Eric N. Smith

Research

You can find my full CV here. You can also find me on Google Scholar and LinkedIn. I don't have a wikipedia page, as it seems uncouth to create one for myself and nobody has made one for me (hint hint).

Stress Mindset and Emotional Resilience

Smith, E.N., Santoro, E., Moraveji, N., Susi, M., & Crum, A.

(2020). Integrating wearables in stress management interventions: Promising evidence from a randomized trial.

International Journal of Stress Management, 27 (2), 172-182.

Smith, E.N., Young, M.D., & Crum, A.

(2020). Stress, mindsets, and success in Navy SEALs special warfare training.

Frontiers in Psychology, 10 (2962).

Smith, E.N., Romero, C., Donovan, B., Paunesku, D., Herter, R., Cohen, G., Dweck, C., & Gross, J.

(2018). Emotion theories and adolescent well-being: Results of an online intervention.

Emotion, 18 (6), 781-788.

Crum, A., Santoro, E., Handley-Minor, I., Smith, E.N., Evans, K., Moraveji, N., Achor, S., & Salovey, P.

(2023). Evaluation of the "rethink stress" mindset intervention: A metacognitive approach to changing mindsets.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication.

Crum, A., Handley-Minor, I., & Smith, E.N.

(2020). Stress mindset interventions.

In G. M. Walton & A. Crum (Eds.), Handbook of wise interventions: How social-psychological insights can help solve problems, Guilford Press: New York.

Classroom Instruction and Student Experiences

Smith, E.N., Helwig, J., Huk, J., Hendren, K., & Gordon, V.

(2025). Initial evidence that peer instruction is less effective for physics students with lower quantitative preparation.

American Journal of Physics, 93(7), 541–550.

Smith, E.N., Yeager, D.S., Dweck, C.S., & Walton, G.M.

(2022). An organizing framework for teaching practices that can "expand" the self and address social identity concerns.

Educational Psychology Review 34, 2197–2219.

Smith, E.N.*, Rozek, C.S.*, Manke, K.J., Dweck, C.S., & Walton, G.M.

(2021). Teacher- versus researcher-provided affirmation effects on students' task engagement and positive perceptions of teachers.

Journal of Social Issues, 77 (3), 751-768. *Co-authored

Bernuy Z. A., Ye R., Sibia, N., Nalluri R., Williams J. J., Petersen A., Smith, E.N., Simion B., & Liut M.

(2024). Student interaction with instructor emails in introductory and upper-year computing courses.

In SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education.

Walton, G.M., et al. [37 authors including Smith, E.N.]

(2023). Where and with whom does a brief social-belonging intervention promote progress in college?

Science, 380, 499-505.

Meyer, K., Page, L.C., Smith, E.N., Walsh, B.T., Fifield, C.L., & Evans, M.

(2022). Let's chat: chatbot nudging for improved course performance.

(EdWorkingPaper: 22-564). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University: https://doi.org/10.26300/es6b-sm82

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science cover

Hawkins, R.X.D.*, Smith, E.N.*, ... & Frank, M.C.

(2018). Improving the replicability of psychological science through pedagogy.

Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 1 (1), 7-18. *Co-authored

Paunesku, D., Walton, G.M., Romero, C., Smith, E.N., Yeager, D., & Dweck, C.

(2015). Mindset interventions are a scalable treatment for academic underachievement.

Psychological Science, 75 (1), 33-52.

Awards and Fellowships

Principal Investigator

Awarded $1,298,725

Developing a scalable measure of inclusive STEM teaching practices for diverse institutions. NSF award #2201928.

Co-Investigator

Awarded $548,102

Understanding how bacteria sense mechanics upon attaching to surfaces under PI Vernita Gordan. NSF award #2150878.
Responsible for creating training program to improve peer culture and group discussion in undergraduate Physics courses.

Graduate Research Fellow

Awarded $138,000

How do students' beliefs about dependability affect self-control?

Education

University of Texas at Austin

Texas Behavioral Science and Policy Institute. Primary Investigator: David Yeager

Stanford University

Primary Advisor: Greg Walton. Dissertation Committee: Greg Walton, Carol Dweck, Alia Crum, & Claude Steele

Northwestern University

Magna Cum Laude; Departmental Honors in Psychology. Thesis Advisor: William Revelle