ABOUT US
The Creative Research Lab (CRL) is located within Forbes Hall in the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at Christopher Newport University. Directed by Dr. Gayle. Dow, our team of researchers conducts empirical research on creativity and related topics, including malevolent, innovation, problem-solving, and gifted education. Currently, we have three main areas of focus:
1. Creativity and problem-solving, which encompasses insight, divergent thinking, problem-solving strategies, and methods for enhancing creative performance.
2. The dark side of creativity and personality, including malevolent creativity, the Dark Triad and Dark Tetrad, schadenfreude, cryptomnesia,ent plagiarism of creative ideas, and the ways in which influences harmful or antisocial behavior.
3. AI, learning, and human judgment, which covers AI literacy, the accuracy and limitations of generative AI, how students evaluate AI-generated information, and the role of AI in research, education, creativity, and decision-making.
Gayle T Dow is an associate psychology professor at Christopher Newport University. She holds a PhD in educational psychology from Indiana University, Bloomington, a Master's in cognitive and perceptual sciences from University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master's in experimental psychology and a bachelors degree both from California State University, Fullerton, and an AA from Saddleback College.
Associates degree from Saddleback College. She has published empirical articles in the Journal of Educational Psychology, Educational Psychologist, Creativity Research Journal, and others. She teaches courses in experimental design, statistics, forensic psychology, the science of evil, the psychology of serial killers.
