The journey to a growth mindset - Carol Dweck October 24, 2017 Bernadette Connolly 'Believing talents and abilities can be developed - it's not about effort - learning, progress and improvement are the ultimate values' Carol Dweck presented and discussed her latest research around "growth mindsets" at Education Week's Leaders to Learn From event in Washington, D.C. on March 11, 2016. Dweck is a Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of psychology at Stanford University and author of "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success."