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Portrait of Dr. Kelly B Haskard Zolnierek

Dr. Kelly B Haskard Zolnierek

  • Professor at Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Volunteer, Lamar Elementary School. December 11, 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Patient Education and Counseling. November 2024 - Present.
  • Volunteer, Friends of New Braunfels Public Library. October 2024 - Present.
  • Member, OXP Distance Education Steering Committee. September 2024 - Present.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Psychology Accelerated Online Program. June 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. February 2024 - Present.

2025

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Health Communication. 2023 - 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. September 16, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. July 27, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, BMJ Quality and Safety. July 26, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Science & Medicine. July 17, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Communication in Healthcare. April 15, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. March 19, 2025 - March 20, 2025.

2024

  • Member, Psychology Personnel Committee. 2024.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Communicators Group. 2024.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum committee. 2024.
  • Member, University Curriculum Committee. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. December 2024.
  • Member, Psychology Promotion and Outreach Committee. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Participant, Faculty Meetings. January 2024 - December 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. October 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Patient Preference and Adherence. October 2024.
  • Organizer, Psychology Department Patch Adams film screening and Q and A. October 11, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Patient Education and Counseling. September 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Sciences. July 2024 - August 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 2024.

2023

  • Member, Promotion and Outreach Committee. 2023.
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee. 2023.
  • Member, Award for Excellence in Online Teaching Selection Committee. 2023.
  • Volunteer, New Braunfels Humane Society. 2023.
  • Volunteer, Lamar Elementary School. August 2018 - 2023.
  • Member, Mentoring Committee. August 2023 - December 2023.
  • Volunteer, Weimaraner Rescue of Texas. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. October 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Advances in Medical Education and Practice. October 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Patient Education and Counseling. March 2023 - October 2023.
  • Presenter, ODEL Summer Institute at Texas State. June 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Stigma and Health. March 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. July 2022 - March 2023.
  • Participant, Psychology Faculty in Workshop on Online Teaching. March 24, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clinical Medicine Insights. February 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 2023 - February 2023.

2022

  • Member, Promotion and Outreach Committee. 2022.
  • Research Mentor to AP Research High School Student Ethan Pigeon. 2022.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Health Communication. August 5, 2019 - 2022.
  • Member, Merit and Annual Review Policy Committee. September 2022 - December 2022.
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion policy Review Committee. September 2022 - December 2022.
  • Participant, Psychology Department Personnel Committee. January 2022 - December 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Chronic Illness. November 21, 2022 - November 22, 2022.
  • Chair, Honors thesis conference panel. November 18, 2022.
  • Participant, Psychology Faculty Meetings. September 2007 - October 2022.
  • Honors College Independent Study Course Supervisor, Honors College. June 2022 - August 2022.
  • Chair, Clinical Assistant Professor Search Committee. June 2022 - July 2022.
  • Chair, Senior Lecturer Search Committee. February 2022 - May 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clinical Nursing Research. April 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. February 2022.

2021

  • Chair, Online auction chair for Lamar Elementary School Fall Fest. September 2021 - 2021.
  • Member, Psychology Systems Support Specialist Search Committee. November 2021 - December 2021.
  • Coordinator, SONA Human Participants Pool. August 2021 - December 2021.
  • Member, Mentoring Committee. January 2021 - December 2021.
  • Member, Promotion and Outreach Committee. January 2021 - December 2021.
  • Participant, Psychology Association Presentation about Health Psychology. November 2021 - November 22, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. October 10, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. September 21, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Communication in Healthcare. May 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2021 - April 7, 2021.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee Alternate Member. January 2021 - February 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Health Psychology. 2021 - January 2021.

2020

  • Member, Mentoring Program Planning Committee. October 21, 2020 - 2020.
  • Member, Promotion and Outreach Committee. October 10, 2020 - 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. June 28, 2020 - 2020.
  • Member, Online Teaching Award Selection Committee. November 6, 2020 - December 16, 2020.
  • Participant, Career Services Council of Academic Standards review - faculty. October 28, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. April 20, 2020 - September 30, 2020.
  • Graduate Advisor, MA in Psychological Research. January 1, 2020 - August 1, 2020.
  • Chair, College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Committee. January 1, 2020 - June 1, 2020.
  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. May 12, 2020.

2019

  • Reviewer / Referee, Sage Publications. March 2019 - 2019.
  • Chair, College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Committee. September 2019 - December 2019.
  • Organizer, Department of Psychology Social Media Coordinator. January 2019 - December 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 2019 - December 2019.
  • Graduate Advisor, Master's in Psychological Research. January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019.
  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. May 8, 2019 - December 2, 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. April 2019 - May 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. March 25, 2019.

2018

  • Organizer, Department of Psychology Social Media Coordinator. September 2016 - December 2018.
  • Chair, College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Committee. October 1, 2018 - December 7, 2018.
  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee (UREC). September 5, 2018 - December 6, 2018.
  • Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. March 2018 - May 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 2018 - May 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. May 24, 2018 - May 25, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Communication in Health Care. October 8, 2017 - May 16, 2018.
  • Research Mentor to AP Research High School Student Savine Gomez. February 2018 - April 2018.

2017

  • Member, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees. 2017.
  • Member, University Research Enhancement Committee. August 2017 - December 2017.
  • Chair, College of Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Committee. August 2017 - December 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Chronic Illness. October 6, 2017 - October 7, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 2017 - September 2017.
  • Tenure letter for Dr. Stephen Henry for promotion to associate professor at UC Davis Medical Center. June 1, 2017 - June 6, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of Health Behavior. March 3, 2017 - May 23, 2017.
  • Speaker, Wimberley Village Library. March 21, 2017.
  • Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Office Hours. February 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. February 2, 2017 - February 3, 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 1, 2015 - 2016.
  • Member, New Braunfels ISD Student Health Advisory Committee. August 2016 - December 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychology, Health, and Medicine. October 16, 2016.
  • Chair, Web site enhancement committee. September 1, 2015 - June 1, 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Communication in Healthcare. February 2016 - May 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Digital Health. May 22, 2016.
  • Member, Annual Evaluation Policy Review Committee. September 1, 2015 - February 5, 2016.

2015

  • Volunteer, Mother's Milk Bank of Austin. June 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Volunteer, Klein Road Elementary school. November 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Science and Medicine. September 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Patient Education and Counseling. September 1, 2007 - June 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. February 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. January 1, 2006 - February 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford University Press. January 1, 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Health Psychology. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Medical Internet Research. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2014.
  • Associate Chair complete, Associate Chair. August 1, 2013 - November 1, 2014.
  • Grant Proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation. October 1, 2014.
  • Grant Proposal reviewer, The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development. May 1, 2014.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.
  • Member, MA Psychological Research Committee. January 1, 2014 - May 1, 2014.
  • Member, Master of Arts Psychology Research (MAPR) Graduate Committee. September 1, 2013 - May 1, 2014.
  • Member, Health Psychology Graduate Committee. September 1, 2009 - May 1, 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Grant reviewer, NIA Roybal Center ORCATECH (Oregon Center for Aging & Technology). January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Archives of Public Health. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Family Systems and Health. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychology and Health. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Book Reviewer, Columbia University Press. August 1, 2013.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2013.

2012

  • Member, Graduate Program, Research Subcommittee. January 1, 2011 - May 1, 2012.

2011

  • Chair, Mentoring Committee. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Member, Assistant Professor (health disparities) Search Committee. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Volunteer and Supervisor of PSY 5334 class, Amistad Health Resource Center. October 1, 2011.

2010

  • Member, Grant Committee. September 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.
  • Member, Department of Psychology Chair Search Committee. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.
  • Grant Proposal reviewer, National Science Foundation. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.
  • Member, Assessment Committee. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2010.
  • University Mentor, University Mentoring Program. September 1, 2009 - May 1, 2010.

2009

  • Member, 3302 Ad Hoc Committee. September 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Rheumatology. January 1, 2009 - December 1, 2009.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee, Clinical Health and Industrial Health. September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Psychology. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Sage Publications. January 1, 2009.

2008

  • Member, Assessment Committee. September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Member, Grant Committee. September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Member, Psychology Building Space Committee. September 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of General Internal Medicine. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Health Communication. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Science and Medicine. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2008.
  • Member, Undergraduate Scholarship Selection Committee. January 1, 2008 - May 1, 2008.
  • University Mentor, University Mentoring Program. January 1, 2008 - May 1, 2008.
  • Member, Undergraduate Committee. September 1, 2007 - May 1, 2008.

2007

  • Reviewer / Referee, Cochrane Collaboration - Consumers & Communication Review group. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Women's Health. January 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007.

2006

  • Reviewer / Referee, Communication Studies. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, General Hospital Psychiatry. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. January 1, 2006 - December 1, 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Health Psychology. January 1, 2005 - December 1, 2006.

2005

  • Reviewer / Referee, Psycho-Oncology. January 1, 2005 - December 1, 2005.

2004

  • Volunteer, Hospice Volunteer, Hospice Touch, Santa Ana, CA. January 1, 2003 - December 1, 2004.

2002

  • Volunteer, Race for the Cure volunteer, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Orange County affiliate. January 1, 2001 - December 1, 2002.