Keith Sawyer

Robert Keith Sawyer
Keith Sawyer, 2024
BornApril 28, 1960
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Psychologist, author
Known forCreativity, Collaboration, Learning
TitleMorgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisThe performance of pretend play: enacting peer culture in conversation (1994)
Doctoral advisorMihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Academic work
DisciplinePsychology
InstitutionsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Websitewww.keithsawyer.com

Robert Keith Sawyer is an American psychologist. He is an expert on creativity, collaboration, and learning.[1][2][3][4] He has published 20 books and over 100 scientific articles. In 2025, he published Learning to See: Inside the World's Leading Art and Design Schools.[5] His best-known books are Group Genius,[6] Zig Zag,[7] and Explaining Creativity.[8] Fifteen of his books have been translated into other language editions, primarily Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. He is the Morgan Distinguished Professor in Educational Innovations at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is the host of the podcast The Science of Creativity, published biweekly since March 2024. He is the author of the Substack newsletter The Science of Creativity.

Books

  • R. Keith Sawyer (2025). Learning to See: Inside the World's Leading Art and Design Schools. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262551649.
  • R. Keith Sawyer and Danah Henriksen (2024). Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (third ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0197747537.
  • R. Keith Sawyer, ed. (2022). The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1108840989.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2019). The Creative Classroom: Innovative Teaching for 21st Century Learners. Teachers College Press. ISBN 9780807777633.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2017). Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (Second ed.). Basic Books. ISBN 9780465096633.
  • Michael Evans; Michael Packer; R. Keith Sawyer, eds. (2016). Reflections on the Learning Sciences: Past, Present, and Future. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107070158.
  • R. Keith Sawyer, ed. (2014). The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (Second ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2013). Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-29770-4.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2012). Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (Second ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer, ed. (2011). Structure and Improvisation in Creative Teaching. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0521746328.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2007). Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration (First ed.). Basic Books.
  • R. Keith Sawyer, ed. (2006). The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (First ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2006). Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation (First ed.). Oxford University Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2005). Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521606370.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2003). Creativity and Development. Oxford University Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2003). Group Creativity: Music, Theater, Collaboration. Erlbaum.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2003). Improvised Dialogues: Emergence and Creativity in Conversation. Ablex.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (2001). Creating Conversations: Improvisation in Everyday Discourse. Hampton Press.
  • R. Keith Sawyer, ed. (1997). Creativity in Performance. Ablex.
  • R. Keith Sawyer (1997). Pretend Play as Improvisation: Conversation in the Preschool Classroom. Erlbaum.

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ Sawyer, R. Keith (March 21, 2013). "The Creative Power Of Memory". Huffington Post.
  2. ^ "The Three Types Of Relationship Every Creative Person Needs". September 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Bailis, Rochelle. "Brainstorming Doesn't Work – Do This Instead". Forbes.
  4. ^ "Creativity Myths – Interviews with Innovation Experts and Authors".
  5. ^ Sawyer, R. Keith (2025). "Learning to See: Inside the World's Leading Art and Design Schools". MIT Press.
  6. ^ Sawyer, R. Keith (2017). "Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration". Basic Books.
  7. ^ Sawyer, R. Keith (2013). "Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Greater Creativity". Wiley.
  8. ^ Sawyer, R. Keith (2024). "Explaining Creativity: The Science of Human Innovation". Oxford University Press.


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