Active Research Areas
Science, Values, and Democracy
Project Leader: Matthew J Brown
Collaborators: Joyce Havstad (Utah), Eun Ah Lee, Tamara Dabney, Waqas Haque, Shivani Sharma, Ananya Das, Usman Hyder
The objective of this research is to develop a theory of the ways that medical research and practice, scientific inquiries, and technological development incorporate and also change human values and the implications of those mutual interactions for policy and justice.
Sample Publications
- Matthew J Brown, Science and Moral Imagination: A New Ideal for Values in Science (2020, University of Pittsburgh Press)
- Eun Ah Lee and Matthew J Brown, “Connecting Inquiry and Values in Science Education: An Approach Based on John Dewey’s Philosophy,” Science & Education vol. 27, no. 1-2 (2018)
- Matthew J Brown and Joyce C. Havstad, “The Disconnect Problem, Scientific Authority, and Climate Policy.” Perspectives on Science vol. 25, no. 1 (2017)
Ethics and Values in Engineering
Project Leaders: Matthew J Brown, Nicholas R. Gans (UTARI), Magdalena Grohman
Collaborators: Marco Tacca, Ann Majewicz Fey, Eun Ah Lee
This research area focuses on engineering and engineering education and the influence of culture, ethics, and human values. We pursue multi-modal, mixed methods work founded in pragmatist philosophy of science and technology, distributed cognition theory, situated learning, cognitive ethnography, and educational psychology.
Sample Publications
- Eun Ah Lee, Nicholas R. Gans, Magdalena G. Grohman, and Matthew J Brown, “Ethics as a rare bird: A challenge for situated studies of ethics in the engineering lab,” Journal of Responsible Innovation, vol. 6, no. 3 (2019).
- Eun Ah Lee, Magdalena Grohman, Nicholas R. Gans, Marco Tacca, and Matthew J Brown, “The Roles of Implicit Understanding of Engineering Ethics in Student Teams’ Discussion,” Science and Engineering Ethics vol. 23, no. 6 (2017)
Studies of Creativity
Project Leader: Magdalena Grohman
Collaborators: Kimberly Awa
Creativity is complex, multi-faceted, and absolutely fascinating concept to study. To understand and predict creativity psychologists ask what is creative, how a creative product emerges, who is likely to create, and what contextual factors improve or impair creativity. My current research projects center around the who— self-perception, personality, and the what—creative achievements.
Sample Publications
- Personality and Creativity:
Grohman, M. G., Ivcevic, Z., Silvia, P., & Kaufman, S. B. “The role of passion and persistence in creativity,” Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts, 11(4), 376–385 (2017) - Creativity Assessment:
Snyder, H. T., Hammon, J., A., Grohman, M. G., & Katz-Buonincontro, J. “Creativity measurement in undergraduate students from 1984 – 2-13: A systematic review,”. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts, 13, 133-143 (2019) - Pedagogy of Creativity:
Grohman, M. G. “Teaching for Creativity: mini-c, little-c and Experiential Learning in College Classroom,”. Nauki o Wychowaniu. Studia Interdyscyplinarne, 2, 106-132 (2018) - Grohman, M. G., Szmidt, K. J. (2013). “Teaching for creativity: how to shape creative attitudes and skills in students and teachers”. In: M. B. Gregorson, H. T. Snyder & J. C. Kaufman (Eds.). Teaching creatively and teaching for creativity (pp. 16-36). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company (2013)