Faculty Profile for Dr. Natalie A Ceballos
Dr. Natalie A Ceballos
Chair - Professor — Psychology
THH 253
phone: (512) 245-2526
Biography Section
Biography and Education
NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2003-2005, University of Connecticut Health CenterPhD in Neuroscience, 2003, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
BS in Biology, 1998, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
BA in Chemistry, 1998, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Ceballos, N. A., & Watt, T. T. (2023). The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Malevolent Creativity in Young Adulthood. Behavioral Sciences, 13(12), 961. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13120961
- Ceballos, N. A., Perrotte, J. K., Sharma, S., Awofisayo, O., Callaway, D., Gordon, A., & Graham, R. (2023). Women who pregame: A study of stress and alcohol use in collegiate female pre-drinkers. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2023.2245499
- Wofford, N., Ceballos, N., Westerberg, C. E., & Elkins, G. (2022). A brief nap during an acute stressor improves negative affect. Journal of Sleep Research, e13701. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.13701
- Kaiser, S. E., Klare, D. L., Gomez, M.-A. S., Ceballos, N. A., Dailey, S. L., & Howard, K. J. (2021). A comparison of social media behaviors between sexual minorities and heterosexual individuals. Computers in Human Behavior, 116, 106638. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106638
- Dailey, S. L., Howard, K. J., Roming, S., Ceballos, N. A., & Grimes, T. (2020). A biopsychosocial approach to understanding social media addiction. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.182
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Research Funding and Sponsored Programs, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Scholarly/Creative Activities, College of Liberal Arts, TX State University. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Excellence in Service, College of Liberal Arts, TX State University. 2019
- Award / Honor Nominee: John R. Hood Honors Professor of the Year, Honors College, Texas State University. 2017
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi National Honor Society (TX State Chapter) Favorite Professor. 2016
Selected Grants
- Ceballos, Natalie A (Principal), Graham, Reiko (Co-Principal). Innovative physiological predictors of college drinking, National Institutes of Health (AREA/R15), Federal, $357591. (Submitted: 2019, Funded: September 5, 2020 - August 31, 2024). Grant.
- Ceballos, Natalie A (Principal). Early-life stress, low-grade inflammation, and adult health, Texas State University, $7040. (Funded: 2019 - 2020). Grant.
- Howard, Krista J (Principal), Ceballos, Natalie A (Supporting), Grimes, Thomas (Supporting), Dailey, Stephanie Layne (Supporting), Lu, Yongmei (Supporting), Lee, Hsun Ming (Supporting), Sharma, Shobhit (Supporting), Lawrence, Grayson B (Other). Does Social Media Make Us Sick? A Pilot Study on the Effects of Social Media on Physiological Reactivity and Mental Health, MIRG, Texas State University, $23784. (Funded: July 2018 - February 2020). Grant.
- Ceballos, Natalie A (Principal). First Generation College Student Alumni Video Project: Where Are They Now?, Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, State, $1500. (Submitted: 2012, Funded: January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2013). Grant.
- Ceballos, Natalie A (Principal), Graham, R. (Co-Principal). A cross-cultural study of changes in alcohol-related processing in female college students, National Institutes of Health, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $146423. (Submitted: 2010, Funded: January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2013). Grant.