Works in Progress

Below is a list of current projects that vary greatly in their degree of progress. Indeed, as the list nears the end, it becomes increasingly a "wish list" or even "bucket list."

  • The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of genius (Ed.). Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. [ToC]
  • Introduction. In D. K. Simonton (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Historiometric studies of genius. In D. K. Simonton (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Diversifying experiences in the development of genius and their impact on creative cognition (with R. I. Damian). In D. K. Simonton (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Does genius have a future? In D. K. Simonton (Ed.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of genius. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • The evolution of the music-emotion relation. Physics of Life Reviews.
  • Diversifying experiences are additive: A study of eminent African-Americans (with R. I. Damian).
  • Genius and creativity. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health (2nd ed.). Oxford: Elsevier.
  • The personal characteristics of political leaders: Quantitative multiple-case assessments. In G. Goethals, S. Allison, R. Kramer, & D. Messick (Eds.), Core concepts of leadership. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Early and late bloomers among classical composers: Were the greatest geniuses also prodigies? In G. McPherson (Ed.), Child musical prodigies. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Historiometry. In J. Martin, J. Sugarman, & K. Slaney (Eds.), Wiley handbook of theoretical and philosophical psychology. Oxford, UK: Wiley.
  • Achievement. In S. K. Whitbourne (General Editor), Wiley-Blackwell's encyclopedia of adulthoodand aging. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Lehman, Harvey C. In S. K. Whitbourne (General Editor), Wiley-Blackwell's encyclopedia of adulthoodand aging. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Quetelet, Adolphe. In S. K. Whitbourne (General Editor), Wiley-Blackwell's encyclopedia of adulthoodand aging. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.  
  • Achieving eminence as a woman psychologist: The impact of family experiences and choices.
  • Creative geniuses as causal agents in history: Free will, creativity, and sociocultural change.
  • Presidential birth order, intellectual brilliance, openness to experience, and the charismatic leadership style.
  • Disciplinary series, creativity, personality, and development: A meta-analysis (with R. I. Damian).
  • Achievement under constraint: The African-American experience.
  • Predicting presidential greatness: Do better measured predictors do worse?
  • Divergent developmental trajectories in Cox's 282 eminent creators and leaders (with A. V. Song).
  • Melodic structure in the Beethoven symphony.
  • Quality and quantity of creative output across the life span: Conflicting findings?
  • Transformational versus transactional leadership: Some biographical antecedents.
  • Military leadership: Strategic zeitgeist versus tactical genius.
  • Personality, theory, and methodology in 54 eminent psychologists.
  • Assimilation and accommodation in Islamic civilization.
  • Monarchs and rulers: Life span, reign span, and eminence.
  • The tortoise and the hare: Enduring versus transient achievement.
  • Individual and situational factors behind historical continuity.
  • The psychology of civilization: Genius and talent in the history of human achievement.
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