Carol S. Dweck Ph.D., Author of Mindset

Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading researchers in the fields

of personality, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She is the Lewis and Virginia

Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, has been elected to the American

Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and has won nine lifetime

achievement awards for her research. She addressed the United Nations on the eve of their new

global development plan and has advised governments on educational and economic policies.

Her work has been featured in almost every major national publication, and she has appeared

on Today, Good Morning America, and 20/20. She lives with her husband in Palo Alto,

California.