Dr. Russell T. Warne earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in psychology from Brigham Young University in 2007 and his PhD in educational psychology (with an emphasis in research, measurement, and statistics) from Texas A&M University in 2011. Between 2011 and 2022, he taught at Utah Valley University and obtained tenure and the rank of associate professor. Currently, Dr. Warne serves on the editorial board for Intelligence. He was the associate editor for the Journal for the Education of the Gifted and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of School Psychology, Gifted Child Quarterly, and the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.

Dr. Warne has published over 60 scholarly articles in peer reviewed journals and is the author of the acclaimed undergraduate statistics textbook Statistics for the Social Sciences: A General Linear Model Approach. His book, In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths About Human Intelligence was published by Cambridge University Press in October 2020. Click here to learn more about both books.

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Awards and Honors

  • Award for Excellence in Research (Senior Division), Mensa Education & Research Foundation and Mensa International, Limited (July 2020, link to article)
  • Dean’s Recognition Award for Research, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah Valley University (April 2019)
  • 8th most downloaded article of over 4,000 published articles in 2018 in APA journals, American Psychological Association (December 2018, link to article)
  • 2016 Reviewer of the Year, Gifted Child Quarterly (November 10, 2017)
  • Member of the top 1% of peer reviewers in the social sciences, Publons (September 2017)
  • 2016 Best Social Science Paper, Journal of Young Investigators (2016, link to article)
  • 2014 Paper of the Year, Gifted Child Quarterly (2015, link to article)
  • Presidential Award of Excellence for Scholarship, Utah Valley University (2015)
  • Dean’s Recognition Award for Research, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Utah Valley University (April 2014)
  • Best Dissertation, National Association for Gifted Children (November 2012, link to dissertation)
  • Best Doctoral-Level Research in Progress, National Association for Gifted Children (2010)
  • Lohman/Heep Fellowship, College of Education and Human Development, Texas A&M University (2010-2011)
  • Best Doctoral-Level Research in Progress, National Association for Gifted Children (2009)
  • Dean’s Award, Southwest Educational Research Association (2009)
  • Dean’s Award, Southwest Educational Research Association (2008)
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