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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.

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Ethics and Values in Engineering

Project Leaders: Matthew J BrownNicholas 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.

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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.

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