Rate My Professor Magdalena Grohman

Magdalena Grohman is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Multidisciplinary Innovation, College of Applied and Collaborative Studies, at the University of North Texas. With a Ph.D. in Psychology specializing in Cognitive Psychology and Creativity from Jagiellonian University (2004) and an M.A. from the same university (1998), she brings extensive expertise in psychological aspects of creativity to her role. Previously, she served as Associate Director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science, and Technology at The University of Texas at Dallas, leading research and outreach efforts.

Dr. Grohman's academic interests center on design thinking, creative problem solving, pedagogy of creativity, and ethics education in multidisciplinary contexts. She utilizes mixed-methods approaches, including cognitive ethnography, and is currently the PI for the NSF grant “The Formation of Engineers in the Research Lab: A Cognitive Ethnographic Study” (Award #1902072, 2019). A prominent figure in creativity research, she is an active member and former committee chair of APA Division 10 (Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts), receiving the President’s Citation in 2019. Her key publications include the co-edited volume Crises, Creativity and Innovation (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024); “Project-Based Learning and Creative Problem-Solving: Pedagogical Compatibility in a Multidisciplinary Department” (The Palgrave Handbook on Applied Creativity in Higher Education, Springer, 2025); “Formation of Engineers in Research Labs during the COVID-19 Crisis” (A Diversity of Pathways through Science Education, Springer, 2024); “Student learning experiences in the research lab” (ASEE, 2023); and “Creative Coursework and College Students’ Perceptions” (Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2025). Dr. Grohman has been honored with multiple UNT Faculty Development Awards (2024-2025), NSF Award EEC-1338735 (2013), Imagination Institute Award (2015), Fulbright Scholarship (2001), and Faculty Success Leadership Fellowship (2023-2024). She contributes to editorial roles, including editing the aforementioned book, and serves on committees such as UNT’s Executive Committee, Awards Committee, and PBL Symposium Planning Committee.