Michele Root-Bernstein received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975 and a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 1981. She has taught history, writing and creativity studies. She is currently a member of an interdisciplinary research group at Michigan State University interested in cultural creativity. As part of that team she received a Faculty Incentive Grant in 2008 for the research project, Art Class and the High-Tech Entrepreneur: Is There a Connection? Other current research and writing focuses on the invention of imaginary worlds in childhood and adulthood.