Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Email
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Research Interests
Primary
Psycholinguistics, Cognitive Neuroscience of Language, Language and Spatial Cognition, Linguistic Reference Processing, Language and Discourse
Secondary
Psycholinguistics of Bilingualism; Language Expertise: French
Education
Expected Spring 2029
Ph.D. in Psychology
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Concentration: Cognitive and Neural Sciences
Doctoral Advisor: Amit Almor, Ph.D.
Fall 2024
Master of Arts in Linguistics
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Concentration: Psycholinguistics
Spring 2022
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Magna Cum Laude
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Minor: Linguistics
Spring 2020
S.C. Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
Hartsville, SC
Concentration in Humanities, With Honors
Honors & Grants
2024 – 2028
Presidential Doctoral Fellowship
University of South Carolina
Fall 2023
"Thank a Teacher" Certificate of Appreciation
University of South Carolina
2022 – 2023
Dr. Yung-Fa Chang Grant
University of South Carolina
2020
Corey Claytor Scholarship
S.C. Governor's School for Science and Mathematics
Publications
2026
Fridriksson, J., Newman-Norlund, R. D., Ahmadi, S., Willis, R., Salman, N.,
Warren, K., … & Rorden, C. (2026).
Stroke lesions as a Rosetta Stone for language model interpretability.
arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.04074.
2025
Warren, K., Nichols, C., Petersen, D., et al.
Stylistic language drives perceived moral superiority of LLMs.
Scientific Reports, 15, 39168.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-25046-9
Submitted
Visikamalla, H., Riccardi, N., Rangus, I., Warren, K., Nichols, C., Horacek, K.,
Newman-Norlund, S., Fridriksson, J., & Bonilha, L. (Submitted 3/23/26).
Tip-of-the-Tongue Word-Finding Phenomenon: The Significance of the White Matter Language Network.
Neurobiology of Language.
Submitted
Warren, K. (Submitted 3/19/26).
StatTeacher Toolkit: A Browser-Based Application for Generating and Practicing
Psychological Statistics Problems.
The Journal of Open Source Education.
In prep
Warren, K., Newman-Norlund, R., Ahmadi, S., Salman, N., Yang, Y., Willis, R.,
Guan, X., & Fridriksson, J. (in prep).
Error Profiles as Behavioral Biomarkers of Lesion Location: Cross-Task Stability and
Anatomical Predictability of Naming Error Types in Chronic Aphasia.
In prep
Warren, K. & Almor, A. (in prep).
Hearing Where They Were: Spatial Indexing as a Modality-General Discourse Mechanism.
In prep
Wilson, S. C., Langley, S., Warren, K., den Ouden, D. B., & Almor, A. (in prep).
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation of the Superior Parietal Cortex Modulates Reference
Processing during Reading Comprehension.
Acknowledgments
2022
Scucchi, S. (2022). The variation of metaphor processing strategies and the effects on
reading skills in L2 English learners. (Order No. 28969555, University of South Carolina).
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 89.
ProQuest →
2022
Wilson, S. C. (2022). Lexical and syntactic priming in dialogue.
(Order No. 28769220, University of South Carolina).
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 74.
ProQuest →
Presentations
2026
Warren, K. & Almor, A. (2025, March 27).
Spatial memory of auditory sources in language comprehension
[Poster]. Human Sentence Processing 2026 (HSP), Cambridge, MA.
2025
Warren, K. & Almor, A. (2025, November 22).
Spatial memory of auditory sources in language comprehension
[Poster]. Psychonomics, Denver, CO.
2025
Warren, K. & Almor, A. (2025, November 15).
Spatial memory of auditory sources in language comprehension
[Presentation]. Graduate Students in Linguistics Student Research Symposium, Columbia, SC.
2023
Wilson, S. C., Langley, S., Warren, K., den Ouden, D., & Almor, A.
(2023, October 25).
Reference processing modulation during HD-transcranial direct current stimulation
[Poster]. Society for the Neurobiology of Language, Marseille, France.
2023
Wilson, S. C., Langley, S., Warren, K., den Ouden, D., & Almor, A.
(2023, April 21).
Reference processing modulation during HD-transcranial direct current stimulation
[Poster]. Discover USC, Columbia, SC.
2022
Warren, K., Bury, H., & Weist, M. D. (2022).
Comparing clinicians' and graduate students' multicultural knowledge and awareness
in school psychology and clinical community programs at the University of South Carolina
[Poster]. Southeastern School Behavioral Health Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.
2020
Che, B. & Warren, K. (2020).
Air cleaning drone feasibility: Designing a mobile filtration unit to reduce indoor
particulate matter [Poster]. South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 140.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2020/all/140
Teaching Experience
Instructor of Record
Fall 2026
PSYC 101: Introduction to Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Summer 2026
PSYC 400: Survey of Learning & Memory
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Spring 2026
PSYC 220: Psychological Statistics
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Fall 2025
PSYC 220: Psychological Statistics
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Spring 2024
ENGL 102: Rhetoric and Composition
University of South Carolina — Columbia
2 sections
Fall 2023
ENGL 101: Critical Reading and Composition
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Guest Lectures
Spring 2025
PSYC 405: Cognitive Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
Fall 2024
LING 301: The English Language
University of South Carolina — Columbia
Fall 2024
PSYC 405: Cognitive Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2025
PSYC 572: Cognitive Psychology Lab
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Spring 2025
PSYC 405: Cognitive Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Fall 2024
PSYC 405: Cognitive Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
2 sections
Spring 2024
PSYC 405: Cognitive Psychology
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Fall 2023
PSYC 506: Psychology of Language
University of South Carolina — Columbia
1 section
Skills
Languages
English (Native), French (C1)
Research Methods
EEG, HD-tDCS, fMRI/MRI, behavioral experiments
Software
R, SAS, Python, SPSS, HTML5, JavaScript, Java, CSS, E-Prime, Qualtrics, REDCap