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Portrait of Dr. Krista J Howard

Dr. Krista J Howard

  • Professor at Psychology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

2027

  • Member, Occupational Health and Safety Committee. 2021 - 2027.

2024

  • Organizer, Seaton Fellowship Coordinator. 2024.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. 2024.
  • Organizer, Faculty Award Committee. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Social Sciences and Medicine - Mental Health. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Behavioral Sciences. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, HRB (Health Research Board) - Open. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Women's Health. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Maturitas. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AERA Open. 2024.
  • Member, Subject Matter Expert; U.S. DOD: Chenega Analytic Business Solutions. 2024.
  • Member, Search Committee - Clinical position. September 2024 - December 2024.
  • Member, Internship Committee. January 2020 - December 2024.
  • Member, MAPR Graduate Committee. September 2023 - May 2024.
  • Member, Search Committee - Tenure Track Industrial-Organizational/Human Factors position. September 2023 - March 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Alcoholism Clinical & Experimental Research. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Educational and Evaluation Policy Analysis. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Archives Occupational and Environmental Health. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Education Science. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Computers in Human Behavior. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nature and Science of Sleep. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. 2023.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. 2023.
  • Co-Chair, Data Analytics/Science Minor Implementation Committee. January 2023 - December 2023.
  • Participant, COLA LASAC Study Abroad Meeting. March 2023 - November 2023.
  • Chair, Tenure and Promotion Policy Committee. January 2023 - May 2023.
  • Participant, Texas State School Safety Networking Event. February 2023.

2022

  • Co-Chair, Data Analytics/Science Minor Implementation Committee. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Personality and Individual Differences. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clinical Nursing. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Basic and Applied Social Psychology. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Quality of Life Research. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Education Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Psychology - Organizational Psychology. 2022.
  • Co-Chair, Department Workload Committee. 2021 - 2022.
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion Committee. 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, Promotion and Outreach Committee. 2020 - 2022.
  • Chair, Merit Policy Committee. September 2022 - December 2022.

2021

  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Psychiatry. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Pain Management. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Medical Care. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychological Reports. 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Clinical Nursing Research. 2021.
  • Member, Course Schedule Committee. 2018 - 2021.

2020

  • Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research. January 1, 2011 - 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Aera Open. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SAGE Open Medicine. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2020.
  • Member, Department Workload Committee. 2019 - 2020.

2019

  • Chair, Policy Review Committee. January 2019 - May 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Telematics and Informatics. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Phytotherapy Research. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Knee. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Educational Psychology. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Motivation and Emotion. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine. 2019.
  • Participant, International Research Conference, Texas State Graduate Student. November 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Search - Open Area Position. October 2019 - November 2019.
  • Participant, LLC Internship Talk. October 8, 2019.
  • Participant, COLA Week - Career and Internship Mixer. September 25, 2019.

2018

  • Member, Campus Climate Survey Committee. January 2017 - December 2018.
  • Participant, Bobcat Day. October 2018.
  • Member, Search Committee - IT position. October 2018 - December 2018.
  • Co-Chair, Associate Chair - Department of Psychology. August 2016 - December 2018.
  • Panel Chair, International Research Conference, Texas State Graduate Student. November 2018.
  • Member, Search Committee - Social Psychology Position. September 2018 - November 2018.
  • Member, University Curriculum Committee. February 2018 - May 2018.
  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. January 2018 - February 2018.

2017

  • Participant, March For Science. 2017.
  • Chair, Search Committee - Director of TEMC position. August 2017 - December 2017.
  • Participant, Co-Search Methods Coach. September 2017.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Study Abroad Council. August 1, 2015 - August 2017.
  • Member, Psychology Department PhD Exploratory Committee. February 2016 - May 2017.
  • Member, Graduate Program Committee. January 1, 2014 - May 2017.
  • Participant, Bobcat Day. April 2017.
  • Chair, Office Hours Review Committee. March 2017.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. February 2017 - March 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation. January 1, 2016 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Pain Medicine. January 1, 2016 - 2016.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. January 1, 2010 - 2016.
  • Participant, CoSearch - Methods Coach. September 2016.
  • Member, University Leadership Assembly. August 1, 2015 - May 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Health Psychology. January 1, 2015 - 2015.
  • Participant, Bobcat Day. November 1, 2015.
  • Participant, Freshman Move-In Fall 2015. August 1, 2015.

2014

  • Volunteer Science Fair Judge, Science Fair, Travis Elementary School. December 1, 2014.
  • Chair, Statistics and Research Methods Transition Committee. January 1, 2013 - May 1, 2014.
  • Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Educational Researcher. January 1, 2014.
  • Member, Search Committee (Human Factors Position). January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.
  • Member, University Lecturers Committee. January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2014.

2013

  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Health and Stress. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Patient Education and Communication (1 review). January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Candidate Search Committee (Quantitative position). January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Student Evaluation Committee. January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2013.
  • Volunteer Science Fair Judge, Science Fair, Travis Elementary School. January 1, 2013.

2012

  • Member, Candidate Search Committee (Health position). January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2012.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2012.
  • Consultant, Graduate Research Committee. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research. January 1, 2011 - 2011.
  • Presenter, Presentation for the Psychology and Business Learning Communities. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, BMC Health Services Research (1 review). January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Speaker, San Marcos High School Psychology Students. January 1, 2011 - December 1, 2011.
  • Member, Student Retention Committee. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011.
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011.
  • Representative, Library Committee. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2011.

2010

  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Pain Practice. January 1, 2010 - 2010.
  • Participant, Bobcat Day. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Peer Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Applied Social Psychology (1 review). January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2010.