Rate My Professor Kellie Klebe

Kelli J. Klebe, Ph.D., is Professor Emerita in the Psychology Department at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. She earned a B.A. in Social Work from San Francisco State University in 1982 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1990. Klebe served in multiple leadership roles at UCCS, including Dean of the Graduate School from 2012 to 2023, Psychology Department Chairperson from 2008 to 2011, Interim Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs from 2021 to 2022, and Psychology Department Undergraduate Honors Director from 2022 until her retirement in 2024. She taught courses such as PSY 1100 (Professions of Psychology), PSY 2100 (Introduction to Psychological Statistics), and PSY 5840 (Methods for the Analysis of Change).

Her research interests include program evaluation, statistical methods for the analysis of change, and best practices for teaching statistics and research methods. Klebe has over 25 years of experience as a program evaluator for multiple agencies, securing over $4.5 million in external funded projects, and more than 10 years in higher education administration. Key publications include O’Keefe et al. (2013), "Impact of isolation on psychological well-being: A longitudinal study," Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 41, 49-60; Feliciano et al. (2013), "Utility of the SLUMS as a cognitive screening tool among a nonveteran sample of older adults," American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 623-630; Qualls et al. (2014), "Cognitive Impairment Response Model: Motivational and Cognitive Pathways to Medical Help-Seeking for Alzheimer’s Disease," Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; Pepin et al. (2015), "The Barriers to Mental Health Services Scale Revised: Psychometric analysis among older adults," Mental Health & Prevention, 3, 178-184. Highly cited works feature Benight et al. (1999), "Conservation of resources and coping self-efficacy predicting distress following a natural disaster: A causal model analysis where the environment meets the mind," with 357 citations, and Singer & Willett (2002), "Multiphase mixed-effects models for repeated measures data," with 239 citations. Her work has garnered over 2,281 citations. Honors include the UCCS Chancellor’s Award (2024), Million Dollar Club (2008), Faculty Assembly Service Award (2006), and Outstanding Teaching Award for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (2003).