Creativity Research: Eccentrics, Geniuses, and Harvard Students

Shelley Carson is a Lecturer in Extension at Harvard Extension School, as well as a member of the University's Mind, Brain, and Behavior program. She received her PhD in experimental psychopathology from Harvard in 2001. She has taught courses in abnormal psychology, developmental psychopathology, emotions, habits and habit change, brain health, and creativity. She has also served as the faculty sponsor for Harvard's student mental health organization. Carson's research interests have focused on the interface between creativity and psychopathology and her work in this area has been published in national and international scientific journals. Her research has also been featured on CNN, the Discovery Channel, the BBC, and NPR. Carson was part of a team funded by the US Department of Defense to develop a web-based intervention for post-traumatic stress symptoms for service members returning from deployment in Iraq and Afghanistan. She is the author of the award-winning book Your Creative Brain and co-author of the acclaimed book Almost Depressed. She has received the Petra T. Shattuck Excellence in Teaching Award, as well as other teaching awards at Harvard.