Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, USA, and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Professor Sternberg is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology. He has also has been president of four divisions of the American Psychological Association and Treasurer of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Professor Sternberg is a member of the US National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has won over two dozen awards for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award (1999) and the William James Fellow Award (2017) from APS and the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2018). He is the author and editor of over 2000 publications including Critical Thinking in Psychology, 2nd Edition (2020 edited with Diane F. Halpern). Weihua Niu is Professor of Psychology and the Director of Global Psychology at Pace University, USA. Professor Niu is recognized internationally for her cross-cultural research in creativity, intelligence, critical thinking, mathematical thinking and learning, learning difficulties, resilience, and social cognition, publishing more than 60 articles in English and Chinese in these areas, including two recent publications co-authored with her graduate students on the relationship between critical thinking and creativity (Park et al., 2021, 2023). She has received numerous awards and scholarships in Psychology, including the APA International Research Excellence Award and a fellowship from the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.

• 1. Teaching Critical Thinking in an Academic Minefield - Douglas A. Bernstein.- 2. Critical Thinking in the Age of Political Polarization - Wendy M. Williams, Randy T. Lee, Cory Clark, and Wynne Williams-Ceci.- 3. After the Fall: Challenges of Teaching Critical Thinking in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Psychology - Dana S. Dunn and Suzanne C. Baker.- 4. Facilitator or Terminator? How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Affect Critical Thinking and What We Can Do About It? - Weihua Niu.- 5. Critical Thinking: A Key Competency in the 21st Century to Deal with Uncertainty and Complexity - Joachim Funke.- 6. Critical Thinking in Contemporary and Future Societies - Séamus A. Power and Gabriel Velez.- 7. From Despair and Helplessness to Constructive Problem-Solving: Seeking Information Rather Than Letting it Find You - John Ruscio and Julie Abaci.- 8. Afterward - Arthur Graesser.- 9. Postscript: Three Final Tips for Encouraging Young People (and Older Ones too) to Think Critically - Robert J. Sternberg.

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, USA, and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Professor Sternberg is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology. He has also has been president of four divisions of the American Psychological Association and Treasurer of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Professor Sternberg is a member of the US National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has won over two dozen awards for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award (1999) and the William James Fellow Award (2017) from APS and the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2018). He is the author and editor of over 2000 publications including Critical Thinking in Psychology, 2nd Edition (2020 edited with Diane F. Halpern). Weihua Niu is Professor of Psychology and the Director of Global Psychology at Pace University, USA. Professor Niu is recognized internationally for her cross-cultural research in creativity, intelligence, critical thinking, mathematical thinking and learning, learning difficulties, resilience, and social cognition, publishing more than 60 articles in English and Chinese in these areas, including two recent publications co-authored with her graduate students on the relationship between critical thinking and creativity (Park et al., 2021, 2023). She has received numerous awards and scholarships in Psychology, including the APA International Research Excellence Award and a fellowship from the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.

• 1. Teaching Critical Thinking in an Academic Minefield - Douglas A. Bernstein.- 2. Critical Thinking in the Age of Political Polarization - Wendy M. Williams, Randy T. Lee, Cory Clark, and Wynne Williams-Ceci.- 3. After the Fall: Challenges of Teaching Critical Thinking in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Psychology - Dana S. Dunn and Suzanne C. Baker.- 4. Facilitator or Terminator? How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Affect Critical Thinking and What We Can Do About It? - Weihua Niu.- 5. Critical Thinking: A Key Competency in the 21st Century to Deal with Uncertainty and Complexity - Joachim Funke.- 6. Critical Thinking in Contemporary and Future Societies - Séamus A. Power and Gabriel Velez.- 7. From Despair and Helplessness to Constructive Problem-Solving: Seeking Information Rather Than Letting it Find You - John Ruscio and Julie Abaci.- 8. Afterward - Arthur Graesser.- 9. Postscript: Three Final Tips for Encouraging Young People (and Older Ones too) to Think Critically - Robert J. Sternberg.

Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Psychology in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, USA, and Honorary Professor of Psychology at Heidelberg University, Germany. Professor Sternberg is a Past President of the American Psychological Association, the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, the Eastern Psychological Association, and the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology. He has also has been president of four divisions of the American Psychological Association and Treasurer of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. Professor Sternberg is a member of the US National Academy of Education and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has won over two dozen awards for his work, including the James McKeen Cattell Award (1999) and the William James Fellow Award (2017) from APS and the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology (2018). He is the author and editor of over 2000 publications including Critical Thinking in Psychology, 2nd Edition (2020 edited with Diane F. Halpern). Weihua Niu is Professor of Psychology and the Director of Global Psychology at Pace University, USA. Professor Niu is recognized internationally for her cross-cultural research in creativity, intelligence, critical thinking, mathematical thinking and learning, learning difficulties, resilience, and social cognition, publishing more than 60 articles in English and Chinese in these areas, including two recent publications co-authored with her graduate students on the relationship between critical thinking and creativity (Park et al., 2021, 2023). She has received numerous awards and scholarships in Psychology, including the APA International Research Excellence Award and a fellowship from the APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology.

• 1. Teaching Critical Thinking in an Academic Minefield - Douglas A. Bernstein.- 2. Critical Thinking in the Age of Political Polarization - Wendy M. Williams, Randy T. Lee, Cory Clark, and Wynne Williams-Ceci.- 3. After the Fall: Challenges of Teaching Critical Thinking in Post-Pandemic Undergraduate Psychology - Dana S. Dunn and Suzanne C. Baker.- 4. Facilitator or Terminator? How Does Generative Artificial Intelligence Affect Critical Thinking and What We Can Do About It? - Weihua Niu.- 5. Critical Thinking: A Key Competency in the 21st Century to Deal with Uncertainty and Complexity - Joachim Funke.- 6. Critical Thinking in Contemporary and Future Societies - Séamus A. Power and Gabriel Velez.- 7. From Despair and Helplessness to Constructive Problem-Solving: Seeking Information Rather Than Letting it Find You - John Ruscio and Julie Abaci.- 8. Afterward - Arthur Graesser.- 9. Postscript: Three Final Tips for Encouraging Young People (and Older Ones too) to Think Critically - Robert J. Sternberg.