2022-Gala Program Online Honoree -4.14.2022
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HONOREE<br />
CAROL S. DWECK ’67, PhD<br />
National Academy of Sciences<br />
Carol Dweck is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton<br />
Professor of Psychology at Stanford University,<br />
where she has been a member of the faculty since<br />
2004. Previously, she was a professor at Columbia<br />
University, the University of Illinois, and Harvard<br />
University. She holds a doctorate in psychology<br />
from Yale.<br />
Professor Dweck’s pioneering work on fixed and growth mindsets has<br />
shown the effects of believing that human attributes, such as intelligence,<br />
are malleable. Specifically, her research shows how these mindsets affect<br />
the motivation, achievement, and well-being of both children and adults<br />
in many cultures around the globe. This research has also led to important<br />
innovations in schools and businesses worldwide that have increased<br />
inclusion, diversity, and equity. In addition, she has published landmark<br />
theoretical papers—most recently, a theory of personality and how it<br />
develops, as well as a theory of how the brain makes intelligent decisions.<br />
In addition to 12 lifetime achievement awards for her research, including<br />
the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Science from the National<br />
Academy of Sciences, Professor Dweck has been elected to the American<br />
Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.<br />
Her book, Mindset (Random House, 2006), has been widely acclaimed and<br />
translated into 40 languages.
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