Kerry Doyle joined the Virtual Academic Center (VAC) in 2011 as practicum faculty. In this role, she serves as a seminar instructor and practicum liaison for applied learning seminars and virtual practicum. She has been the lead instructor for numerous practicum courses including SOWK 593, SOWK 691, SOWK 693, SOWK 588, SOWK 589b, SOWK 699a, and SOWK 699b.

In 2020, Doyle co-developed and facilitated the School Social Work Trauma Training  (SSWTT) program which trains students on trauma responsive school-based interventions. She facilitates the SSWTT program with USC colleague, Professor Lisa Wobbe-Veit, each summer semester. From 2015 to 2019, Doyle assisted with coordination of the National Center for School Crisis & Bereavement (NCSCB) Summer Training Program and assisted with development of the NCSCB Fellowship Program.

Her doctoral research, Lessons Learned: A Qualitative Study of School Social Workers’ Experiences Providing Crisis Response and Recovery After Targeted Gun Violence, examined how MSW education can better prepare school social workers to provide crisis response and trauma interventions after mass violence. Doyle also co-developed the Mental Health–Threat Assessment curriculum with USC Social Work Teaching Professor Lisa Wobbe-Veit and Professor Emerita Marleen Wong for the Center for Safe and Resilient Schools and Workplaces. She has numerous publications and presentations in national and international conferences on trauma practices, evidence-based interventions, mindfulness, crisis response, and trauma recovery (Council on Social Work Education, Network for Social Work Management, School Social Work Association of America, Advancing School Mental Health Annual Conference).

A licensed independent clinical social worker, Doyle has experience in assessment, treatment and quality assurance monitoring in the mental health, judicial and school settings. She also maintains a private practice that focuses on the treatment of trauma, anxiety, and mood disorders. She is trained in EMDR, CBT, hypnotherapy, and is a registered yoga instructor. Doyle’s professional interests also include trauma sensitive mindfulness and social work & spirituality. She is extremely passionate about trauma research and the power of connection in healing which was part of her doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania where she received a Doctorate in Clinical Social Work. She received her Masters of Science in Social Work with a concentration in health and mental health from Columbia University. Her undergraduate 

In 2024, Doyle was awarded the Jane Addams Award, presented to the instructor of the year as voted by the graduating class.