Lisa Velkoff
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Clinical psychology, eating disorders, suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm
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 Life‐Threatening Behavior, 52(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 Life‐Threatening 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