such as science, mathematics, and music, employing high performance psychology to mentoring, teaching, and coaching students and education personnel. The model has been cited over 3000 times in articles, books, and chapters including Scientific American, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, and Frontiers in Psychology. She has successfully competed for federal and private foundation grants on talent development with projects that have explored the impact of selective science high schools, mentoring of science talented students, and cognition and creativity. Her expertise and research are known around the world. She has been an expert advisor to the Singapore Gifted Education Branch and the Singapore National Institute of Education, the Hungarian Talent Network, Tribal Mensa in India, the German national gifted education project, the Courant Institute of Mathematics at New York University, and the Arabian Gulf University. <\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Professor Roni Reiter-Palmon<\/h6>
Director of Innovation, The Center for Collaboration Science, University of Nebraska Omaha <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Dr. Roni Reiter-Palmon is a Distinguished Professor of Industrial\/Organizational (I\/O) Psychology and the Director of the I\/O Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO). She is also the Director of Innovation for the Center for Collaboration Science, an inter-disciplinary program at UNO. She received her Ph.D. in I\/O Psychology from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Her research focuses on creativity and innovation in the workplace, cognitive processes of creativity, team creativity, development of teamwork and creative problem-solving skills, and leading creative individuals and teams. Her research has been published in leading journals in the fields of Organizational Psychology, Management, Leadership, and Creativity. She is the former Editor of The Psychology of Creativity, Aesthetics and the Arts, the leading creativity journal in the field. She has published four edited books on the topic of creativity, and is the editor of the book series \u201cCreativity and Innovation in Organizations\u201d published by Palgrave. She has obtained over 8.5 million dollars in grant and contract funding from government and businesses focusing on creativity, leadership, and teams. She is the president elect of Division 10 of the American Psychological Association (creativity). She is a fellow of Divisions 10 and 14 (creativity and SIOP) of APA, and has won the system wide research award from the University of Nebraska system in 2017.<\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Professor Michael D. Mumford<\/h6>
Director, Center for Applied Social Research, University of Oklahoma <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

Dr. Michael D. Mumford is the Geroge Lynn Cross Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at the University of Oklahoma where he directs the Center for Applied Social Research. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Georgia in 1983 in the fields of industrial and organizational psychology and psychometrics. Dr. Mumford has published more than 450 peer reviewed articles (h index > 100) in the areas of creative leadership and creative thinking skills. He has served as senior editor of The Creativity Research Journal and The Leadership Quarterly while sitting on numerous editorial boards including the Journal of Creative Behavior and the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts. He is a recipient of the Academy of Management's Eminent Leadership Scholar award for career contributions to the study of leadership and the American Psychological Association's Arnheim award for career contributions to the study of creativity. Dr. Mumford has received more than $30 million in grant funding from the united states Department of Labor, the Department of Defense, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. He routinely consults with organizations such as Disney, Volvo, Dupont, and Scania on the leadership of research and development teams and the development of creative talent.<\/h2> \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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