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Dr. Toni Watt

  • Chair - Professor - Sociology
Portrait of Dr. Toni Watt
  • Watt, Toni (Supporting), Wilder, Esther (Principal), Broberg, Gregory (Supporting), Vianna, Eduardo (Supporting). Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM Hub for Innovations in Numeracy Education (HSI-SHINE), Federal, $3000000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2031). Grant.
  • Martinez, Gloria P (Principal), Watt, Toni Terling (Co-Principal). Student Opportunity for Applied Research (SOAR) Core 4 Youth Survey, Youth Task Force of Community Action, Inc., $5000. (Submitted: September 2023, Funded: October 2023 - May 2024). Grant.
  • Martinez, Gloria P, Watt, Toni Terling. Student Opportunity for Applied Research (SOAR) Core 4 Youth Survey, Community Action Inc., $5000. (Submitted: 2025, Funded: 2026). Grant.
  • Martinez, Gloria P, Watt, Toni Terling. CORE 4 SOAR Youth/Young Adults Needs Assessment for TYAN, Community Action, Inc., $10000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: 2024 - 2025). Grant.
  • Bustillos, Sheila (Principal), Watt, Toni (Supporting). Increasing Retention Rates in Postsecondary Education for Students with Experience in Foster Care, Moody Foundation, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1100000. (Funded: June 1, 2024 - May 30, 2027). Grant.
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  • Edwards, M. L., Mobley, L., DuBose, Z., Tolliver, D., Watt, T. T., & Martinez, G. P. (n.d.). Survey Research for Creating a Pathway to Expand Representation of Underrepresented Students in Applied Sociological Research: An Undergraduate Applied Research Program. Teaching Sociology.
  • 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
  • Kim, S., Watt, T. T., Ceballos, N. A., & Sharma, S. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences and neuroinflammatory biomarkers: the role of sex differences. Stress and Health, 35(4), 432–440. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2871
  • Harris, D. A., Martinez, G. P., Romero, R., & Watt, T. T. (2025). Incorporating Community Voices into Data Dashboard Creation: A Case Study of the State of Texas Mental Health Dashboard. Community Mental Health Journal, 1–11.
  • Watt, T., Pierson, C. R., Lord, K., & Bustillos, S. (2024). Higher Education Outcomes for Students who Experienced Foster Care in Texas: Exploring the Impact of Liaison Legislation and Campus Support Programs. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 1–12.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: American Evaluation Association Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Government Award, American Evaluation Association. July 2025 - October 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Liberal Arts Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Liberal Arts Award for Service. January 1, 2012
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Texas State Office of Retention and Management Mentoring Award. January 1, 2012
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  1. Co-Chair

    SOAR Scholars Program

  2. Reviewer / Referee

    Child Welfare

  3. Undergraduate Advisor

    Faculty Advisor to the Student Organization-Austin Sunshine Camps-Texas State

  4. Chair

    Search-Director School of Social Work

  5. Member

    RCM Academic Affairs Workgroup

  6. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma (1), Children and Youth Services Review (4), Child and Family Social Work (1)

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