Katie E. Cherry, Professor & Department Chair
Office: 119 Audubon Hall
Department of Psychology
海角社区
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office Phone: 225-578-4099
Email: pskatie@lsu.edu
For more information about current interdisciplinary research initiatives, please
Dr. Cherry is not accepting new students for Fall 2025.
Research Interests
- Disaster Stress and Cognition in Midlife and Later Adulthood
- Interdisciplinary Studies of Healthy Aging
Dr. Cherry is interested in factors that impact healthy aging. Current research projects focus on disaster stress related to the historic flooding of 2016 and prior hurricane experience. Students may be involved in recruiting and testing community-dwelling adults both at 海角社区 and off-campus locations, data entry, and library work. For more information, contact Dr. Cherry at pskatie@lsu.edu.
Representative Publications
Cherry, K. E., Lyon, B. A., Boudreaux, E. O., Blanchard, A. B., Hicks, J. L., Elliott, E. M., Myers, L., Kim, S., & Jazwinski, S. M. (2019). Memory self-efficacy and beliefs about memory and aging in very old adults in the Louisiana Healthy Aging Study (LHAS). Experimental Aging Research, 45, 28-40. doi.org/10.1080/0361073X.2018.1560107
Poggiogalle, E., Cherry, K. E., Su, L.J., Kim, S., Myers, L., Welsh, D. A., Jazwinski, S. M., & Ravussin, E., (2019). Body composition, IGF 1 status, and physical functionality in nonagenarians: Implications for osteosarcopenia. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 20, 70-75.
Cherry, K.E., Elliott, E.M., Golob, E.J., Silva Brown, J., Kim, S., & Jazwinski, S. M. (2021). Strategic encoding and retrieval processes in verbal recall among older adults. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 39(2), pp 252-268. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12349
Kim, S., Fuselier, J., Welsh, D. A., Cherry, K. E., Myers, L., & Jazwinski, S. M. (2021). Feature selection algorithms enhance the accuracy of frailty indexes as measures of biological age. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 76(8), 1347-1355.
Cherry, K. E., De Vito, A. N., Calamia, M. R., & Elliott, E. M., Yu, S., Sampson, L., Galea, S., Mansoor, M., McKneely, K. J., Nguyen, Q. P (2021). Disaster stressors and psychological well being in older adults after a flood. Psychology and Aging, 36(5), 600-666.
Cherry, K.E., Brigman, S., Burton-Chase, A., & Baudoin, K. H. (2021). Perceptions of forgetfulness in adulthood. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 182(1), 31-46 Doi: 10.1080/00221325.2020.1840330
Bernstein, J.P.K, Calamia, M., De Vito, A., Cherry, K. E., & Keller, J. N. (2022).
Multimethod assessment of driving in older adults: A pilot study using a novel driving
simulator. Applied
Neuropsychology: Adult, 29(4), 452-461. doi: 10.1080/23279095.2020.1769098. Epub 2020
May 29
Cherry, K. E., Calamia, M. R., & Elliott, E. M., McKneely, K. J., Nguyen, Q. P., Loader, C. L., Miller, L. R., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2023). Religiosity and social support predict resilience in older adults after a flood. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 96(3), 285-311.
Minto, L. R., Ellis, R., Cherry, K. E., Wood, R. H., Barber, S. J., Carter, S., & Dotson, V. M. (2023). Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on the relationships of physical activity with mood and cognitive function in a diverse sample. Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, 30(4), 654-667.
Stewart, S. A., Copeland, A. L., & Cherry, K. E. (2023). Risk factors for substance use across the lifespan. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 184(2), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2022.2130025
Cherry, K. E., Miller, L. R., Bordes, P. J., Calamia, M. R., Elliott, E. M., Sampson, L., & Galea, S. (2023). Longitudinal assessment of mental health after a flood: Roles of social support, hope, recovery stressors, and prior lifetime trauma. Aging & Mental Health, 27(12), 2446-2456. https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2191927
Friis, M., Cherry, K. E., Bordes, P. J., Calamia, M. R., & Elliott, E. M. (2023). Younger and older adults perceptions of stressors after a flood. Traumatology, 29(3), 402鈥�412. https://doi.org/10.1037/trm0000451
Girard, C. M. F., Cherry, K. E., & Sampson, L. (2023). 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 wash your hands in a house without running water鈥�: Pandemic precautionary behaviors after Hurricane Laura. Current Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04677-z
Cherry, K. E., Ayalon, L., & Pillemer, K. A. (2023). The real life impacts of the changing climate on psychosocial functioning: From susceptibility to resilience of older persons. Generations Today. https://generations.asaging.org/impacts-climate-change-psychosocial-function
DiCarlo, C. F., Cherry, K. E., Sulentic Dowell, M-M, & Marks, L. D. (2023). Children鈥檚 perception of the COVID-19 home stay. Child and Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-023-09762-9
Cherry, K. E., DiCarlo, C. F., Willis, M., Bordes, P., Calamia, M. R., & Marks, L. D. (2023). The COVID-19 home stay experience: Psychosocial consequences for preschoolers and their parents. Family Relations, 73(1), 36-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12964
Erwin, M. J., & Cherry, K. E. (2024). 鈥淎m I Too Old to Pursue a Degree?: Ageism at
Midlife in a
Community College Setting. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 185(4), 282-296.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2023.2297302