Anna Abraham

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.

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

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. She is the Founding Editor of the Cambridge Elements in Creativity and Imagination, an innovative academic short book series from Cambridge University Press. For current updates on her research activities, please visit her personal website.

Teaching@UGA

Graduate-level Courses

• FOUNDATIONS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE (EPSY/ECHD 8610)
• THE CREATIVE BRAIN (EPSY 8620/8620E)
• CREATIVITY, CONSCIOUSNESS & IMAGINATION (EPSY 7575/7575E)
• HONING CREATIVE THINKING SKILLS (GRSC 7001 GradFIRST Seminar)

Undergraduate-level Courses

• UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVE IMAGINATION (FYOS 1001 First Year Odyssey Seminar)
• WAYS OF THINKING (FYOS 1001 First Year Odyssey Seminar)
• EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN CLASSROOM AND COMMUNITY (EDUC 4460S/4460H)