Publications

  1. Farley, S. D., Carson, D., Garrah, K., & Garove, A. (2026). Laughter contagion varies by laughter type and perceived authenticity. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior.
  2. Cotten, A., Ficenec, S., Cantave, M., Castillo-Nye, A., Bean, C., Jardot, J., Znamirowski, C., Drexler, J., Garrah, K., Glinski, N., Halfon, M., Raup, M., Jr., Williams, J., White, E., Hill, T., Leech, H., & Lerman, R. I. (2025, March 26). Final report of the apprenticeship 2030 commission. Maryland Department of Legislative Services.
  3. Garrah, K., Breeden, M., & Farley, S. D. (2024). The heartfelt gesture positively affects perceptions of personality. Current Psychology, 43, 34904–34913.
  4. Garrah, K. (2024). Diminished agency and criminal culpability: Redefining our justice system’s binary view of agency. Pro Tanto: The Student Journal of Philosophy, Law, & Ethics, 3, 11–12.

In preparation

  1. Farley, S. D., & Garrah, K. (2027). Nonverbal measurement methods for smiling and laughter: Past, present, and future [Chapter in preparation]. Invited chapter in N. Murphy & J. Hall (Eds). Research Methods in Nonverbal Communication.
  2. Garrah, K., & Farley, S. D. (In preparation). The faces of laughter contagion: Do spontaneous and posed laughs elicit different facial responses from listeners?
  3. Garrah, K., Rudd, S., Salmanowicz, R., Patterson, K., Gambrell, S., & Vinson, K. (In preparation). Schizoid personality disorder and pet-human attachment: a thematic analysis.
  4. Garrah, K., & Farley, S. D. (In preparation). Can raters differentiate emotions in laughter? Affective components of spontaneous laughter produced across story-telling contexts.
  5. Garrah, K., Farley, S. D., & Carson, D. (In preparation). The differential impact of historicist and biological narratives on perceptions of free will mechanisms, blame, and sentencing goals for criminal offenders.

Conference Presentations

  1. Migliaccio, L., King, K., & Garrah, K. (2026, July-August). A pathway for reframing DEI messaging. Professional Development Workshop accepted for presentation at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
  2. Garrah, K., Farley, S., Carson, D., Garove, A., & Hart, S. (2026, February). Laughter contagion varies by laughter type and perceived authenticity. Poster presented at the 2026 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  3. Garrah, K., Farley, S.D., Baker-Salmon, Z., & Bartholomew, R. (2026, February). Can raters accurately differentiate the light and dark sides of laughter? Poster presented at the 2026 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  4. Garrah, K., Rudd, S. & Patterson, K. (2026, February). Schizoid personality disorder and pet-human attachments: a thematic analysis of reddit posts. Poster presented at the 2026 Eastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
  5. Garrah, K., Farley, S., Carson, D., Bean, C., Gambrell, S., Hart, S., Nicholson-Ryan, Z., & Patterson, K. (2025, February). Can raters differentiate the light and dark sides of laughter? Preliminary findings from the wild. Paper presentation at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology Nonverbal Preconference, Denver, CO.
  6. Garrah, K., Farley, S. D., & Carson, D. (2025, February). The differential impact of historicist and biological narratives on perceptions of free will mechanisms, blame, and sentencing goals for criminal offenders. Poster presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Denver, CO.
  7. Farley, S. D., Carson, D., Garrah, K., Gambrell, S., Nicholson-Ryan, Z., & Hart, S. (2025, February). Is authentic laughter more contagious than posed laughter? Poster presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Denver, CO.
  8. Garrah, K. (2024, May). The impact of “historicist narratives” on attributions of blame and sentencing goals for criminal offenders. Paper presentation at the Inspired Discoveries Symposium, Baltimore, MD.
  9. Dieck, H., & Garrah, K., (2024, May). An interdisciplinary critique of juries in the American criminal justice system. Paper presentation at the Inspired Discoveries Symposium, Baltimore, MD.
  10. Garrah, K. (2024, February). The heartfelt gesture positively affects perceptions of personality. Paper presentation at the Maryland Collegiate Honors Council 2024 Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  11. Garrah, K., Breeden, M., Nicholson-Ryan, Z., Gambrell, S., Bean, C., & Farley, S. D. (2024, February). The heartfelt gesture positively affects perceptions of personality. Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.