DeZutter holds a PhD in the Learning Sciences from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.A. in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Drawing on her background in professional, ensemble-based theatre, DeZutter’s scholarship focuses on the creativity of collaborative groups. In particular, DeZutter aims to understand the interactional processes by which a collaborative group can function as a single, distributed cognitive system in which the system, rather than the individual, is the locus of creative production. DeZutter’s current research examines the affordances of distributed creativity as a theoretical framework for facilitating innovation within teachers’ professional learning communities.