Assistant Professor of Management, University at Albany, SUNY

C. Blaine Horton Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Management at the University at Albany, SUNY, where he studies creativity, innovation, and how people develop, evaluate, and communicate ideas. His research has been published in leading academic journals and featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Nautilus, and Salon.

Before becoming a researcher, Blaine worked professionally as an actor in television, film, and theater—an unusual path that continues to shape his fascination with what makes ideas compelling and how people respond to them. His current work explores creativity and human–AI collaboration, including how tools like generative AI are changing the way we think, create, and solve problems.