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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