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A spoonful of creativity and hope – with Dr. Barbara Kerr
What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!
Right now, the world is not a safe place for creative people. Listen to this episode with Dr. Barbara Kerr, who has devoted her life to supporting creative humans, and let me know if you agree with her statement – by sharing this episode with #CreativeCommuter or by leaving a review on iTunes!
This was such a fun conversation with a brilliant woman, and in listening back, I wish I'd been able to ask 50 more questions. I bet you'll feel the same.
Enjoy!
You can download the full text from her latest research discussed in this episode here.
About Dr. Barbara Kerr
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., is the Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Kerr is the author of seven books, some of which you can find here. She has written more than 150 articles and papers on the topic of guiding and nurturing talent. Her research ranges from case studies of inventors, artists, writers, and architects to large-scale studies of students who attained the highest scores on the ACT college admissions test.
She is a winner of the NAGC Torrance Award for Contributions to Creativity, the Esther Katz Rosen Award for Research in Gifted Education, and she is an American Psychological Association Fellow, named one of the 25 most influential psychologists in the study of giftedness by APA.
Dr. Kerr currently directs the Counseling Laboratory for the Exploration of Optimal States (CLEOS), where creative students learn to navigate the invisible pathways to creative careers, and is co-director of the Lawrence Creates Makerspace, where artists and technologists innovate together. Previously, she was on the White House Science Advisory committee on Makerspaces, Project Director for National Science Foundation Gender Equity Programs, Psychologist at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Associate Director of the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education at the University of Iowa and director of the Guidance Laboratory for Gifted at the University of Nebraska.
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What’s on your mind, unicorn? 🦄 Send me a text!
Right now, the world is not a safe place for creative people. Listen to this episode with Dr. Barbara Kerr, who has devoted her life to supporting creative humans, and let me know if you agree with her statement – by sharing this episode with #CreativeCommuter or by leaving a review on iTunes!
This was such a fun conversation with a brilliant woman, and in listening back, I wish I'd been able to ask 50 more questions. I bet you'll feel the same.
Enjoy!
You can download the full text from her latest research discussed in this episode here.
About Dr. Barbara Kerr
Barbara Kerr, Ph.D., is the Williamson Family Distinguished Professor of Counseling Psychology and Co-Director of the Center for Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Kansas.
Dr. Kerr is the author of seven books, some of which you can find here. She has written more than 150 articles and papers on the topic of guiding and nurturing talent. Her research ranges from case studies of inventors, artists, writers, and architects to large-scale studies of students who attained the highest scores on the ACT college admissions test.
She is a winner of the NAGC Torrance Award for Contributions to Creativity, the Esther Katz Rosen Award for Research in Gifted Education, and she is an American Psychological Association Fellow, named one of the 25 most influential psychologists in the study of giftedness by APA.
Dr. Kerr currently directs the Counseling Laboratory for the Exploration of Optimal States (CLEOS), where creative students learn to navigate the invisible pathways to creative careers, and is co-director of the Lawrence Creates Makerspace, where artists and technologists innovate together. Previously, she was on the White House Science Advisory committee on Makerspaces, Project Director for National Science Foundation Gender Equity Programs, Psychologist at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, Associate Director of the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education at the University of Iowa and director of the Guidance Laboratory for Gifted at the University of Nebraska.
Support the show
🔥 Ready to step into your next level? Join us at Island Awakening in Saint Martin from June 4-8, 2025! Let’s rise together. 🌴✨
💫 Claim your spot now: jenliss.com/retreat
Support the pod:
- Share an episode and tag Jen on IG @untetheredjen
- Follow/subscribe to get updates of new episodes
- Leave a review!
Music created and produced by Matt Bollenbach
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