Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Toni Terling Watt

  • Chair - Professor at Sociology, College of Liberal Arts

Service Activities

2024

  • Co-Chair, SOAR Scholars Program. 2024.
  • Member, RCM Academic Affairs Workgroup. June 2024 - December 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma (1), Children and Youth Services Review (4), Child and Family Social Work (1). 2023.
  • Member, Task Force for the Organizational Review of the College of Applied Arts. 2023.
  • Member, Summative Review Committee for Evaluation of Dean Brennan. 2023.
  • Member, Secretary-Council of Chairs. 2023.
  • Undergraduate Advisor, Faculty Advisor to the Student Organization-Austin Sunshine Camps-Texas State. 2023.
  • Member, Search Committee-Associate Dean of Research, College of Liberal Arts. 2023.
  • University Mentor, Mentored Bobbie Cortez's research project for the IDEA Center. 2023.
  • Board Member, Rise Above the Clouds-Non-Profit Providing Summer Camp for Youth in Foster Care. 2023.
  • Member, Core Four Partnership: Hays County Task Force for Youth. 2023.
  • Member, Presidential Upper Level Scholarship. January 2016 - 2023.
  • Board Member, Education Reach for Texans. January 2021 - December 2023.
  • Chair, Education Reach Research Committee (Foster Youth and Higher Education). January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Hay County Mental Health Task Force. January 2021 - December 2022.
  • University Mentor, Texas State Foster Care Alumni Program. January 1, 2008 - December 1, 2022.

2021

  • Graded all comprehensive exams for research methods. 2018 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, American Journal of College Health (5 articles) and Children and Youth Services Review (1 article). January 2021 - December 2021.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021.
  • Board Member, Advisory Board for Change 1 (Non-Profit for Foster Care Alumni Transitioning out of care). January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021.
  • Member, General Education Council. 2019 - June 2021.
  • Associate Chair. August 2020 - May 2021.
  • Member, Tenure and Promotion Review Committee. October 1, 2018 - May 31, 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, manuscript reviewer for ten articles:Studies in Higher Education (1), Children and Youth Services Review (2), Child Abuse and Neglect (1), Child Maltreatment (2), Stress and Health (1), American Journal of College Health (3). 2020.
  • Department Mentor, Faculty Mentor to Dr. Seoyoun Kim. September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2020.
  • Associate Chair. August 2020.

2019

  • Chair, Faculty Review Committee. 2019.
  • Chair, Rubric Review Committee. 2019.
  • Member, Workgroup for Post-Secondary Education among foster care Alumni. January 2016 - December 2019.
  • Chair, Presidential Award Nomination Committee. September 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019.
  • Member, Awards Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Family Social Work (1), Journal of Child and Family Studies (1). January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018.
  • Member, Workgroup on Foster Care and School Discipline-Established by the Supreme Court of Texas' Children's Commission. January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018.
  • Board Member, Advisory Board for the Center for School Behavioral Health. January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018.
  • Member, Workgroup on Post-Secondary Education among foster care alumni. Established by the Supreme court of Texas Commission. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2018.

2017

  • Member, Workgroup for School Displine and Foster Care. January 2017 - December 2017.
  • Member, Advisory Board for Center for School Behavioral Health: Mental Health America of Greater Houston. January 2017 - December 2017.
  • Manusript Reviewer, Human Service Organization, Management, and Governance (1), Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (3), and Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (1). January 2017 - December 2017.

2016

  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript reviewer for several journals: Child Abuse & Neglect (2), Children and Youth Services Review (2), Aims Public Health (1), Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2) and Primary Health Care Compansion. January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2016.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. January 1, 2005 - December 1, 2016.

2015

  • Chair, Search Committee. September 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Reviewer: Methodist Health Care Ministries of South Texas, Si Texas: Social Innovation for a Healthy South Texas. Grant reviewer for Integrated Behavioral Health Programs. January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2015.
  • Member, Center for Social Inquiry Planning Committee. January 1, 2010 - December 1, 2015.

2014

  • Reviewer / Referee, Manuscript reviewer for several journals including: Children and Youth Services Review (2 reviews in 2014) and Child Welfare (1 review). January 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Search Committee. January 1, 2013 - December 1, 2014.
  • Member, Common Experience Planning Committee: Minds Matter. August 1, 2013 - May 1, 2014.
  • Officer, Editorial board Sociological Practice: A Journal of Clinical and Applied Sociology. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2014.

2012

  • Member, Rubric Review Committee. January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Financial Aid Advisory, Appeals, and Scholarship Awards Committee. January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Texas REACH Convening Committee. January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Central Texas Foster Care Workgroup. January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012.
  • Member, Research Enhancement Grant Committee (CREC). January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2012.
  • University Mentor, Mentor for Gloria Martinez-Ramos. January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2012.

2011

  • Member, Search Committee. January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011.

2010

  • Chair, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Grants (CIRG) Chair Elect. January 1, 2010.

2007

  • Member, Committee to Review Research Ethics Training. January 1, 2007.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2007.
  • Co-Chair, Research Center Needs Assessment Committee. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2007.
  • Member & Chair in 2006, Awards and Scholarships Committee. January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2007.

2006

  • Chair, Search Committee. January 1, 2006.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Tenure and Promotion Committee. January 1, 2006.
  • Member, Presidential Upper-Level Scholarship Committee. January 1, 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation. January 1, 2006.

2005

  • Member, Research Enhancement Grant Committee (CREC). January 1, 2005.
  • Member, Search Committee. January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2005.
  • Member and Chair in 2005, Honors and Awards Committee. January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2005.
  • Member, Education Coordinating Council (ECC). January 1, 2003 - January 1, 2005.

2004

  • Member, Graduate Studies Committee. January 1, 2004.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Grant reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation. January 1, 2004.
  • Member, Search Committee. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2004.

2003

  • Member, Annual Evaluation Review Committee. January 1, 2003.
  • Member, Campus Environment and Facilities Survey Subcommittee. January 1, 2003.
  • Member, Faculty Review Committee. January 1, 2003.
  • Member, Liberal Arts Workload Committee. January 1, 2003.
  • representative, NSSE departmental representative. January 1, 2002 - January 1, 2003.
  • Member, Graduate Curriculum Committee. January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2003.

2002

  • Member, Demography Minor Committee. January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Faculty Contacts Program. January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Scholarships Committee. January 1, 2002.
  • Liason, Alumni Survey Departmental Liason. January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Honors and Awards, AKD, committee. January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002.
  • Member, Web/Technology Committee. January 1, 2001 - January 1, 2002.

2001

  • Member, Graduate Committee, University of Oklahoma. January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2001.
  • Liason, Library Liason, University of Oklahoma. January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2001.

2000

  • Reviewer / Referee, Book reviewer: Harcourt Publishers, Families in Context, by Starbuck. January 1, 2000.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Harcourt Publishers, Applied Social Research by Monette, Sullivan, and DeJong. January 1, 2000.

1999

  • presider and discussant, presider and discussant at the Death and Dying session of the American Sociological Association meeting in Chicago. January 1, 1999.

1998

  • discussant, discussant at the OU Symposium on Latin America. November 1, 1998.

1925

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal manuscript reviewer. January 1, 1925.