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
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