Cindy Smith

Cindy Smith is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Science. She runs the Children’s Emotions Lab as well. Her research examines how young children learn to self-regulate their emotions and how parents can support children's healthy emotional development. She also examines how factors within parents' lives, such as their own emotion regulation, parenting stress, social support, and technology use, relate to parenting behaviors.

Areas of Expertise:

• Emotion Socialization and Emotion Regulation
• Parent-Child Interactions and Early Childhood
• Technology Impacts on Parent-Child Interactions

Accepting new grad students: Yes to advising
In need of students for research team: Yes
Name of research team: Children’s Emotions Lab