David Creswell

J. David Creswell (born July 5, 1977) is an American social psychologist, professor, author, and entrepreneur. He is most known for his work on mindfulness, meditation, equanimity, and stress resilience. He is currently a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, where he runs the Health and Human Performance Lab. He is also the co-founder and head of science of Equa Health, a personal mindfulness training app.

Early life and education Creswell was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma to John Ward Creswell and Karen Drumm Creswell. They then moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he spent the remainder of his childhood, graduating from Lincoln Southeast High School and becoming a dedicated Huskers fan.

Creswell received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2000 from Colorado College, where he graduated cum laude. During this time he played on the tennis team and worked as an assistant coach and mental skills coach with the US Short Track Speedskating Team at the Olympic Training Center. Additionally, Creswell has also been and adjunct faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh since 2014. He has also been a faculty affiliate of both the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute since 2009. In addition to his career in academia, Creswell is also co-founder and head of science of Equa Health, a mindfulness mediation trainer. Elected Fellow, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 2017 Social Personality Health Network Early Career Award, 2015 American Psychological Association (APA) Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, 2014 Elected Fellow, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, 2014 Association for Psychological Science 'Rising Star,' 2011 SAGE Publications. Creswell, J. D. (2017). Mindfulness interventions. Annual review of psychology, 68, 491-516. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-042716-051139 Creswell, J. W., & Creswell, J. D. (2009). Research design: qualitative. Quantitative, and mixed methods. Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., & Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical foundations and evidence for its salutary effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18(4), 211–237. https://doi.org/10.1080/10478400701598298 Creswell, J. D., Way, B. M., Eisenberger, N. I., & Lieberman, M. D. (2007). Neural correlates of dispositional mindfulness during affect labeling. Psychosomatic medicine, 69(6), 560-565. DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3180f6171f Hanson, W. E., Creswell, J. W., Clark, V. L. P., Petska, K. S., & Creswell, J. D. (2005). Mixed methods research designs in counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), 224–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.224