Erika Felix, Ph.D. is a professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and a licensed psychologist. She served as an American Psychological Association Congressional Fellow working on disability policy across the lifespan in Senator Casey’s office in the U.S. Senate on the Special Committee on Aging. Dr. Felix’s research has focused on the risk and protective factors affecting children’s long-term mental health following natural disasters, mass shootings, and terrorism, and has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, and the National Science Foundation. Her research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and covered by various news outlets. Dr. Felix trains counseling, clinical, and school psychologists on preventive interventions and trauma treatment for children and has developed a disaster mental health class for undergraduates at UCSB. 

Her research is focused on understanding the contextual factors that promote positive youth development or recovery despite contexts of risk, trauma, or stress. She pursues this through research on: (1) promoting adaptive recovery for youth following collectively-experienced traumas, (2) youth victimization and its consequences, and (3) research and evaluation to improve community-based services.

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