Carol Dweck, Ph.D.
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck, Ph.D. (FAN ’11, ’14) is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of psychology. Her pioneering work on mindsets has shown the profound effects of believing that human attributes, such as intelligence, are malleable and not fixed. Specifically, her research shows how these mindsets affect the motivation, achievement, and well-being of both children and adults in many cultures around the globe. The research has also led to important innovations in schools and businesses worldwide, innovations that have increased creativity and productivity, as well as inclusion and equity.
Dweck has won more than a dozen lifetime achievement awards for her research (including the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Science from the National Academy of Sciences), and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success has been widely acclaimed, and has been translated into over 40 languages.
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Thinking with Your Hands: How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts
Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Psychology and Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Growth Mindsets and the Wholehearted Embrace of Process
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Go For It: Risk-Taking, Challenge, and the Value of a Growth Mindset
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University and bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success