Cindy Smith

• Social and Emotional Development of Young Children
• Parent-Child Interactions
• Impact of Parent Personality, Marital Relations, and Family Stress on Parenting Behaviors

• Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro
• B.S., The Pennsylvania State University

• Editorial Board, Infancy
• Advisory Board, DSI
• Area Coordinator, Child and Adolescent Development Graduate Program

• 2011 Brabazon Award for Evaluation Research, Generations United For the intergenerational evaluation research publication:  Jarrott, S.E. & Smith, C.L. (2011). The complement of research and theory in practice: Contact theory at work in non‐familial intergenerational programs. The Gerontologist, 51, 112‐121.
• 2011 Program of Distinction Award to Neighbors Growing Together, Generations United
• 2008‐2009 Excellence in Undergraduate Advising Award, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech

Books

Moving Forward in the Study of Temperament and Early Education Outcomes: Mediating and Moderating Factors. Cynthia L. Smith and David J. Bridgett, editors. Routledge, 2019.

Journal Articles

Jarrott, S. E., & Smith, C. L. (2011). The complement of research and theory in practice: Contact theory at work in non-familial intergenerational programs. The Gerontologist, 51, 112-121.

Smith, C. L. (2010). Multiple determinants of parenting:  Predicting individual differences in maternal parenting behavior with toddlers.  Parenting: Science and Practice, 10, 1-17.

Smith, C. L., & Bell, M. A. (2010). Stability in infant frontal asymmetry as a predictor of toddlerhood internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 158-167.

Jarrott, S. E., Smith, C. L., & Weintraub, A. P. C. (2008).  Development of a standardized tool for intergenerational programming: The Intergenerational Observation Scale.  Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 6, 433-447.

Book Chapters

Eisenberg, N., Smith, C. L., & Spinrad, T. L. (2011). Effortful control: Relations with emotion regulation, adjustment, and socialization in childhood. In K. D. Vohs & R. F. Baumeister (Eds.), Handbook of self‐regulation: Research, theory, and applications (2nd ed., pp. 263‐ 283). New York: Guilford Press.

Smith, C. L., Spinrad, T. L., Eisenberg, N., Grieving, K., Liew, J., & Eggum, N. D. (2007). Anger and anger regulation in infancy. In E. I. Clausen (Ed.), Anger in psychology (pp. 107‐122). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

• Ridgwell, D., Geller, E. S., Ivory, J., Jayaram, L., McConnell, K., Smith, C., & Tatar, D. (2011, February).  2011 Summer Scholars Program: The Human Dynamics of Violence Prevention Research Team.  Internal funding from the Virginia Tech Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment.  May 11 – June 11.  Responsibility: Co‐Investigator, one summer month effort.  Funded for $18,000.
• Smith, C. L. (2010, May). Strategic course buyout to support external grant submissions. Internal funding from the Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. August 10 – December 10.  Responsibility: PI, 12.5% effort. Funded for $4,000.
• Brinberg, D., & Smith, C. L. (2010, January). Parents as agents of behavioral change to reduce adolescent obesity. Internal funding from the Virginia Tech Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (Fralin/ISCE Obesity Initiative). January 10 – May 10. Responsibility: Co‐PI, 5% effort. Funded for $9,800.