Jessica Kelly

Jessica is originally from Southern California and completed her M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Dakota in 2022 and B.S in Psychology with a specialization in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 2019. In general, her research interests focus on risk and resiliency factors in children and adolescents that are associated with the development of trauma-related psychopathology. Additionally, she is also interested in exploring and assessing strategies that will help to prevent adverse mental health outcomes related to trauma exposure in this population. Jessica's masters thesis focused on evaluating mental health outcomes in high school students following a school shooting.