Hi there,

My name is Kayla Marie Garner, and I am a PhD student in Personality, Development, and Health Psychology at Northwestern University (NU), as well as a Master of Science in Statistics student at NU. I work in the Personality, Motivatation, and Cognition Lab (https://personality-project.org/pmc.html) at NU with Dr. William Revelle and am doing research with the Synthetic Aperture Personality Assessment (SAPA) project (https://www.sapa-project.org). I am also a fellow with the Multidisciplinary Program in Educational Sciences (MPES). My research interests broadly involve individual differences in personality, motivation, interests and cognition, as well as psychometrics, social-emotional functioning, and educational policy. Please navigate to the links in the sidebar for more information about my past and present research.

PhD in Personality, Development, and Health Psychology, Northwestern University

June 2026

Master of Science in Statistics, Northwestern University

June 2026

Master of Arts in Psychology, California State University Fullerton May 2021

• Graduate Academic Honors

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, California State University Channel Islands December 2018

• Magna Cum Laude Graduation Honors