Additional Biographical Information

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS

Simonton, D. K. (1990). History, chemistry, psychology, and genius: An intellectual autobiography of historiometry. In M. Runco & R. Albert (Eds.), Theories of creativity (pp. 92-115). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications. (Paperback edition published in 2003.)

Simonton, D. K. (2002). It’s absolutely impossible? A longitudinal study of one psychologist’s response to conventional naysayers. In R. J. Sternberg (Ed.), Psychologists defying the crowd: Stories of those who battled the establishment and won (pp. 238-254).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (pdf copy available here)

Simonton, D. K. (2006). Nothing more than a university professor engaged in teaching, research, and service: Nor less. In J. G. Irons, B. C. Beins, C. Burke, B. Buskist, V. Hevern, & J. E. Williams (Eds.), The teaching of psychology in autobiography: Perspectives from psychology’s exemplary teachers (Vol. 2, pp. 85-91). Washington, DC: Society for the Teaching of Psychology, American Psychological Association. (The pdf versions can be found here.)

Simonton, D. K. (2021). Human potential at the achievement pinnacle: A lifelong preoccupation with history-making genius. In D. Y. Dai & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), Scientific inquiry into human potential: Historical and contemporary perspectives across disciplines (pp. 113-125). London: Routledge.

PERSONAL  INTERVIEWS

Simonton, D. K. (2002). Las personas que hacen historia. In R. Ardila (Ed.), La psicholgía en el futuro: Los más destacados psicólogos del mundo reflexionan sobre el futuro de su disciplina (pp. 271-275). Madrid: Ediciones Pirámide.

Simonton, D. K., Moore, T. L., & Shaughnessy, M. F. (2008). A reflective conversation with Dean Keith Simonton. North American Journal of Psychology, 10, 595-602. (pdf copy available here)

Henshon, S. E. (2011). The creative path: An interview with Dean Keith Simonton. Roeper Review, 33, 1–4.

Damian, R. I. (2014, December). An interview with 2014 Murray Award winner Dean Keith Simonton. P: The Online Newsletter for Personality Science (Issue 9).

Simonton, D. K., & Lebuda, I. (2019). A golden age for creativity research: Interview with Dean Keith Simonton. Creativity: Theories-Research-Applications6, 140-146. (pdf copy available here)

Yamin, T. S. (2021). Dean Keith Simonton. International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 9, 179-189. (pdf copy available here)

From chemistry to genius: Psychologist who studies greatness to receive lifetime achievement award. UC Davis College of Letters and Science.

INTERNET SITES

Human Intelligence Website
Careers in Psychology
gradPSYCH Magazine Media Picks
ROROTOKO interview for Genius Checklist
Wikipedia entry (neither initiated nor maintained and hence out of date)

BIOGRAPHICAL ENTRIES

Damian, R. I. (2020). Biography of Dean Keith Simonton. In B. J. Carducci & C. S. Nave (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences (Vol. 3, pp. 511-515). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

Daniel, R. (2021). Dean Keith Simonton: A truly remarkable contribution to creativity studies that will be one for the ages. In F. K Reisman (Ed.), Celebrating giants and trailbrazers: A-Z of who’s who in creativity research and related fields (pp. 630-650). London: KIE Publications. (pdf copy available here)

Who’s Who in the World (21st-32th eds.), 2004-2015; (neither initiated nor maintained)
Who’s Who in America (57th-70th eds.), 2003-2016;
Who’s Who in Emerging Leaders of America (1st, 2nd eds.), 1987, 1988;
Who’s Who in the West (20th, 42nd eds.), 1985, 2015;
Who’s Who in Education (7th, 8th eds.), 2006-2008;
Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care (1st, 5th eds.), 1997-1998, 2004-2005;
Contemporary Authors (vol. 119), 1987; (vol. 43), 1994.