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Dr. Katherine Rice Warnell

  • Associate Professor - Psychology

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Psychology

Univ of Maryland College Park, 2016

Master's Degree

MS in Psychology

Univ of Maryland College Park, 2014

Bachelor's Degree

BA in Psychology and Linguistics

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2009

  • Clegg, Jennifer Marie (Co-Principal), Warnell, Katherine Rice (Co-Principal). Science in the Parks, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University, $5000. (Funded: September 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026). Grant.
  • 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.
  • Paulson, E. J., Warnell, K. R., Wischnewsky, L. A., & Feizipour, N. (2026). Ambiguity and Textbook Reading Strategies: A Qualitative Exploration of Three College Readers’ Eye Movements. Reading Psychology, 47(7), 1138–1160. https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2026.2644972
  • 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
  • Riley, M. L., Warnell, K. R., Clegg, J. M., Vonderharr, I., & Tooley, K. (n.d.). If I see what you see, do I say what you say? Assessing the relationship between perspective taking and linguistic alignment in monolingual and bilingual speakers. Language and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2026.10093
  • Lucieer, I., Roza, E., Lucassen, N., Bocanegra, B., Clegg, J. M., Warnell, K. R., … Kok, R. (n.d.). Practice what you preach? Exploring parental attitudes, behaviors, and teaching about lying. Self and Identity. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2608370
  • Schenk, K., Weimer, A. A., & Warnell, K. R. (2025). Assessing child life specialists’ management of challenging behaviors in Autistic pediatric patients. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 55(6), 2014–2020. 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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  1. Member

    Promotion & Outreach Committee

  2. Member

    Mentoring Program Committee

  3. Other

    Cognitive Development

  4. Chair

    Graduate Committee

  5. Other

    Frontiers in Psychiatry, Section on Social Cognition

  6. Other

    Science in the Parks

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