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 Science in Psychology August 2023

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

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (Revise and Re-Submit). Geographically varying associations for personality with pro-environmental behaviors.

Revelle, W. & Garner, K. M. (In Press). Measurement: Reliability, construct validation, and scale construction. Handbook on Research Methods, 3rd Edition.

Garner K. M. (2024) The forgotten trade-off between internal consistency and validity (abstract). Multivariate Behavioral Research.

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. (June 2024) Mental Rotation and Sense of Direction Associations with Multiple Levels of Personality. Presentation at the Spatial Cognition Conference in Dublin, Ireland, Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (June 2024) Toward a More Nuanced Understanding of the Sense of Direction and Personality Trait Relationship. Presentation at the Interdisciplinary Navigation (iNav) Symposium in Meran, Italy, Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (April 2024) Examining Place-level Determinants of Geographically Varying Associations Between Personality and Pro-environmental Behaviors. Presentation at the World Association for Personality Psychology Conference in Willemstad, Curaçao, Northwestern University.

Revelle, W. & Garner, K. M. (April 2024) Alternative metaphors for validity: Spear fishing versus fishing nets. Presentation at the World Association for Personality Psychology Conference in Willemstad, Curaçao, Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (October 2023) The Forgotten Trade-Off Between Internal Consistency and Validity. Presentation at the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology Conference in Iowa City, IA, USA. Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (July 2023) Geographical Variation in Associations between Personality and Pro-environmental Behavior at the Factor, Facet, and Nuance Level. Presentation at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (July 2023) Linear and Quadratic Relations for Cognitive Ability with Pro-Environmental Behavior, Gun Control Attitudes, and ORAIS Interests. Presentation at the International Society for Intelligence Research Conference in Berkeley, CA, Northwestern University.

Garner, K. M. & Revelle, W. (May 2023) Testing the Validity of a New Ambition Scale. Presentation at the Association for Psychological Science Conference in Washington D.C., Northwestern University.

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