Professor Abraham studies the psychological and neurophysiological basis of creativity and other aspects of the human imagination. Her educational and professional training has been within the disciplines of psychology and neuroscience, and she has worked across a diverse range of academic institutions and departments the world over, all of which have informed her multidisciplinary focus. She is the Founding Editor of the Cambridge Elements in Creativity and Imagination, an innovative academic short book series from Cambridge University Press.

Within the Department of Educational Psychology, Professor Abraham serves as a primary faculty member in the Gifted & Creative Education program and as an affiliated faculty member in the Applied Cognition & Development program and the School Psychology program. She advises graduate students across all these three programs. She also collaborates on research projects with faculty and students in the Quantitative Methodology program.

Research@UGA

Professor Abraham directs the CREATIVITY & IMAGINATION LAB at UGA. Prospective students and collaborators and can find information on current studies and opportunities within the detailed lab webpage.

Teaching@UGA

Professor Abraham serves as the Program Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Certificate in Creativity and Innovation (ICCI) Program. She currently teaches the following courses:

Graduate Courses

• THE CREATIVE BRAIN (EPSY 8620/8620E)
• CREATIVITY, CONSCIOUSNESS & IMAGINATION (EPSY 7575/7575E)
• HONING CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS (GRSC 7001 GradFIRST Seminar)

Undergraduate Courses

• WAYS OF THINKING (FYOS 1001 First Year Odyssey Seminar)
• UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVE IMAGINATION (FYOS 1001 First Year Odyssey Seminar)