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Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

Graduate students in the Creativity and Change Leadership graduate program are engaged in some very interesting research and scholarship. For many years, we have included annotations of their work in the Creative Studies Library located in the E. H. Butler Library. However, this may prove a limiting factor for our students in the distance education program and local, national, and international researchers. These are executive summaries, or non-technical articles, of selected Creative Studies graduate students' masters theses or projects. These are written by students in our educational program intended to provide accurate, readable research information to professionals and other interested persons. The materials listed here are copyright protected and are made available for personal or educational use only. For all other uses, please contact the copyright owner.

Projects from 2009 2009

Understanding Leader Problem-Solving Style Preferences in an Organizational Hierarchy, Heath H. Frisch

Towards a Sustainable Development Facilitator’s Toolkit: Ecological Perspective, Aaron Gilbee

The Creative Church, Lindsey Johnson

Clearing the Clutter: Organizing and Decorating Using Creative Problem Solving, Lori M. Kiefer

Emotions as an Intervening Variable in the Creative Process, Diego E. Uribe Larach

Manifesting love: Developing a Bible Camp Week for Gay Young Adults, Scott A. Luikart

Developing a Manual for a Middle School Social Action Club, Stephanie D. Marando

“Make it Happen with Momentum”, Stavros Michailidis

Emerging Graduate Student Leaders at Buffalo State College, Elissa M. Mittendorf

Creative Climate in the Financial Services Industry, R Priester

Crowdsourcing: How to Harness the Creativity of the Masses, Roland S. Rachinger

Formation of a Support Group for Women with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the Inner‐City of Buffalo, Shelaine Rigby

An Examination of the Organizational, Social and Psychological Climate for Individuals Infected with or Affected by HIV/AIDS, Rashone Scott-Williams

Using Creative Problem Solving Tools with Kindergarden Students, Santina Tulumello

Creating Community for Those Who Work with Wool, Susannah L.K White

David Yost + ICSC : : Observing Everything Interactions : A Personal Journey, David Yost

Designing and Constructing a Fireplace, Sarah B. Zimmer

Projects from 2008 2008

Leap and Play: Encouraging Creative Thinking in Little Ones, Melaine M. Baehre

Increasing Member Involvement in Volunteer Organizations, Courtney Belluccio

iTools a Facilitator’s Tool Kit of Deliberate Intuition Tools, Tara L. Bissett

Designing a Curriculum in Design Thinking for Creative Problem Solving Users, Helene A. Cahen

Deepening the Theoretical Framework of Creative Leadership: Creative Leaders and Arts-based Learning, Deborah C. Clifford

Designing and Delivering a CPS Workshop to Middle School Students; Designing and Delivering a Workshop to Introduce the Creative Problem Solving Process and Associated Divergent and Convergent Tools and Techniques to Middle School Children, Paul Guthart

Developing a Virtual Community of Practice Framework for a Dispersed Group of Innovation Practitioners, Ami S. Henriques

A Novel Experience; The Creation of a Short Work of Fiction, Shawn A. Hess