Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis
M.A., Washington University in St. Louis
B.S., Furman University
Cognitive Psychology
Dr. Kathleen Arnold earned her B.S. from Furman University and her M.A. and Ph.D.
from Washington University in St. Louis. After her Ph.D. she worked as a postdoctoral
research associate at Duke University, before joining the Radford psychology department
as an assistant professor in 2017. Dr. Arnold is a cognitive psychologist and her
research interests focus on learning and memory with a special interest in educational
applications of cognitive psychology.
Selected Publications or Presentations
Carle, B., Flood, G., Pierce, T., Arnold, K. M., Aspelmeier, J., & Steele, J. (2024). A comparison of lifelines recalled by older
adults and anticipated by younger adults. International Journal of Reminiscence and Life Review
Arnold, K. M., Eliseev, E. D., Stone, A., McDaniel, M. A., & Marsh, E. J. (2021). Two routes to
the same place: Learning from quick closed-book essays versus open book essays. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 33, 229-246. DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2021.1903011
Arnold, K. M., Umanath, S., Thio, K., Reilly, W., McDaniel, M. & Marsh, E. J. (2017). Understanding the cognitive processes involved in writing to
learn: The role of retrieval processes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 23, 115-127.
Arnold, K. M., Daniel, D. B., Jensen, J., McDaniel, M., & Marsh, E. J. (2016). Structure building
predicts grades in college psychology and biology. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 30, 454-459.
Arnold, K. M., & McDermott, K. B. (2013). Test-potentiated learning: Distinguishing between direct
and indirect effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 39, 940-945.
Arnold, K. M. (March, 2024). Improving student learning: Lessons from cognitive psychology. Invited junior keynote address to the Southeastern Workers in Memory (SWIM) Association
at the Southeastern Psychology Association meeting, Orlando, FL.
Shumaker, M., Houston, N., Middlebrooks, C., & Arnold, K. M. (September 2021). How do judgments of learning facilitate inductive learning? The roles of retrieval
and category salience. Data blitz talk given at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience Society (ARMADILLO),
Texas A&M University, Virtual.
Arnold, K. M. (March 2019). Writing-to-learn: A cognitive processes approach. Talk given at the 2019 meeting of the North Carolina Cognition Group, N.C. State
University, Raleigh, NC.
Courses taught in the Psychology Department
- PSYC 630 – Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Behavior
- PSYC 320 – Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- PSYC 301 – Analysis of Psychological Data
- PSYC 121 – Introductory Psychology
