Academic History
Columbia University, Ph.D. 2001, Psychology
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. 1995, Psychology
Research Interests
Goals and self-regulation; achievement motivation; social cognition; social development; depression and coping; person perception.
Teaching Interests
Social Psychology
Motivation
Statistical Analysis of Psychological Data
Selected Publications
Plaks, J. E., Grant, H., & Dweck, C.S. (in press) Violation of implicit theories and the sense of prediction
and control: Implications for motivated person perception. Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology.
Cesario, J., Grant, H. & Higgins, E.T. (2004) Regulatory fit and persuasion: Transfer from "feeling right."
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86(3), 338-404.
Spiegel, S., Grant, H., & Higgins, E.T. (2004) How regulatory fit enhances motivational strength during
goal pursuit. European Journal of Social Psychology, 34(1), 39-54.
Dweck, C.S., Higgins, E.T., & Grant, H. (2003) Self-systems give unique meaning to self variables. In M.
Leary & J. Tangney (Eds.) Handbook of Self and Identity, New York: Guilford.
Grant, H., & Dweck, C.S. (2003) Clarifying achievement goals and their impact. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology, 85(3), 541-553.
Grant, H., & Higgins, E.T. (2003) Optimism, promotion pride, and prevention pride as predictors of
well-being. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(12), 1521-1532.
Foerster, J., Grant, H., Idson, L.C., & Higgins, E.T. (2001) Success/failure feedback, expectancies, and
approach/avoidance motivation: How regulatory focus moderates classic relations. Journal of
Experimental Social Psychology, 37(3), 253-260.
Grant, H. & Dweck, C.S. (2001) Cross-cultural responses to failure: Attributions and their interactions with
goals. In F. Salili, C. Chiu, & Y.Y. Hong (Eds.) Student motivation: The culture and context of learning.
New York: Plenum.
Grant, H. & Dweck, C.S. (1999) Content vs. structure in motivation and self-regulation. In R. Wyer (Ed)
Advances in Social Cognition, Volume 12. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Grant, H. & Dweck, C.S. (1999) A goal analysis of personality and personality coherence. In D. Cervone
& Y. Shoda (Eds) The Coherence of Personality. New York: Guilford.
