Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D.

Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Ph.D., is a Senior Research Scientist at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and the author of The Creativity Choice: The Science of Making Decisions to Turn Ideas into Action. She studies the role of emotion, emotional intelligence, and self-regulation in creativity and well-being, as well as how to use the arts (and art-related institutions) to promote emotion and creativity skills.

Pringle has edited the Cambridge Handbook of Creativity and Emotion, Crisis, Creativity, and Innovation, and Creators: What Makes Individuals Creative and published dozens of articles in creativity studies, psychology, and organizational behavior.

Her work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Education Week, Big Think, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes, Vox, and others, and she is a regular contributor to Psychology Today and The Creativity Post. Pringle received research awards from the Mensa Education and Research Foundation and the American Psychological Association, and she speaks at and works with organizations such as Pinterest, Lego, Ogilvy, Facebook, and others.