Professional Service

  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Role: Consultant. Consultant, Trauma-Informed Organizational Assessment, National Child Traumatic Stress Network. 12/2021 - present
  • American Psychological Association Division 56. Conference submission reviewer. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • Montana State University. Tenure and promotio reviewer. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • University of New South Wales. PhD external examiner. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • National Institute of Justice. FY 2021 Longitudinal Research on Delinquency and Crime grant application reviewer. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • American Psychological Foundation . Trauma Psychology Grant application reviewer. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • Red Line Editorial Publishers. Book proposal reviewer. 12/2021 - 12/2021
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress. Role: Mentor. Mentor and progenitor, Journal of Traumatic Stress Fellowship for Underrepresented Scholars. 01/2021 - 12/2021
  • Psychological Injury and Law. Associate Editor. 12/2020 - present
  • Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. Associate Editor. 12/01/2020 - present
  • “Addressing Health Impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences through a Collaborative Precision Medicine Approach.” California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine, California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, Sacramento, CA. Expert Selection Committee. 10/2020 - present
  • Institute for Building Resilience through Trauma-Informed Practices (I-BRTIP), Columbia College, Columbia, SC. Advisory Board. 01/2020 - present
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress Fellowship for Underrepresented Scholars. Originator and mentor. 01/2020 - 12/2021
  • Routledge Publishers. Role: Reviewer. Book proposal reviewer. 11/2019 - present
  • Education University of Hong Kong. Role: Reviewer. Grant proposal reviewer. 09/2019 - present
  • Wayne State University. Role: Reviewer. Promotion review. 08/2019 - 08/2019
  • University of Akron. Role: Reviewer. Promotion to Full Professor Review. 03/2019 - 08/2019
  • 2018 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Role: Peer reviewer. Conference proposal reviewer. 02/15/2019 - present
  • University of Missouri FORECAST Project. Advisory Board. 01/2019 - present
  • American Psychological Association Press. Book proposal reviewer. 12/2018 - present
  • Journal of Family Psychology. Peer reviewer. 12/2018 - present
  • American Psychological Association Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Adverse Childhood Experiences Workgroup . Role: Participant. Invited participant, American Psychological Association Committee on Children, Youth, and Families Adverse Childhood Experiences Workgroup . 12/2018 - 12/2019
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Conference proposal reviewer. 09/2018 - present
  • University of Hong Kong. Grant proposal reviewer. 09/2018 - 08/2019
  • Development and Psychopathology. Peer Reviewer. 04/04/2018 - present
  • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Peer Reviewer. 04/04/2018 - present
  • Wayne State University. Tenure and Promotion reviewer. 04/04/2018 - 08/2019
  • Oregon Health Sciences University. Role: External reviewer. External reviewer. 04/04/2018 - 08/2018
  • Templeton Religion Trust. Grant Proposal Reviewer. 04/04/2018 - 08/2018
  • University of New South Wales. PhD External Examiner. 02/2017 - 02/2017
  • Simon Fraser University. PhD External Examiner. 02/2017 - 02/2017
  • Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys. Consultant. 01/2017 - present
  • National Science Foundation. Role: Reviewer. Graduate Research Fellowship Awards Panel. 01/2017 - present
  • Utah Juvenile Defender Attorneys. Consultant. 01/2017 - present
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Role: Advisory Board. Advisory Board, GRYD Community Restorative Health Project Planning Team, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. 01/2017 - present
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress. Editor in Chief. 01/2017 - 12/31/2021
  • Policy Research Associates. Role: Advisory Board. Advisory Board, Assessing a Trauma-Informed Decision Protocol for Juvenile Justice Practitioners, Policy Research Associates, New York. 01/2017 - 08/2020
  • National Science Foundation. Panel member, Graduate Research Fellowship Awards. 01/2017 - 01/2017
  • University of Arkansas. External Reviewer, Promotion and Tenure. 08/2016 - 08/2016
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Peer Reviewer, Conference submissions. 06/2016 - 06/2016
  • Utah Department of Human Services. Consultant. 01/2016 - present
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress. Editor Elect. 01/01/2016 - 12/31/2016
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Scholarly conference proposal reviewer. 03/2015 - 03/2020
  • Congressional Fellowship Program, Government Relations Office, Public Interest Directorate, American Psychological Association. Consultant. 01/2015 - 06/2016
  • American Psychological Association Division 56 Presidential Task Force on Child Trauma. Taskforce Member. 01/2015 - 06/2016
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress. Associate Editor. 01/01/2015 - 01/2016
  • Primary Children's Medical Center. Staff Psychologist. 10/01/2014 - 12/2017
  • American Psychology-Law Society. Grant reviewer. 03/03/2014 - 05/2014
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Field Initiated Research and Evaluation Program. Role: Peer Reviewer. Peer Reviewer. 01/2014 - present
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review; Development and Psychopathology; Developmental Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology; et al. Role: Peer reviewer. Peer reviewer. 01/01/2014 - present
  • Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice. Faculty. 01/01/2014 - present
  • World Health Organization. Role: Consultant. Consultant, Internet-Based Field Study for ICD-11 Mental and Behavioural Disorders Specifically Associated with Stress, World Health Organization. 01/01/2014 - present
  • Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Role: Grant reviewer. Grant panel. 01/01/2014 - present
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Role: Reviewer. Conference. 01/01/2014 - present
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Role: Ex-Officio Member. Board of Directors. 01/01/2014 - present
  • National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Role: Committee Member. Juvenile Justice Subcommittee. 01/01/2014 - present
  • International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Editor, Traumatic StressPoints. 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2016
  • University of Georgia. Tenure reviewer. 01/01/2014 - 02/2014
  • World Health Organization. Internet-Based Field Study for ICD-11 . 01/2013 - 01/2013
  • American Psychological Association Press. Role: Editorial consultant. Editorial consultant. 01/01/2013 - 01/2013
  • Taylor and Francis. Peer Reviewer. 01/01/2013 - 01/2013
  • Society for Research in Adolescence. Role: Peer reviewer. Conference. 01/01/2013 - 01/2013
  • Oxford University Press. Role: Editorial consultant. Editorial consultant. 01/01/2013 - 01/2013
  • Southern Methodist University. Role: Tenure reviewer. Tenure review. 07/01/2011 - 07/01/2011
  • New York University. Role: Tenure reviewer. Tenure reviewer. 05/01/2011 - 05/2011
  • Illinois Institute of Technology. Role: External Reviewer. External Review. 04/01/2011 - 06/01/2011
  • Juvenile Justice Subcommittee, National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Participant. 01/2010 - present
  • Utah Juvenile Justice Services. Consultant. 01/2010 - present

Internal Service

  • Consultant, University of Utah School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry. Consultant, 12/2021 - present. University service.
  • Chair, Personnel Committee. 08/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Member, Personnel Committee. 08/2020 - 08/2021. Department service.
  • Co-Chair, Professional Integrity and Ethics Committee. 08/2019 - 05/20/2022. Department service.
  • Chair, Personnel Committee. Chair, 08/2019 - 05/2020. Department service.
  • Kerig, P. K. (2018, Mar.). How scientific writing in psychology is like a murder mystery. Discipline-Specific Writing: Social and Behavioral Science, Undergraduate Research Education Series, University of Utah. Presenter, 03/05/2018 - 03/05/2018. University service.
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology Major Proposal Committee. 01/2017 - present. College service.
  • Executive Committee. Committee Member, 01/01/2014 - 08/2019. Department service.

Community Partnership

  • “What every school counselor should know about trauma and delinquency.” Invited talk to the Salt Lake Valley School District, January, 2011. Invited Talk/Keynote, presented, 01/2011. Community Engagement. 01/2011 - 01/2011

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 56). American Psychological Association, 12/01/2022
  • Donald Fridley Memorial Award for Excellence in Training and Mentoring. International Summit on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma, 04/04/2021
  • Taft-Nicholson Fellowship. University of Utah Environmental and Humanities Education Center, 07/2019
  • University Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 03/01/2018
  • Superior Research Award. University of Utah, College of Social and Behavioral Science, 05/2017
  • Scholarly Writing Fellowship Residency, Bellagio Center. Rockefeller Foundation, 03/2016

In the Media

  • https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/03/experts-to-share-how-addressing-trauma-is-key-to-youth-justice-reform-during-march-24-virtual-event.html. 03/17/2022.