Carrie Veronica Smith is an Associate Professor of Psychology and an affiliate of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi. She teaches across the curriculum, from Introductory Psychology to graduate-level courses in both Psychology and Gender Studies. She has received awards from the University of Mississippi, highlighting both her research and her service to the community.
Research Interests
- Close relationships (romantic relationships, friendships)
- Interpersonal aspects of personality/individual differences
- Self-determination Theory
- Sexuality, including behavior, satisfaction, and perceptions
- Downstream consequences of gender/gender ideology
- Methodologies associated with studying daily life
Biography
Carrie Veronica Smith, associate professor of psychology, has been at the University of Mississippi since the Fall of 2010. She is also an affiliate of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Experimental Psychology from the College of William & Mary. She earned her doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of Houston. Before coming to UM, she was a visiting assistant professor at the University of Delaware. Smith’s three primary research activities: (a) investigating people’s daily and relational well-being, frequently via Self-Determination Theory, (b) examining the interpersonal aspects of personality and individual differences, including dark personality, attachment, and sociosexuality, and (c) exploring the experiences of and downstream consequences of gender and gender ideology (e.g., sexism, feminism, precarious manhood). Many of her studies utilized intensive longitudinal designs, such as interval-contingent and event-contingent experience sampling. She has been recognized by the College of Liberal Arts for her research, earning the Dr. Mike L. Edmonds New Scholar Award in 2022. In addition to her research and teaching, Smith has been involved across campus. She has served on the UM Faculty Senate and its Executive Committee, the Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women, and the advisory board of Phi Kappa Phi. She has been a part of various working groups that have focused on topics such as representation of non-tenure track faculty, hazing, and graduate student mentorship. For her efforts, she received the University of Mississippi Diversity Innovator Award in 2020.
Jordan, L. N., & Smith, C. V. (2022). Examining American Adult’s Mental Well and Ill-Being During the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic Using a Self-Determination Theory Perspective. International Journal of Public Health, 45.
Hardin, B. S., Smith, C. V., & Jordan, L. N. (2021). Is the COVID-19 pandemic even darker for some? Examining dark personality and affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences, 171, 110504.
Smith, C. V., Øverup, C. S., & Webster, G. D. (2019). Sexy deeds done dark? Examining the relationship between dark personality traits and sexual motivation. Personality and Individual Differences, 146, 105-110.
Smith, C. V., Hadden, B. W., Webster, G. D., Jonason, P. K., Gesselman, A. N., & Crysel, L. C. (2014). Mutually attracted or repulsed? Actor–partner interdependence models of Dark Triad traits and relationship outcomes. Personality and Individual Differences, 67, 35-41.
Courses Taught
- PSY 321 Social Psychology
- PSY/GST 460 Psychology of Human Sexuality
- PSY/GST 565 Psychology of Gender
- PSY 713 Advanced Social Cognition
- Psy 202 Statistics for Behavioral Sciences
Education
B.A. Psychology, College of William and Mary (1999)
M.A. Psychology, College of William and Mary (2001)
Ph.D. Psychology, University of Houston (2004)
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