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Dr. Toni Terling Watt

  • Professor - Sociology
Portrait of Dr. Toni Terling Watt

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Sociology

University of Texas at Austin, 1998

Master's Degree

MA in Sociology

University of Texas at Arlington, 1993

Master's Degree

MBA in Business

Mississippi State University, 1989

Bachelor's Degree

BSBA in Marketing

Auburn University, 1986

  • 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.
  • Watt, Toni Terling, Ceballos, Natalie A (Co-Principal), Wagner, Nicole Catherine (Co-Principal). Exploring Bobcat Farm as a Potential “Care Farm” for Supporting Student Mental Health, Texas State University, $5000. (Funded: 2026 - 2027). 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.
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  • Edwards, M. L., Mobley, L., DuBose, Z., Tolliver, D., Watt, T. T., & Martinez, G. P. (2026). Survey Research for Creating a Pathway to Expand Representation of Underrepresented Students in Applied Sociological Research: An Undergraduate Applied Research Program. Teaching Sociology, 54(3), 269–279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0092055X261453100
  • 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
  • Watt, T. T., Bustillos, S., Lord, K., Pierson, C. R., & Pantuso, M. (2026). Supporting Higher Education Achievement among Students Who Have Experienced Foster Care in Texas: A Landscape Analysis. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • Bustillos, S., Lord, K., Watt, T., & Sweeten, B. (2026). Roots to Reach: Pilot-Testing a Peer Coaching Program to Improve Higher Education Outcomes for Students Who Have Experienced Foster Care. Child Welfare.
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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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