Education
Doctorate Degree
PhD in Psychology
Quantitative Psychology
Univ of California-Davis, 2009
Master's Degree
MA in Psychology
Univ of California-Davis, 2007
Bachelor's Degree
BS in Psychology
Colorado State University, 2004
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Tooley, Kristen. Language and Math: How Abstract?, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 2021). Grant.
- Tooley, Kristen M (Principal). Research Enhancement Program Grant, Texas State University, $8000. (Submitted: October 5, 2015, Funded: June 2016 - September 2017). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Tooley, K. M., & Dawkins, P. C. (2026). A lack of robust cross-domain structural priming effects. Memory & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-026-01901-6
- Tooley, K. M., & Brehm, L. (2025). Putting the prime in priming: Using prime processing behavior to predict target structural processing. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-025-02643-3
- Tooley, K. M., Dailey, S. L., Schmiedehaus, J. E., Cordaro, M. M., Dwyer, N., Jerkins, D., & Howard, K. J. (2025). Between class and career: Applying the job demands-resources model to working college students. Behavioral Sciences, 16(1), 61–77. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16010061
- Tooley, K. (2023). Structural priming during comprehension: A pattern from many pieces. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-022-02209-7
- Tooley, K. (2020). Contrasting mechanistic accounts of the lexical boost. Memory & Cognition, 48, 815–838. https://doi.org/DOI:%2010.3758/s13421-020-01019-3
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Spring 2019 Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National Honor Society. January 2019 - May 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Excellence in Teaching Award. August 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Departmental Merit Award, Department of Psychology, Faculty Review Committee. February 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Delta Pi "Scholarship Banquet" invitee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2013
Featured service activities
- Co-Chair
Academic Program Review
- Other
Psychology Department Human Subjects Pool and SONA Research System
- Chair
Psychology Research Showcase
- Chair
Undergraduate Research Conference Panel Chair
- Member
MAPR Assessment Committee
- Chair
ARMADILLO Conference Hosting