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Dr. Katherine Rice Warnell

  • Associate Professor - Psychology
  • Warnell, Katherine Rice. Social Cognition and Perception in Interactive Contexts, Department of Psychology, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: October 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023). Grant.
  • Warnell, Katherine Rice (Principal). Language-Based Social Biases in Monolingual and Bilingual Young Adults, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1500. (Submitted: July 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Warnell, Katherine Rice (Principal). Social Cognitive Mechanisms of Social Anxiety, Department of Psychology, Texas State University, Texas State University, $2000. (Funded: March 1, 2021 - August 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Warnell, Katherine Rice (Principal), Clegg, Jennifer M (Co-Principal). The Development of Prosocial Lying in Childhood, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: December 15, 2018 - August 31, 2021). Grant.
  • Warnell, K. R., & Redcay, E. (2019). Minimal coherence among varied theory of mind measures in childhood and adulthood. Cognition, 191, 103997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.06.009
  • Warnell, K. R., Huang, R., Weimer, A. A., & Kuri, D. (n.d.). Exploring advanced theory of mind development across sociocultural contexts: an evaluation of the Strange Stories in children from Mexico and U.S.-Mexico border communities. Infant and Child Development.
  • Weimer, A. A., Huang, R., Rojo, L., & Warnell, K. R. (n.d.). Language Dominance Moderates Links Between Theory of Mind and Children’s Externalizing Behaviors in a Multilingual Community. Cognitive Development. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2024.101540
  • McNaughton, K. A., Kirby, L. A., Warnell, K. R., Alkire, D., Merchant, J., Moraczewski, D., … Redcay, E. (2023). Social-interactive reward elicits similar neural response in autism and typical development and predicts future social experiences. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 59, 101197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101197
  • Schenk, K., Weimer, A. A., & Warnell, K. R. (n.d.). Assessing Child Life Specialists’ Management of Challenging Behaviors in Autistic Pediatric Patients. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06032-4
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Scholarly/Creative Activities, Texas State University. February 28, 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Departmental Nominee for Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. February 1, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. April 2021
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Departmental Nominee Presidential Award in Teaching at Assistant Professor Level, Texas State University. February 1, 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award, Alpha Chi National Honor Society. November 2020
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    MAPR Assessment Committee

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    Graduate Committee

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    Frontiers in Psychiatry, Section on Social Cognition

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    Science in the Parks

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    Professional Conferences

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