Craig A. Smith

I received my PhD in social psychology from Stanford University in 1986 and then received a National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to complete a post-doctoral fellowship at UC-Berkeley with Richard S. Lazarus.  After completing my postdoc, I began a faculty position at Vanderbilt in 1988.  I am currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Human Development, a Kennedy Center Investigator, and I co-direct the ASCE Lab.  In addition, I am also currently the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs at Peabody College at Vanderbilt.  I am an elected member of the International Society for Research on Emotions (ISRE) and the Society for Experimental Social Psychology (SESP), as well as a member of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), and the Association for Psychological Science (APS).

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Jennifer Yih (4th year Ph.D. student)

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After receiving a BA in Economics and a BA in Psychology from Tufts University in 2011, I began my graduate studies at Vanderbilt University. I received a MS in Psychology from Vanderbilt University in 2013, and my Master’s thesis compared the differential effects of two positive emotions (challenge/determination and pride) on engagement in a math problem-solving task. I am currently studying the specific action tendencies motivated by different positive emotions. I am particularly interested in challenge/determination and have begun to explore the antecedents of this emotional experience, along with the particular behaviors that it may motivate.

Nora Kline (Undergraduate Honors Student)nora.k.kline AT vanderbilt.eduBlurb from Nora goes here.