- Associate Teaching Professor
- Department of Psychology; Behavioral Science
- Phone: 401.874.4228
- Email: kwebster7@uri.edu
- Office Location: Chafee 311
Biography
Professor Webster is passionate about teaching and mentoring students. She regularly teaches required courses for undergraduate students in quantitative statistics and introduction to psychological research methods. She has also taught social psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as an undergraduate course in developmental psychology. In addition to her commitment to her personal students, she is an active advisor to nearly 40 undergraduate students. Her service includes mentoring student Honors Projects, and she is a member of the Department of Psychology’s Undergraduate Committee dedicated to advocating for the approximately 800 undergraduates in the department. She also serves on several graduate students’ Master’s and Dissertation committees.
Research
Dr. Webster’s current professional and personal interests encompass a wide range of areas from women’s health, including quality of life for women and couples struggling with infertility. She continues her interest in philosophy of science and methodological practices within a feminist and multicultural context. After receiving her Ph.D., Dr. Webster spent 15 years in the corporate-world providing analytic training in the use of predictive marketing strategies and technologies associated with data storage, emerging blockchain technology, analytic automation, and machine learning offering artificial intelligence for data driven decision making.
Education
- Ph.D., Behavioral Psychology, University of Rhode Island, 2001
- B.A. University of Alaska, Southeast, 1995
Selected Publications
Lott, B., & Webster, K. (2006). Carry the banner where it can be seen: Small wins for social justice. Social Justice Research, 19, 123-134.
Ruggiero, L., Webster, K., Peipert, J. F., & Wood, C. (2003). Identification and recruitment of low-income pregnant smokers: Who are we missing? Addictive Behaviors, 28(8), 1497-1505. doi: 10.1016/S0306-4603(02)00269-1
ABSTRACTS
Wishner, K, Silver, B., Boudreaux-Bartels, F., Harlow, L. Knickle H., Mederer, H., Peckham, J, Roheim, C., Trubatch, J., and Webster, K. (2004). Strategies for success of women faculty in science: The ADVANCE program at the University of Rhode Island. EOS Trans. AGU, 85 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement Abstract ED23B-0094.
Harlow, L.L., Smith, T.J., & Cady-Webster, K. (2003, Sept.). Highlights of “The Essence of Multivariate Thinking”. Abstract for Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Keystone, CO.
Harlow, L.L., Webster, K., Silver, B., Hughes, D., Smith, N., Ricci, V., Skzrat, J., & Dutton-Greene, L., (2001, Oct.). Statistics and research learning community. Abstract for Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, Monterey, CA.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Silver, B.E., Harlow, L.L., Webster, K. (2004, May). URI ADVANCE Academic Work Environment Survey. NSF Advance 2004 National Conference, Atlanta Georgia.
Silver, B., Harlow, L.L., & Webster, K. (2004, June). Changing the culture at the University of Rhode Island: Assessing readiness for change. Presented at the AAAS Pacific Division 85th Annual Meeting, Utah State University, Logan, Utah.
Silver, B.E., Harlow, L.L., Webster, K. (2004, December). Changing the Culture at the University of Rhode Island: Assessing Readiness for Change. American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA Poster Session.
Harlow, L.L., Silver, B.E., Hughes, D.M., Smith, N., Webster, K., Dutton-Greene, L., Skrzat, J., & Ricci, V. (2001, Aug). Quantitative and research psychology learning community. Presented at APA, San Francisco.
URI Quantitative Research Learning Community (2001, May). Sexual behaviors, substance use, and well-being: URI Learning Community Study II. Pace University Undergraduate Psychology Conference, NY. [All authors contributed equally. The alphabetical list of student authors includes: Matt Bunn, Amanda Condon, Nicole Fitzgerald, Nikki Floris, Naydeen Fortson, Katie Mosunic, Jacqueline Trainor, and Laura Wells. Supervisors/Sponsors: Drs. Lisa Harlow and Kate Webster].
Cady-Webster, K., Hevey, C, Huang, J, & Perez, A. (2000, March). Statistical Power in research Published in Psychology of Women Quarterly. Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore Maryland.
McCarthy, D., Kaplan, R., & Cady-Webster, K. (2000, March). University of Rhode Island Diversity Week: Expanding Horizons. Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore, MD.
Webster, K., & Hilst K. (1995, July). A Comparison of Non-Rural Alaskan Youths with their Peers in the Lower Forty-Eight on the Achenbach Youth Self-Report. American Psychological Association, New York City, New York.
Minton, B., Webster, K., & Hurr, W. (1994, April). Parental Satisfaction with Residential Treatment Facilities for Adolescent Juvenile Offenders. Department of Family Research, Portland State University, Portland Oregon.
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Achievement to the Department of Psychology, University of Alaska Southeast (1995)
- Contributions to Multicultural Awareness in Teaching: Multicultural Task Force, University of Rhode Island (1999)
- Masters Thesis Defended with Distinction, Experimental Psychology, University of Rhode Island (2000)
- Sigma Xi Master’s Thesis Award for the Promotion of Research in Science, University of Rhode Island (2001)