High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! James C. Kaufman (born 1974) is a psychologist known for his research on creativity. He is a Professor of Psychology at the California State University, San Bernardino, where he is the director of the Learning Research Institute. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in Cognitive Psychology, where he worked with Robert J. Sternberg. Born in Great Neck, New York, he attended the University of Southern California as an undergraduate. His parents are psychologists Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman.