Selected Presentations

2022 KIE Conference, 26-28 July, Virtual

Keynotes – E. Paul Torrance International Roundtable on Creative Thinking:

Sandra W. Russ, Case Western Reserve University: PRETEND PLAY, CREATIVITY, AND COPING: COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PROCESSE

Sandy Russ is a clinical child psychologist, Distinguished University Professor and Louis D. Beaumont University Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA, where she has been working since 1975. Sandra holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and specialized in child psychology. Sandy’s research focused on understanding how pretend play is involved in child development and in child psychotherapy. She has worked with her students to develop a measure of pretend play that assesses both cognitive and affective processes. She has also carried-out a number of studies that have investigated the relationship between pretend play and areas of adaptive functioning such as creativity, coping, and emotional understanding. Sandy is the author of Pretend Play in Childhood: The Foundation of Adult Creativity (2013), American Creativity Association.


Selected Presentations from 2020 KIE Conference, 21-23 July, Virtual

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Selected Presentations from 2019 KIE & WEF Collaborative Conference, 2-4 September, Dubai, UAE

Dr Hazel Ganqa & Dr Rose Masha. “First Time Entry: Students’ Perspectives on Their Transition from High School, to University”

Nworgu, Q, C. “A critical examination of the impact of Social Media on online small businesses owned and run by women entrepreneurs: A case study of London-based female E-entrepreneurs.”

Dr Rebecca Natrajan. “Intrapreneurship in Action: A Case study of successful intrapreneurs from south India”.

Sledge, D. (2019) “The Creativity and Innovation of Frank Furness”, a presentation for the KIE-WEF Collaborative International Conference, 2-4 September, Dubai, UAE.

Dr Elizabeth Achinewhu. “A critical analysis of why some professionals who try to combine job roles of academic and being a business owner fail or succeed – Learning from experience.”

BC Ujah-Ogbuagu & IM Mankilik. “Barriers and internal influencers of online presence leverage by the Nigerian MSMEs: a case study of Abuja and Lagos”.

Andrew Case. “Creativity and Coping with Chronic Disease”.

Festus Edobor. “The paradox of entrepreneurial marketing and the traditional marketing strategy”

Hilton, L.S.G. (2019). “Academic women and the challenges they face; their stories then and now”. A Presentation for the KIE-WEF Collaborative International Conference, 2-4 September, Dubai, UAE.


Selected Presentations from early conferences