Psychology Department

Lisa Velkoff

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

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Clinical psychology, eating disorders, suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm

Curriculum Vitae

Educational and Professional Positions

2013, B.A. in Psychology and English, Northwestern University
2017, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Miami University
2020-2021, Pre-doctoral Clinical Intern, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
2021, Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, Miami University
2021-2023, Clinical Research Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research
2022-current, Visiting Assistant Professor, Reed College
2023-current, Adjunct Professor, Lewis & Clark College
2023-current, Postdoctoral Fellow in Eating Disorders, Drexel University Center for Weight, Eating, and Lifestyle Science (WELL Center)

Teaching

My teaching coverage at Reed and elsewhere includes courses in Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Stress and Resilience, and Social Psychology. My teaching approach is focused on creating an inclusive and accessible learning space in which students are actively engaged in their own learning. In my classes, students are encouraged to develop their critical thinking skills and ability to engage with and critique psychological research. 

Research

My research is broadly focused on the topics of eating disorders, suicidality, and non-suicidal self-harm. This includes the study of correlates of these behaviors (e.g., body dissatisfaction, self-punishment) as well as the relationship among them. A growing emphasis of my research is on identifying proximal and modifiable risk factors for engagement in disordered eating, non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidal behavior, including factors such as interoceptive deficits, negative affect, and agitation. My program of research is aimed at developing digital health interventions (such as just-in-time adaptive interventions) to intervene on momentary risk factors. I am not available to advise thesis students while at Reed. 

Selected Representative Publications

Denning, D. M., Ciotti, V., Gioia, A., Viranda, T., Reilly, E. E., Berner, L. A., Velkoff, E. A., Anderson, L. K., Kaye, W. H., Wierenga, C. E., & Brown, T. A. (Accepted). Effects of borderline personality disorder symptoms on dialectical behavior therapy treatment outcomes for eating disorders. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, & Treatment.

Velkoff, E. A., Brown, T. A., Kaye, W. H., & Wierenga, C. E. (2023). Using clinical cutoff scores on the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire to evaluate eating disorder symptoms during and after naturalistic intensive treatment. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 31(5), 464-478. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2023.2191488

Velkoff, E. A. & Smith, A. R. (2023). Temporal dynamics of interoceptive attention and positive and negative affect in individuals engaging in disordered eating and non-suicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(8), 1842-1856. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23508

Velkoff, E. A., Brown, T. A., Kaye, W. H., & Wierenga, C. E. (2023). Confirmatory factor analysis of Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance in a sample of treatment-seeking eating disorder patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 326, 155-162. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.01.089

Velkoff, E. A. & Smith, A. R. (2023). Feeling the urge: Using ecological momentary assessment to test the relationship of interoception with disordered eating and non-suicidal self-injury. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 132(1), 78-90. doi: 10.1037/abn0000794

Denning, D. M., Perry, T. R., Reilly, E. E., Berner, L. A., Velkoff, E. A., Kaye, W. H., Wierenga, C. E., & Brown, T. A. (2022). Associations of suicide risk with emotional reactivity, dysregulation, and eating disorder treatment outcomes. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 52(6), 1126-1139. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12907

Aggarwal, P., Ortiz, S. N., Jain, A., Velkoff, E. A., George, T. S., Smith, A., & Raval, V. V. (2022). Examining psychometric properties of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire among college students in India. Suicide and LifeThreatening Behavior52(1), 110-120. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12809

Velkoff, E. A., & Smith, A. R. (2020). Preliminary development of an implicit association test to measure body dissatisfaction and predict disordered eating attitudes. Body Image, 34, 51-58. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2020.05.005

Velkoff, E. A., Gibler, R. C., Forrest, L. N., & Smith, A. R. (2019). Indirect effects of negative body talk on eating, exercise, and expectations about steroids among adult men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 20(4), 594-602. doi: 10.1037/men0000189

Velkoff, E. A., & Smith, A. R. (2019). Examining patterns of change in the acquired capability for suicide among eating disorder patients. Suicide and LifeThreatening Behavior, 49(4), 1032-1043.doi: 10.1111/sltb.12505

Smith, A. R., Ortiz, S. N., Forrest, L. N., Velkoff, E. A., & Dodd, D. R. (2018). Which comes first?: An examination of associations and shared risk factors for eating disorders and suicidality. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(9), 77-85. doi: 10.1007/s11920-018-0931-x

Smith, A. R., Forrest, L. N., Velkoff, E. A., Ribeiro, J. D., & Franklin, J. C. (2018). Implicit attitudes toward eating stimuli differentiate eating disorder and non-eating disorder groups and predict eating disorder behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 51(4), 343-351. doi: 10.1002/eat.22843

Smith, A. R., Velkoff, E. A., Ribeiro, J. D., & Franklin, J. C. (2018). Are eating disorders and related symptoms risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors? A meta-analysis. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 49(1), 221-239. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12427

Smith, A. R., Forrest, L. N., & Velkoff, E. A. (2018). Out of touch: Interoceptive deficits are elevated in suicide attempters with eating disorders. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, 26(1), 52-65. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2018.1418243

Velkoff, E. A., Forrest, L. N., Dodd, D. R., & Smith, A. R. (2016). Identity, relationship satisfaction, and disclosure: Predicting suicide risk among sexual minority women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(2), 261-274. doi: 10.1177/0361684315621496

Velkoff, E. A., Forrest, L. N., Dodd, D. R., & Smith, A. R. (2016). I can stomach that!: Fearlessness about death predicts attenuated facial electromyography activity in response to death-related images. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 46(3), 313-322. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12194

Complete List of Published Work in My Bibliography