Susan Magsamen
Academic, author and entrepreneur
Susan Magsamen is an American academic and author who founded the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins. She co-wrote Your Brain on Art with Ivy Ross.
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American Born 1959 in Baltimore, United States
About Susan Magsamen
Susan Magsamen is an American academic, author and entrepreneur. She started the International Arts + Mind Lab, based at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and serves on its faculty. She also co-directs the NeuroArts Blueprint with the Aspen Institute. The Royal Society of Arts counts her as a Fellow. She also created Impact Thinking, a research model that brings together the arts, science and health. Her work with public and private organizations applies arts-based evidence to areas such as health, child development and rehabilitation. With Ivy Ross, she wrote the New York Times bestselling Your Brain on Art. Earlier in her career, in 1988, she founded Curiosity Kits, a company making hands-on learning activities.