Faculty Profile for Dr. Amy Weimer

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Dr. Amy Weimer
School Director - Professor — School of Family & Consumer Sciences
FCS 101
phone: (512) 245-1106
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Amy A. Weimer, PhD., Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences and Director of the School of Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas State University, specializes in investigating social, family, and cultural factors that affect social cognitive and academic development in diverse learners. She is passionate about coordinating teams of undergraduate/graduate student researchers focused on understanding the many variables and processes that promote successful outcomes in bilingual children and families in the community.

Teaching Interests

 Child Development / Developmental Psychology
Research Methods/Processes
Lifespan Development
Social Cognitive Development
Sociocultural Influences in Learning

Research Interests

 Sociocultural and linguistic factors that affect cognitive, social, and emotional development across the lifespan

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Weimer, A. A., Cortez, N., & Razo, N. (2022). Does chess-playing relate to theory of mind? An examination of the interrelations among theory of mind, perspective-taking, and empathic concern in chess-players. Studies in Psychology, 43(3), 389–413.
  • Fabricius, W., Gonzales, C. R., Pesche, A., Weimer, A. A., Pugliese, J., Carroll, K., … Spinrad, T. (2021). Perceptual access reasoning in developing a representational theory of mind. Monographs of the Society for Research In Child Development, 86(3), 1–163. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/mono.12432
  • Weimer, A. A., Warnell, K. R., Ettekal, I., Cartwright, K. B., Guajardo, N. R., & Liew, J. (2021). Correlates and antecedents of theory of mind development throughout middle childhood and adolescence. Developmental Review, 59. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2020.100945
  • Alfaro, E. C., Weimer, A. A., & Castillo, E. (2018). Who helps build Mexican-origin college students’ self-efficacy? The role of important others in student success. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 40(4), 431–447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739986318802588
  • Schenk, K., Weimer, A. A., & Warnell, K. R. (2023). Assessing Child Life Specialists’ Management of Challenging Behaviors in Autistic Pediatric Patients. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06032-4

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: College of Applied Arts 2023 Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, Texas State University. 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, The Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. 2022

Selected Grants

  • 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 Human Development and Family Sciences (OUR HDFS) 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. (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.
  • Weimer, Amy Ann (Supporting). Building Capacity: Transforming Undergraduate Education in STEM Through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and Community Engagement, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1480002. (Funded: September 2023). Grant.
  • Weimer, Amy Ann (Co-Principal), Fang, Qijuan (Principal). Online Teaching Can Be Fun Too! Panel Discussions on Teaching during the Pandemic, Association for Psychological Science, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $1000. (Funded: May 2021). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
School of Nursing Director Search Committee
2024-Present
Member
Student Success Faculty Advisory Council
September 2023-Present
Member
NIH T34 Research Training Bridges to Baccalaureate Grant Advisory Board
November 2020-Present
Assistant Director
October 2020-Present
Member
Core Four Task Force
September 2, 2020-Present