Jeffrey Gredlein

Jeffrey Gredlein is an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Division of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). His research focuses on cognitive development, particularly theory of mind, meta-planning, and counterfactual thinking in children, as well as personality and creativity in artists. He earned his PhD in Cognitive Developmental Psychology from UNC Greensboro, an MA in Evolutionary Developmental Psychology from Florida Atlantic University, and a BS in Physiological Psychology from the College of Charleston.

• Education:
• PhD: Cognitive Developmental Psychology, UNC Greensboro
• MA: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology, Florida Atlantic University
• BS: Physiological Psychology, College of Charleston
• Research Interests:
• Child development studies (preschool and elementary children)
• Comparative analysis of creativity and self-knowledge in artists at UNCSA vs. UNC Greensboro
• Neurobehavioral mechanisms of decision-making and perspective-taking
• Professional Memberships:
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)