Kyrsten Hill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Geropsychology PsychologyOffice Hours: By Appointment
Accepting MA & PhD (Geropsych) students Fall 2026
Office Hours: By Appointment
Accepting MA & PhD (Geropsych) students Fall 2026
Professional Summary
Dr. Hill (she/her) joined the UCCS Psychology Department in 2024. She earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Alabama, with a concentration in Clinical Geropsychology, and completed her predoctoral internship at the VA St. Louis Healthcare System. Before joining UCCS, she completed a postdoctoral research position at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Hill’s research broadly focuses on stress, health, and well-being across adulthood into late life. The goal of her research is to better understand when and how older adults maintain positive health and well-being in the face of stress. Her research has examined major stressful life events, such as late-life relocation, and daily stressors. Dr. Hill is interested in how stress, health, and well-being change in the short-term (i.e., from moment-to-moment and day-to-day) as well as in the long-term (i.e., across years and decades as people age). Her research connects stress and well-being to important healthy aging outcomes, such as physical health, mental health, and cognitive functioning/dementia risk.
SAGE Lab
The Stress, Aging, and Emotion (SAGE) Lab is a clinical geropsychology research lab. Aging is associated with a unique set of stressors and age-related declines, many of which are uncontrollable. Despite these challenges, individuals often report positive emotional well-being into late life. The ultimate goal of the SAGE Lab is to better understand when and how older adults maintain positive health and well-being in the face of stress.
Areas of Interest
Clinical Geropsychology, Daily Stressors and Stressful Life Events, Health and Well-being Across the Lifespan, Aging and Mental Health
Education
- PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- MA, Clinical Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
- BA, Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Teaching
- PSY 4280 – Psych Seminar: Positive Psychology & Mental Health
- PSY 5210 - Biopsychosocial Aging
- PSY 6610 – Clinical Geropsychology I
- PSY 6620 – Clinical Geropsychology II
- PSY 6740 – Clinical Practicum
Representative Publications
Hill, K. C., Allemand, M., & Hill, P. L. (2024). Daily limited future time perspective is associated with more health behavior within older adults. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae161
Hill, K. C. (2025). Lifetime trauma exposure and trajecotires of health and well-being in later life. Research in Human Development, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427609.2025.2545656
Hill, K. C., Pfund, G. N., Rule, P., Hill, P. L., James, B., Hassenstab, J., Huisman, M., & Willroth, E. C. (2025). A coordinated analysis of bidirectional associations between life satisfaction and cognitive functioning. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000574
Rule, P., Allemand, M., Hill, K. C., & Hill, P. L. (2025). Lay older adult perceptions of commonly employed healthy aging measures. Geriatrics and Gerontology International. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000345
Hill, K. C., Lewis, N., Dewitte, L., Allemand, M., & Hill, P. L. (2025). Giving back to the future: Generativity, future time perspective, and purpose. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254241310168
Organizations
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- APA Divisions 12 (Clinical Psychology)
- APA Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging)
- Society of Clinical Geropsychology
- Gerontological Society of America (GSA)
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
Licensure
- Psychologist, State of Colorado
- Psychologist, State of Missouri