Faculty Profile for Dr. Priscilla Goble

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Dr. Priscilla Goble
Associate Professor — School of Family & Consumer Sciences
FCS 101
phone: (512) 245-7052
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Priscilla Goble is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences in the School of Family and Consumer Sciences at Texas State University. She completed her postdoctoral work in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia and earned her doctorate in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University. Dr. Goble also has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Needs from Purdue University.

Dr. Goble has taught in several early childhood settings including classrooms with typically developing children and those with special needs and in local, national, and university-affiliated childcare and education centers. Her work in these environments fostered a strong desire to understand and promote teacher and child well-being in early education settings. Building on her work examining adult-child interactions in education settings, Dr. Goble is beginning to explore adult-child interactions within hospital settings, particularly the well-being of Child Life Specialists and their relationships with the children they serve.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Blalock, S. M., Goble, P. M., Purswell, K. E., Greene-Rooks, J. H., Glosoff, H. L., MOreno, S., & Flores, L. (n.d.). Preschool Teacher Perceptions of Child-Teacher Relationship Training. International Journal of Play Therapy.
  • Blalock, S. M., Goble, P., & Mozier, K. (2023). Teacher Professional Development Training: Utilizing Child-Centered Play Therapy Skills in the Classroom. International Journal of Play Therapy, 33(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/pla0000209
  • Sandilos, L., Goble, P. M., Ezra, P., & Kane, C. (2023). Head Start Classroom Demands and Resources: Identifying Associations with Teacher Burnout. Journal of School Psychology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000568
  • Goble, P., & Pianta, R. C. (2022). Observation as a lever for teacher improvement. In Routledge Encyclopedia of Education. United States. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138609877-REE118-1
  • Hanish, L. D., Goble, P. M., Xiao, S. X., Martin, C. L., L, M. M., Fabes, R. A., … Bryce, C. I. (2022). The benefits of buddies: Strategically pairing preschoolers with other-gender classmates promotes positive interactions. Early Education and Development. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2022.2090773

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching. 2023 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Office of Equity and Inclusion, Inclusive Excellence Showcase. 2020 - 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Graduate Research University Program Grant, Arizona State University. 2011
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Urie Bronfenbrenner Travel Grant, Association for Public Policy Analyses and Management Research Conference, Washington, DC. 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Underrepresented Graduate Enrichment Match Award, Graduate College, Arizona State University. 2007 - 2008

Selected Grants

  • Dier, Shannon Elizabeth (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal). Child Life Specialist Relationships and Hospitalized Children’s Coping and Behavior, Texas State University, $15976. (Submitted: October 2024, Funded: February 2025 - May 2026). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Behnke, Andrew Owen (Co-Principal), Dier, Shannon Elizabeth (Co-Principal), Seo, Eunjin (Co-Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS): A Two-Track Training Program, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: July 2024, Funded: September 2024 - May 2025). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Seo, Eunjin (Co-Principal), Behnke, Andrew (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Developmental Psychology (OUR DP) Fellowship Program, American Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, $5000. (Submitted: October 2023, Funded: January 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS) Fellowship, Texas State University, $5000. (Submitted: July 2022, Funded: September 2022 - May 2023). Grant.
  • Shen, Yishan (Principal), Goble, Priscilla Maria (Co-Principal), Perez-Brena, Norma Judith (Co-Principal), Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Alfaro, Edna C (Co-Principal), Bishop, Nicholas Joseph (Co-Principal). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research in Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS) Fellowship, Texas State University, $5000. (Submitted: June 11, 2021, Funded: September 2021 - May 2022). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Editorial Review Board Member
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
January 2024-Present
Graduate Advisor
HDFS Graduate Program Co-Coordinator
September 2022-Present
Participant
Graduate Council
September 2022-Present
Editorial Review Board Member
Social and Emotional Development (specialty section of Frontiers in Developmental Psychology).
August 2022-Present
Member
Graduate Admissions Committee
2021-Present