Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PhD in Personality, Development, and Health Psychology June 2026

Northwestern University

Master of Science in Statistics June 2026

Northwestern University

Master of Arts in Psychology May 2021

California State University, Fullerton

  • Graduate Academic Honors

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology December 2018

California State University, Channel Islands

  • Magna Cum Laude Graduation Honors

PUBLICATIONS

Preston, K. S. J., Pizano, N. K., Garner, K. M., Gottfried, A. W., Gottfried, A. E., Guerin, D. W., Ramos, M. C., Cheng, C. E., & Oliver, P. H. (2022). Identifying family personality profiles using latent profile analysis: Relations to happiness and health. Personality and Individual Differences, 189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.111480

Marelich, W. D., Hodge, D. M., & Garner, K. M. (2021). Jealousy as a function of sexual property violation: A review and qualitative assessment. In Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 145, pp. 149-165).

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (July 2022) Understanding Leadership and Ambition in Broader Personality Space.Presentation at the European Conference on Personality in Madrid, Spain. Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (July 2022) Geographical Mapping of Ambition across the USA. Presentation at the Regional Cultural Differences Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (July 2022) Validation and Correlates of Raven's-Like Matrices. Presentation at the International Society for Intelligence Research Conference in Vienna, Austria. Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Preston, K. (April 2021) Evaluating the Impacts of Trust in Government Organizations and Familial Health Insurance Status on Health-Related Quality of Life in College Students During COVID-19. Presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference. California State University, Fullerton.

Garner, K. M., Pizano, N. & Preston, K. (October 2020) Do Families Have Personality Typologies?: A novel latent profile analysis application. Presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference. California State University, Fullerton.

Garner, K. M.*, Ruff, B.*, Scaramella, C.*, Lukaszewski, A. (October 2020) The Costly Avoidance of Pathogen (CAP) scale: Applying a bifactor model to a novel disgust sensitivity measure. Presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference. California State University, Fullerton.

Pizano, N.*, Garner, K. M.*, Pulido, J.*, Preston, K., Gottfried, A., Guerin, D., Gottfried, A., & Riggio, R. (October 2020) Contributions of the Fullerton Longitudinal Study to Psychology. Presentation at the Western Psychological Association Conference. California State University, Fullerton.

Garner, K. M. & Preston, K. (May 2020) Predictors and Pathways of Grit: How persistence and personality in childhood predict grit in adulthood. Presentation at the American Psychological Science Conference. California State University, Fullerton.

Ruff, B.*, Garner, K. M.*, Scaramella, C.*, Lukaszewski, A. (February 2020) The Costly Avoidance of Pathogens (CAP) Scale: Development and validation of a self-report measure. Presentation at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Preconference. California State University, Fullerton.

Kee, K., Garner, K. M., Alhabash, H., Barrett, A. & Whitfield, T. (April 2019) Psychological Predictors of Traits of Autism; a study of gender variation. Presentation at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research. California State University, Channel Islands.

Kee, K., Alhabash, H., Garner, K. M., Barrett, A. & Whitfield, T. (November 2018) Psychological Predictors of Traits of Autism; a study of gender variation. Presentation at the Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research. California State University, Channel Islands.

*denotes shared first authorship

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FUNDING

Multidisciplinary Program in Education Sciences (MPES) Fellowship Fall 2022 – Summer 2025

Northwestern University & U.S Department of Education

The Graduate School University Fellowship Fall 2021 - Present

Northwestern University

Loh Seng Tsai Memorial Scholarship Spring 2021

California State University, Fullerton

Student University Grant Recipient Fall 2019 - Spring 2021

California State University, Fullerton

JoAnn Brannock Student Travel Scholarship for Excellent Graduate Research Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

California State University, Fullerton

Giles T. Brown Travel Award Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

California State University, Fullerton

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant Personality, Motivation, and Cognition Laboratory Fall 2021 – Present

Supervisor: Revelle, William (PhD) Psychology Department, Northwestern University

Graduate Research Assistant Cultural Awareness & Social Action Laboratory Fall 2020 – Spring 2021

Supervisor: Alcala, Lucia (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Research Assistant Fullerton Longitudinal Study Fall 2019 – Summer 2021

Supervisors: Gottfried, Allen (PhD), Preston, Kathleen (PhD), Riggio, Ronald (PhD)

Psychology Department, Claremont Mckenna University & California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Research Assistant Quantitative Research Laboratory Fall 2019 – Summer 2021

Supervisor: Preston, Kathleen (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Research Assistant Health & Relationship Psychology Laboratory Fall 2019 – Spring 2021

Supervisor: Marelich, William (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Undergraduate Research Assistant Psychopathology Laboratory Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

Supervisor: Kee-Rose, Kimmy (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Channel Islands

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Adult Development and Aging Spring 2022

Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Mroczek (PhD) Psychology Department, Northwestern University

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Personality Psychology Winter 2022

Supervisor: Dr. Alissa Levy Chung (PhD) Psychology Department, Northwestern University

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Summer 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Advanced Psychological Statistics Spring 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Spring 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Health Psychology Spring 2021

Supervisor: Dr. William Marelich (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Winter 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Advanced Psychological Statistics Fall 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Fall 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Advanced Psychological Statistics Fall 2020

Supervisor: Dr. William Marelich (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Summer 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Advanced Psychological Statistics Spring 2020

Supervisor: Dr. William Marelich (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Introduction to Psychological Statistics Spring 2020

Supervisor: Dr. Kathleen Preston (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Research Methods Spring 2020

Supervisor: Netasha Pizano (M.A.) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Learning and Memory Spring 2020

Supervisor: Byron Smith (M.A.) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Cognitive Psychology Fall 2019

Supervisor: Amy Douma (M.A.) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

Graduate Teaching Assistant Course: Learning and Memory Fall 2019

Supervisor: Dr. Kayla Causey (PhD) Psychology Department, California State University, Fullerton

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) Spring 2018 – Fall 2020

Star of California: Behavioral and Psychological Services (Ventura, CA & Long Beach, CA)

  • Providing psychological services, including applied behavioral analysis and parent education, for children with autism spectrum disorders and emotional disturbance disorders under the supervision of licensed board-certified behavioral analysts

  • Data collection

  • Data analyses

  • Creating session plans

SKILLS

Statistical Programs and Data Management

  • R/R-studio

  • LaTeX

  • SPSS

  • AMOS

  • EQS & EQS-IRT

  • SAS

  • MPlus

  • JMP

  • flexMIRT

  • Dedoose

  • Python

  • Excel

Survey Software

  • Qualtrics

  • Google Forms

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

Psychology Graduate Student Council (PGSC) Representative Fall 2021 – Present

Northwestern University

Society for Interdisciplinary Research in Evolution Member Fall 2019 – Spring 2020

California State University, Fullerton

Psi Chi International Honors Society Member Spring 2018 – Spring 2021

California State University, Channels Islands & California State University, Fullerton

Official Secretary of Psi Chi International Honors Society Spring 2018 - Fall 2018

California State University, Channels Islands