Dr. Pablo Tinio is Associate Professor and Chair of the Educational Foundations Department. He holds a Doctorate from the University of Vienna, Department of Psychology, an M.A. in Educational Psychology from Rutgers University, and an M.A. in Behavioral Science from Kean University.

Dr. Tinio’s research is focused on the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts; arts and aesthetics in education; and learning and engagement in cultural institutions. He has conducted research in, and published scholarly works with, schools as well as prominent museums such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Queens Museum, Contemporary Art Centre Andratx Spain, Belvedere Museum of Vienna, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is Co-Editor of the Cambridge Handbook of the Psychology of Aesthetics and the Arts and past Editor of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts.

Dr. Tinio was awarded the 2011 Frank X. Barron Award and the 2014 Daniel E. Berlyne Award for Outstanding Early Career Achievement in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts by the American Psychological Association; and the 2016 Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field by an Early Career Scientist from the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics. Dr. Tinio was awarded the 2018 Farnsworth Award for Outstanding Service to Division 10 of the American Psychological Association. The public impact of his work may be seen through coverage in popular magazines such as The New Yorker and Scientific American Mind.

Dr. Tinio's research is focused on the psychology of aesthetics, creativity, and the arts; arts and aesthetics in education; and learning and engagement in cultural institutions. He has conducted research in, and published scholarly works with, schools as well as prominent museums such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Queens Museum, Contemporary Art Centre Andratx Spain, Belvedere Museum of Vienna, and Metropolitan Museum of Art.