Dr. Killian currently serves as a Research Associate for Children and Families Futures (CFF).  In this role, Dr. Killian is for the Lead Evaluator for a number of locally and federally-funded contracts that include: Riverside County Adult Drug Court and the SAMHSA Children Affected by Methamphetamine Support Contract. She provides project management, conducts evaluations, analyzes performance measurement and outcome data, provides evaluation technical assistance, designs models for data collection and selection of instruments and writes reports on research findings.

Prior to her position at CFF, Dr. Killian managed evaluations of four federally funded prevention projects with high-risk youth and families and projects related to substance use and/or abuse. In addition, she conducted evaluations on more than half a dozen U.S. Department of Education funded projects related to student alcohol use, student drug testing, student mental health, school safety and student well-being.

Dr. Killian received her Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Riverside.