Michele Root-Bernstein

Michele Root-Bernstein is an independent scholar, writer, and poet, with an adjunct position in the Department of Theatre at Michigan State University. Her Ph.D. in history from Princeton University set the stage for a broad, multi-disciplinary approach to study of creative imagination across the arts and sciences, often in collaboration with her husband, Bob. Her most recent scholarly book, Inventing Imaginary Worlds, From Childhood Play to Adult Creativity (2014), argues for the importance of imaginative play throughout life. She is currently at work on creative polymathy and the individual networks of vocation and avocation that inspire new ways of thinking.