CURRENT  RESEARCH  PROJECTS

Creativity and Learning Research Projects
            These research projects broadly address how self-perceptions of creativity relate to creative performance as well as type of learning task, domain, role or environment:
 
Psychometric properties of the Beliefs about Creativity Scales (BACS)
Collaborators:
  • Rick Hass 
  • Roni Reiter-Palmon
Relationship between the BACS and Divergent Thinking and Creative 
Problem Solving
Collaborators:
  • Rick Hass
  • Roni Reiter-Palmon
Creativity in Engineering Students
Collaborators:
  • Kevin Hallinan 
  • Rick Hass 
  • Gary Friedman 
Critical Thinking Dispositions and Creativity in Photography Students 
Collaborators:
  • Rick Hass 
  • Elain Perignat
Beliefs about Teaching for Creativity in the Profession of Education
Collaborators:
  • Rick Hass 
  • Elaine Perignat
  • Maciej Karwowski, Professor, and Head, Creative Education Lab, Maria Grzegorzewska University, Poland
  • Lisa Min Tang, Associate Professor, Business Psychology, University of Applied Management, Germany 
  • Todd Kettler, Assistant Professor, Gifted Education, University of North Texas 
  • Detlef Urhahne, University of Passau, Bavaria, Germany 
Perceptions of Creativity and Gender Schemas in School Leaders
  • Collaborator: Dana Martin
Creative Problem Solving in Virtual Reality
  • Collaborator: Kristen Betts 

The Keys to the Collection
Playing to See: A Digital Game Based Learning Project with the Ensembles of the Barnes Foundation
Collaborators:
  • Dr. Aroutis Foster
This grant produced an interactive three-dimensional mobile application Keys to the Collection, focusing on creativity and aesthetic understanding, for students aged 7-14. This Research and Development Project is the seminal project of the Drexel-Barnes Partnership, established September 2012, founded by Dr. Katz-Buonincontro and Dr. Foster.
FUNDED  RESEARCH  PROJECTS
Katz-Buonincontro, J., (2017). What counts, matters: Measuring Critical and Creative Thinking in Photography Students. 
           Office of the Provost Summer Research Grants. $7,000.00.
 
Katz-Buonincontro, J., Hass, R., & Perignat, E. (February 17, 2017). A Mixed Methods Study of Education Students’ Beliefs 
           about Teaching for Creativity. School of Education Research Initiative. $6,794.93.
 
Co-Principal Investigator, Establishing a research collaboration between Engineering, Engineering Technology and 
Cognitive Science Faculty: Integrating creativity into undergraduate course projects. (September 01, 2012-September
01, 2014). Research Initiation Grants in Engineering Education. National Science Foundation Directorate for Engineering, Engineering Education and Centers, with Dr. Abieyuwa Aghayere, PI, Dr. Gary Friedman, Co-PI, Dr. Vladimir Genis, Co-PI, Dr. Fredericka Reisman, Evaluator, Dr. Youngmoo Kim, Senior Investigator. Budget Amount $157,297.00.
 
Principal Investigator, Playing to See: A Digital Game Based Learning Project with the Ensembles of the Barnes  
Foundation (April 01, 2013-April 30, 2014). This grant produced an interactive three-dimensional mobile application Keys to the Collection, focusing on creativity and aesthetic understanding, for students aged 7-14, with Dr. Aroutis Foster, P.I. $245,000.00.This Research and Development Project is the seminal project of the Drexel-Barnes Partnership, established September 2012, founded by Dr. Katz-Buonincontro and Dr. Foster.
 
Research Co-op Award, Office of the Provost and the Steinbright Career Development Center, (April-September, 2013).
The student assisted with the research and writing functions of the Playing to See project, Budget Amount $7,215.00.
 
Principal Investigator, Researching the Effectiveness of Mobile Application Technology Focused on Creating and Viewing 
Works of Art with Students Aged 6-10 (April 5, 2012). Collaborative Research Initiative Grant, School of Education, with Dr. Aroutis Foster. Budget Amount $2,000.00.
 
Co-Principal Investigator, SonicCity Project, (2012). Expressive and Creative Interaction Technologies (ExCITE) Center,
Drexel University, Hana Iverson, P.I. and Dr. Mimi Sheller, P.I., Dan Shimmel, Co-P.I., Jane Dowling, Co-P.I., Tamara Manik-Perlman, Co-P.I., Dr. Pramod Abichandani, Co-P.I. Budget amount $5,000.00.
 
Principal Investigator, An experience sampling methodology (ESM) leadership study: Investigating the affiliation 
between mood states and creative problem solving tasks, (2010). Career Development Award, Office of Faculty Development & Equity, Office of the Provost, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. Budget amount $3,999.00.
RESEARCH  EXPERIENCE
Research Advisor, The Flow Leadership Project, Washington and Canada, June 2009-December 2009.
Researcher, Center for Advanced Technology in Education, University of Oregon, February 2009-July 2009.

Data Analyst, Behavioral Research and Teaching Institute, University of Oregon, December 2005-April 2008.

Dissertation, Developing a model for promoting creativity in leaders based on a comparative case study of three arts-based executive institutes, Spring 2004-November 2005.
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Research Assistant, Center for Educational Policy Research, Eugene, OR, August 2002-July 2005:
College of Education Curriculum Alignment Study: rating learning outcomes of course syllabi
College Board Validation Study: recruitment for national sample of colleges and universities Standards for Success: content analysis, writing the Arts Standards for final report

Project Manager, Alignment & Challenge Audit-English Standards, Bellevue, WA School District, Educational Policy Improvement Center, Eugene, OR, September-December 2004.

Program Evaluator, Coquitlam Master's Program [for course credit], Educational Leadership, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, January–August 2003.

Research Assistant, Project Alliance-A quantitative study on student achievement and substance use in middle school, Oregon Social Learning Center, Portland, OR, September 1998- September 1999.

Research Fellowship, Quantitative study, Melpomene Institute for Women’s Health, St. Paul, MN, February-June 1995. ​