Kelly Ferreira (née Gill) earned a bachelor's degree in psychology at Clemson University, a master's in clinical psychology at Pepperdine University, and a PhD in developmental psychology at Catholic University. At Trinity College, she developed and is teaching courses in clinical and cognitive psychology and is expanding on her graduate research examining state and trait emotion regulation.

curriculum vitae

• 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. doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101393
• Bruder, M. B. & Ferreira, K. E. (2021). State early learning and development standards: A unified curriculum framework for all young children. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education . doi: 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. doi: 10.26077/e7d4-7c9b
• Ferreira, K. E.  & Adleman, N. E. (2020). Memory, emotion regulation, and social inference skills in college students.  Current Psychology, 39,  1269-1276 . doi: 10.1007/s12144-018-9833-7.
• 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 . doi: 10.1080/21635781.2020.1803162
• 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 . doi: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1428704
• 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. doi: 10.1186/s40345-016-0062-4.
• 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. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716000490.
• 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.
• Gill, K. E., Quintero, J. M., Poe, S. L., Moreira, A., Brucato, G., Posner, K., Corcoran, C. M., & Girgis, R. R. (2015). Assessing suicidal ideation in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 165, 152-156. 
• Gill, K. E., Poe, L., Azimov, N., Ben-David, S., Vadhan, N. P., Cressman, V., Moore, H., & Corcoran, C. M. (2015). Reasons for cannabis use among youths at ultra high risk for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 9(3), 207-210.  
• Poe, S. L., Gill, K. E., Brucato, G., Corcoran, C. M., & Girgis, R. R. (2015). Parental age and attenuated thought disorder in a cohort at clinical high risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 161, 511-512.
• Gill, K. E., Evans, E., Kayser, J., Ben-David, S., Messinger, J., Bruder, G., Malaspina, D., & Corcoran, C. M. (2014). Smell identification in individuals at clinical high risk for schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research, 220(1), 201-204.
• Poe, S. L., Gill, K. E., Brucato, G., Corcoran, C. M., & Girgis, R. R. (2014). Family history of psychosis as a predictor or protective factor of social maladjustment in a population at clinical high risk for psychosis. Psychiatry Research, 219(3), 696-699.