Pianist

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Dr. Keith Sawyer, a professor of education, psychology, and business at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of the country’s leading scientific experts on creativity and innovation.  After receiving his computer science degree from MIT in 1982, Dr. Sawyer began his career with a two-year stint designing videogames for Atari.  Keith played piano with Off Off Campus while pursuing his Ph.D. in the Department of Psychology. While performing with OOC, he traveled around Chicago videotaping the city's top improv groups, and this research led to several books and articles, including his award-winning 2007 book, Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration.