Faculty Profile: Kelly E. Ferreira

Kelly E. Ferreira
Lecturer in Psychology
Phone: (860) 297-4004	Office Location: Life Sciences Center 209A
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Trinity College faculty member since 2020	View office hours for Fall 2026

Ferreira, K. E., Vegas, O., Smith, W. J., & Lutz, T. M. (2026). Mental health professional graduate and post-graduate training in disability. Rehabilitation Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000688
Konagalla, S. V., Ferreira, K. E., & Menon, M. (2026). An examination of factors impacting learning outcomes and satisfaction across college course formats. Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 27 (2), 194-206 . https://doi.org/10.1108/QRDE-01-2026-0003
Ferreira, K. E. , Lutz, T. M., & Bruder, M. B. (2025). Are mental health professionals prepared and comfortable to provide services to people with disabilities? An exploratory analysis. Journal of Mental Health, 34(5), 541-548.https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2025.2512315
Bruder, M. B., Lutz T., Ferreira, K. E. (2024). Barriers to health care among adults with disabilities in Connecticut. Developmental Disabilities Network Journal, 4(2), 59-79. https://doi.org/10.59620/2694-1104.1089
Lutz, T., Ferreira, K. E., Noel, J., & Bruder, M. B. (2023). Secondary analysis of one state's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) data by Individualized Education Program (IEP) status. Disability and Health, 16(1) 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101393
Bruder, M. B. & Ferreira, K. E. (2022). State early learning and development standards: A unified curriculum framework for all young children. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 42(2), 137-149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121420981130
Bruder, M. B., Lutz, T., & Ferreira, K. E. (2021).Parents of children with disabilities in the early months of COVID-19: Knowledge, attitudes, and needs. Developmental Disabilities Network Journal, 1(2), 53-71. https://doi.org/10.26077/e7d4-7c9b
Pak, K., Lee-Tauler, S.Y., Ferreira, K. E., Perera, K., & Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M. (2020). Distress, grief, and functionality following military unit suicide exposure. Military and Behavioral Health, 9(1), 78-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2020.1803162
Ferreira, K. E. & Adleman, N. E. (2020). Memory, emotion regulation, and social inference skills in college students. Current Psychology, 39, 1269-1276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9833-7
Pak, K., Ferreira, K. E., & Ghahramanlou-Holloway, M. (2019). Suicide postvention for the United States military: Literature review, conceptual model, and recommendations. Archives of Suicide Research, 23(2), 179-202. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2018.1428704
Brucato, G., Masucci, M. D., Arndt, L. Y., Ben-David, S., Colibazzi T., Corcoran C. M., Crumbley A. H., Crump F. M., Gill, K. E., Kimhy D., Lister A., Schobel S. A., Yang L. H., Lieberman J. A., & Girgis, R. R. (2017). Baseline demographics, clinical features and predictors of conversion among 200 individuals in a longitudinal prospective psychosis-risk cohort. Psychological Medicine, 47, 1923–1935. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291717000319
Poe, S. L., Bruno, N., Arndt, L., Ben-David, S., Gill, K. E., Brucato, G., Corcoran, C. M., & Girgis, R. R. (2017). Sleep disturbances in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Psychiatry Research, 249, 240-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.12.029
Kimhy, D., Gill, K. E., Brucato, G., Vakhrusheva, J., Arndt, L., Gross, J. J., & Girgis, R. R. (2016). The impact of emotion awareness and regulation on social functioning in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Psychological Medicine, 46, 2907-2918. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716000490
Gill, K. E., Cardenas, S. A., Kassem, L., Schulze, T. G., & McMahon, F. J. (2016). Symptom profiles and illness course among Anabaptist and Non-Anabaptist adults with major mood disorder. International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, 4(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40345-016-0062-4
Gill, K. E., Cressman, V., Poe, S. L., Steinfeld, S., Ben-David, S., Keilp, J. G., Moore, H., Turkstra, L. S., & Corcoran, C. M. (2016). Social inference in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 10(1), 77-80. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12182
Mourik, K., Decrescenzo, P., Brucato, G., Gill, K. E., Arndt, L., Corcoran, C. M., Kimhy, D., Keilp, J. G., & Girgis, R. R. (2016). Various neurocognitive deficits and conversion risk in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 11(3), 250 – 254. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12296
Colibazzi, T., Horga, G., Wang, Z., Huo, Y., Corcoran, C., Klahr, K., Brucato, G., Gill, K., Abi-Dargham, A., & Peterson, B. S. (2015). Neural dysfunction in cognitive control circuits in persons at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Neuropsychopharmacology, 41, 1241–1250. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2015.273
Yang, L. H., Link, B. G., Ben David, S., Gill, K. E., Girgis, R. R., Brucato, G., Wonpat-Borja, A. J., & Corcoran, C. M. (2015). Stigma related to labels and symptoms in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 168(1-2), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2015.08.004