Donald J. Treffinger, Ph.D., LL.D.
PRESIDENT, CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING, INC.
Dr. Donald J. Treffinger, President of the Center for Creative Learning, Inc., in Sarasota, Florida, is an internationally known researcher, writer, teacher, and presenter in the area of creativity and Creative Problem Solving, as well as in the area of gifted and talented education. Dr. Treffinger holds the Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Cornell University, and in June, 2009 received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Winnipeg.
He has authored or co-authored more than 60 books and monographs, including Creative Problem Solving: An Introduction and Creative Approaches to Problem Solving, and more than 350 articles. Dr. Treffinger has served as a member of the faculty of many colleges and universities, including Purdue University, the University of Kansas, and Buffalo State College.
…an internationally known researcher, writer, teacher, and presenter in the area of creativity and Creative Problem Solving, as well as in the area of gifted and talented education…
Dr. Treffinger has been the recipient of the National Association for Gifted Children’s Distinguished Service Award and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award. In 2011, Dr. Treffinger received NAGC’s Ann F. Isaacs Founder’s Award and the Educator of Distinction (Legacy Series) Award of the NAGC Conceptual Foundations Network. In 2005, Dr. Treffinger received the Risorgimento Award from Destination ImagiNation, Inc., and the International Creativity Award from the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children. Dr. Treffinger has served as a reviewer for many professional journals and as editor of the Gifted Child Quarterly NAGC’s quarterly research journal and Editor-in-Chief of Parenting for High Potential, NAGC’s quarterly magazine for parents. He is currently a member of the GCQ Editorial Advisory Board.
Dr. Treffinger’s brilliant accomplishments in the field of creativity, and problem solving and his international impact in the field of education is most certainly a welcomed addition to the We R 3C, Inc. Advisory Board.