MPH, Dartmouth College, Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover NH – 2019
Psy.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ – 2011
M.Ed, Columbia University, New York, NY – 2008
BA, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA – 2004
Kirby Wycoff, PsyD, EdM, MPH, NCSP
Associate Professor
Director of Doctoral Programs
Associate Professor
Director of Doctoral Programs
Education
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed
- Sharma, D., Gill, S. J., Goodman, L., Rabinowitz, A., Hunter, L. N., Schaler, R., & Wycoff, K. (2026). Health management practices in chronic traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: A scoping review protocol. PLOS ONE, 21(6), e0351635.
- Wycoff, K., Nolan, M., Biondo, J., Carden, M., Coleman, J., O’Neil, T., Rabinowitz, A., Mitchell, J., & Goodman, L. (2025). Beyond inclusion: Integrating community-based participatory research and design thinking to advance equitable, justice-oriented innovation. In ICERI2025 proceedings: 18th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (pp. 9087–9093). IATED. https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2025.2560
- McClain, A., & Wycoff, K.L. (2025). Navigating self and scholarship: An autoethnographic voyage in doctoral student research and mentorship. New Horizons in Adult Education and Human Resource Development.
- Wycoff, K., Bohn, G., Felino, F. (2024). Moral Injury Among Youth: Historical Accounts, Current Research and Future Directions. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry.
- Wycoff, K., Dunbar, A., Miller, J., Felter, J. (2024). Understanding Transitions into Motherhood Among Young Black Women amidst Trauma, Racism, and Structural Oppression. Journal of Black Psychology.
- Wycoff, K., Coleman, J., Santoro, C., Zullig, L., Darden, N., Holland, P., Cruice, J., Mitchell, S., Smith, M., McNeil, S., Herring, S. (2024) Multi-level Community Engagement to Inform Randomized Controlled Trial Design. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- Felter, J. M., Wycoff, K. L., Hass, R. W., & Page, A. P. (2022). Trauma-informed interprofessional education: Preliminary evaluation of building student capacity for system-wide collaboration. Families, Systems, & Health, 40(4), 449.
- Wycoff, K.L. (2021). Consultation with a Community-Based Organization Serving Urban Youth: A Case Study. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research.
- Malone, C., Wycoff, K.L., Erlanger, T. (2021). Applying a MTSS Framework to Address Racism and Promote Mental Health for Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Youth. Psychology in the Schools.
- Wycoff, K., Felter J., Dunbar, A. (2021). Early Childhood Mental Health: The Role of the School-Based Mental Health Provider in Building Consultative Alliances across Diverse Populations. [Manuscript Under Revision] Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health, Thomas Jefferson University.
- Wycoff, K., Dunbar, A., Miller, J., Felter, J. (2021). Motherhood Among Young Black Women: Wisdom and Survival amidst Trauma, Racism, and Structural Oppression. [Manuscript Under Review]. Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health, Thomas Jefferson University.
- Wycoff, K., Felter J., Dunbar, A. (2021). “I ain’t ready: It’s time to get ready:” Exploring Dichotomous Feelings about Motherhood among Young Women of Color. [Manuscript Under Revision]. Department of Counseling and Behavioral Health, Thomas Jefferson University.
- Wycoff, K.L., & Matone, M. (2019) Amplifying the Need for Trauma-Informed Sexual and Reproductive Health Care for At-Risk Adolescents during times of Social and Political Complexity. Journal of Adolescent Health.
- Gubi, A. A., Strait, J., Wycoff, K., Vega, V., Brauser, B., & Osmon, Y. (January, 2019). Trauma-Informed Knowledge and Practices in School Psychology: A Pilot Study and Review. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 1-24.
Books, Chapters, Non-Peer Reviewed
- Rossen, E., Wycoff. K.L. (2022). Best Practices in Trauma-Informed Schools. In P.L Harrison, S.L. Proctor., A. Thomas (Eds.), Best Practices in School Psychology – 7th Edition. National Association of School Psychologists.
- Erbacher, T., Wycoff, K.L. (2021). A Tale of Two Pandemics: Equitable and Trauma-Informed Threat Assessment Processes. Communique. Volume 49. P. 32-35.
- Turner, E., Malone, C., Wycoff, K. (2020) Addressing Racist Policies in Children’s Mental Health: The Role of Psychological Science to Promote Equity in Mental Health Care. In Balance. Publication of the American Psychological Association's Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
- Wycoff, K.L., & Melrath, C. (2019). The Role of the Psychologist in Building Trauma-Informed, Resiliency Focused Communities. The Pennsylvania Psychologist.
- Wycoff, K.L. & Franzese, B. (2018, April). Trauma-Informed Assessment and Interventions in Schools and Communities. In New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Biography
Dr. Kirby Wycoff is an interdisciplinary health scientist, doctoral educator, and research leader whose work focuses on advancing doctoral education, approaches to inquiry, and human-centered research capable of addressing complex health and social challenges. With a disciplinary foundation in psychology, her work spans health sciences, public health, education, and design, bringing multiple disciplinary perspectives to questions of human experience, health, and well-being.
She serves as Associate Professor and Director of the Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) and PhD in Health Science programs at Thomas Jefferson University, where she leads interdisciplinary doctoral education, research training, curriculum development, and the growth of international academic and research partnerships.
Dr. Wycoff's work centers on three interconnected areas: interdisciplinary doctoral education and researcher development; interdisciplinary research design and methodological pluralism; and human-centered and participatory research in complex health and social contexts.
Her research centers lived experience and seeks to understand human responses to adversity, systems of support, and the conditions that shape health and well-being. Through human-centered and participatory approaches, she brings the knowledge and perspectives of people, communities, and professionals closest to complex problems into the research process.
She is particularly interested in how researchers move from complex real-world problems to rigorous research questions and appropriate approaches to inquiry, rather than beginning with predetermined disciplinary or methodological traditions. This perspective informs both her scholarship and her approach to mentoring doctoral researchers.
Increasingly, Dr. Wycoff's leadership focuses on building interdisciplinary, international, and cross-sector research and training ecosystems. She develops doctoral programs, mentorship models, international learning experiences, and collaborative research partnerships that connect universities, health systems, community organizations, researchers, and students
Areas of Interest
Dr. Wycoff's clinical work informs and guides her scholarship, and her current research agenda focuses on Adverse Childhood Experiences, intergenerational trauma, disparity and inequity, cultural disproportionality, school policy and trauma-informed systems all within the framework of public health and resiliency. She is particularly interested in child, maternal and family health and wellness in school, community and clinical settings.
Research & Grants
- PCORI (Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute)
- HRSA Behavioral Health Work Force Education Grant
- American Association of Birth Workers, $5,000, (2021-2022)
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Policy Lab, (2017-2019)
Leadership & Advocacy
- Pennsylvania Psychological Association; Chair of the Colleague Assistance Committee and Member of the Executive Finances Committee; After being awarded the Pennsylvania Psychological Association Emerging Leader Fellowship for 2020 focusing on mental health and policy, she has been invited to serve in various leadership roles within the organization.
- Co-chair of the Policy Committee of the Pennsylvania School Psychology Association. In this role, she brings a public health lens to her mental health expertise in considering the needs of multiple stakeholders and policy mechanisms related to child and adolescent mental health in the Commonwealth.
- HEAL-PA: Trauma-Informed Pennsylvania, Office of Advocacy and Reform where she serves as a Governor appointed executive team member, co-chair of the statewide Data and Evaluation Action Team and Member of the Community and Racial Trauma Action Team.
- The Trauma-Informed Practices Advisory Group, Pennsylvania Office for Safe Schools where she currently serves on the advisory group responsible for responding to amendments of Act 18 of 2019 (Article XIII-B) and Act 67 of 2019, which included the development of a model trauma-informed approach plan in school and community settings;
- The School Safety and Security Committee, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, where she currently serves on the state-wide committee for the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Article XIII-B (School Safety and Security) of the Public-School Code of 1949 created a committee which has been tasked with developing the criteria that school entities use in performing school safety and security assessments.