Department of Psychology and Sociology

Staff and Faculty

Marion Blake


Associate Professor of Psychology

Ph.D., Texas A&M University–Commerce, Commerce, 2013

Teaching Interests

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Organizational Psychology

Research Interests

  • Test Anxiety and health implications
  • Math self-efficacy, math anxiety, and math performance
  • Service learning and pro-social attitudes and behaviors
  • Global citizenship identification and its influence on pro-social attitudes and behaviors
  • Health and Stress
  • Possible Selves – motivational influence of hoped-for and feared selves on behavior
  • Organizational Behavior

Further Information:

  • My research interests have included examination of test anxiety and its health implications, service learning and prosocial attitudes, motivational role of possible selves, link between global citizenship identification and pro-social attitudes and behaviors, and relationships between math self-efficacy, math anxiety, and math performance.
  • Hobbies include walking and other exercises, group singing, and solving word puzzles.

Contact Information

Department of Psychology & Sociology
Manning 200
MSC 177 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2328
email: marion.blake@tamuk.edu

Marion Blake