Carol Dweck
Tributes
- Carol is universally admired for the quality of her work and for her exceptional mentorship of junior scholars. She has created a large, productive, multi-generational Dweck-lab-family through her inspirational influence, her concrete and constructive style of training, and to her absolute wonderfulness as a human. We are so lucky to have you, Carol. Thank you for taking us into your lab and developing us into the scholars you knew we could be! – Aneeta Rattan
- Carol started to influence me long before we met, when her papers on implicit theories crystallized my interest in social psychology and inspired me to pursue it professionally. After she became my advisor, her brilliance, her intentionality, and her generosity taught me so much about research, about writing, and about being a great colleague. I am so grateful for all the time we have spent together and for the profound impact she has had on my life and—I know—on the lives of countless others – Dave Paunesku
- I am privileged to have been mentored by Carol Dweck and to have collaborated with her for many years. Her research not only contributes to our fundamental understanding of human behavior, but it has a meaningful and positive impact on the world. She is a shining example that researchers can pursue the latter goal without compromising the former. She is a warm and generous person, and I would not be the researcher I am today without her guidance – Paul O’Keefe
- I credit much of my professional and personal development to Carol. I have found that I cite Carol both when talking about research and when talking about life. Professionally, Carol has always encouraged me to pursue what excites me most and has wholeheartedly supported me along the way. Personally, I have received some of the best and most memorable advice from Carol. I feel incredibly lucky to have Carol as a mentor – Carissa Romero
- Carol's groundbreaking contributions have reshaped how social and developmental psychologists understand motivation and its interactions with other psychological processes. I can't even imagine what research on this topic would look like without Carol's work as a foundation -- she has truly changed the trajectory of an entire field. Aside from its elegant integration of implicit theories and goals into a unified framework for understanding motivation, Carol's work has achieved a level of real-world impact that is simply unheard of. Her ideas have changed how parents, teachers, and coaches all over the world talk to children about their successes and failures. Personally, I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Carol. She was one of my mentors in graduate school, and the exposure to her ideas inspired research that I am still working on and excited about. - Andrei Cimpian
- Carol’s warmth, generosity, and belief in me has helped me grow into the person I am today. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to watch her ideas grow into the broadly appreciated field of growth mindset and impact so many lives of students, researchers, practitioners, and individuals. I have the utmost respect for the grace Carol has shown throughout this journey. As the field of growth mindset has grown, Carol has become more critical of her own work, more cautious in her communication with the public, and more demanding of needing high quality science, while remaining the same approachable, kind, caring Carol I have always known who opened her door to an unknown undergrad from across the country who wanted to meet her - Kali Trzesniewski