About

Katy Zeanah is an Assistant Professor of Education and the Degree Coordinator for the School Psychology Ed.S. program at UVA School of Education and Human Development. She is a licensed psychologist and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience working in K-12 schools and mental health clinics. Zeanah teaches and supervises in the School Psychology Ed.S. and Clinical & School Psychology PhD programs at UVA. She has held leadership roles in local and state organizations and currently serves as the President-Elect of the Virginia Academy of School Psychologists. Her professional focus is on increasing the availability of high-quality mental health services for students in schools, especially those at risk for mental health concerns or facing barriers to receiving care. Her research has concentrated on the training and supervision of school psychologists, school-based mental health, and social justice in educational settings.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Medical education
• Medicine
• Psychiatry
• Political Science
• Applied psychology
• Computer Science
• Nursing

Selected publications

• Empirically Supported Practices for LGBTQ+ Students: Implications for School Psychologists

  Contemporary School Psychology · 2025-11-25

  articleOpen accessSenior author

  Abstract School psychologists have a professional and ethical obligation to advocate for and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ+) students. Drawing on a minority stress framework, this article highlights empirically supported school-wide practices and direct student services that enhance outcomes for LGBTQ+ students and promote positive coping and resiliency. Additionally, school psychologists’ role in advocating for and with LGBTQ+ students is emphasized, along with reputable resources that advance the recommended empirically supported practices.

  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Applying the extension for community healthcare outcomes (ECHO) model to promote collaborative and effective school mental health services.

  School Psychology · 2024 · 5 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Computer Science
  • Political Science
  • Medical education

  = .37). Qualitative data corroborated quantitative results. Post training, focus groups described positive reactions, learning, and behavior change, particularly with respect to equitable service provision and interprofessional teaming. ECHO appeared to facilitate the application of evidence-based strategies to real-life practice and improved participants' understanding of effective coordination of services. Taken together, findings suggest that group-based telementoring may be a high-impact strategy for supporting the implementation of effective, culturally specific, and collaborative school mental health services. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

  PublisherDOI

• Utilizing a Telementoring Model to Promote the Evidence-Based School Counseling Model

  Professional School Counseling · 2023 · 2 citations

  • Psychology
  • Medical education
  • Applied psychology

  Telementoring is a low-cost, flexible way for school mental health professionals to access professional learning. Using a mixed-methods intervention design, we examined the impact of prolonged telementoring on school mental health professionals’ (school counselors, psychologists, social workers, and others) understanding and application of evidence-based school counseling, including associations between their use of evidence-based, culturally responsive, and collaborative practices to support student mental health. Our findings demonstrate support for the use of telementoring to improve school mental health professionals’ understanding and application of the evidence-based school counseling model. We provide specific considerations for school counseling professionals.

  PublisherDOI

• Supporting School Mental Health Providers: Evidence from a Short-Term Telementoring Model

  Child & Youth Care Forum · 2022 · 7 citations

  • Medical education
  • Psychology
  • Nursing
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Do Drugs Cause Violence?

  The Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression · 2017-09-02

  other

  Abstract It is our nature to look for causal relationships, which potentially influences our interpretation of correlational research findings, both as researchers and as consumers. Finding a relationship does not mean that one event causes another: Correlation is not causation. Several criteria have been identified that increase the likelihood that an observed relationship demonstrates a causal relationship. To address the question of whether drugs cause violence, we need to acknowledge that “drugs” and “violence” are very broad terms and that there are multiple relationships between drugs and violence. Research has demonstrated strong support for the correlation between drugs and violence, with some relationships stronger than others. While the evidence is inadequate to make causal claims, this is encouraging because correlations are important in determining causation. Establishing causation is challenging, but it is possible and research should continue to pursue the question: Do drugs cause violence?

  PublisherDOI

• Experiences of Heterosexist Harassment Among Graduate Students Training to Work as School-Based Professionals: Impact on Psychological Functioning, Academic Wellbeing, and Attitudes Toward Sexual Minority Individuals

  OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2016-01-01 · 1 citations

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
  Publisher

• Assessing the Impact of an Integrated Approach to Social Justice Training

  PsycEXTRA Dataset · 2013-01-01

  dataset
  PublisherDOI

Frequent coauthors

• Julia V. Taylor

  University of Virginia

  3 shared

• Michael D. Lyons

  University of Virginia

  3 shared

• Faith Zabek

  University of Virginia

  3 shared

• Sarah Downey

  University of Virginia

  2 shared

• Aloise D. Phelps

  University of Virginia

  1 shared

• Erin M. McClure

  1 shared

• Kisha M. Radliff

  The Ohio State University

  1 shared

• Nicole Brown

  1 shared