MEGAN L. ROGERS
Florida State University, Department of Psychology, 1107 West Call St, Tallahassee, FL 32306 [email protected]
EDUCATION_____________________________________________________________________
Florida State University August 2014 – Present Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology
Major Professor: Thomas E. Joiner, Jr., Ph.D.
North Carolina State University August 2010 – May 2014 B.A. in Psychology (Honors), Valedictorian
Minors: Cognitive Sciences, Health, Spanish
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________________
Graduate Research Assistant August 2014 – Present
Department of Psychology, Florida State University Advisor: Dr. Thomas Joiner
Research Focus: Acute suicidality, overarousal, emotion dysregulation, impulsivity, stigma Research Assistant, Family Affect, Beliefs, and Behaviors Lab April 2012 – August 2014
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University Advisor: Dr. Amy Halberstadt
Research Focus: Parental socialization of emotion regulation and lability in middle childhood Research Assistant, Adult Cognition and Emotion Lab January 2013 – July 2014
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University Advisor: Dr. Daniel Grühn
Research Focus: Emotion regulation and well-being; stigma associated with psychiatric disorders Research Assistant, Visual Perception Lab October 2012 – July 2013
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University Advisor: Dr. Sharolyn Lane
Research Focus: Influence of video games on visuospatial abilities and reaction time
PUBLICATIONS_____________________________________________________________
1. Hom, M. A., Stanley, I. H., Rogers, M. L., Tzoneva, M., Bernert, R. A., & Joiner, T. E. (in press). Association of sleep disturbances and depression in firefighters: Emotion dysregulation as an explanatory link. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.
2. Joiner, T. E., Hom, M. A., Rogers, M. L., Chu, C., Stanley, I. H., Wynn, G., & Gutierrez, P. (in press). Staring down death: Is abnormally slow blink rate a clinically useful indicator of acute suicide risk? Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention.
3. Tucker, R. P., Michaels, M. S., Rogers, M. L., Wingate, L. R., & Joiner, T. E. (in press). Construct validity of a proposed new diagnostic entity: Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance (ASAD). Journal of Affective Disorders. 4. Stanley, I. H., Hom, M. A., Rogers, M. L., Hagan, C. R., & Joiner, T. E. (2015). Psychological and sociological
theories of suicide: Implications for late-life suicide. Aging and Mental Health. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13607863.2015.1012045
1. Chiurliza, B., Hagan, C. R., Rogers, M. L., Podlogar, M., Hom, M. A., Stanley, I. H., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Implicit measures of suicide risk in a military sample. Psychological Assessment.
2. Chu, C., Hom, M. A., Rogers, M. L., Moberg, F. B., Hames, J. L., Suh, A., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Is insomnia lonely? Exploring thwarted belongingness as an explanatory link between insomnia and suicidal ideation in a sample of South Korean university students. Journal of Affective Disorders.
3. Chu, C., Podlogar, M. C., Rogers, M. L., Buchman-Schmitt, J., Negley, J. J., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Does suicidal ideation influence memory? A study of the relationship between suicidal ideation, everyday memory, and violent daydreaming. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
4. Michaels, M. S., Gobble, T., Parent, M. C., Rogers, M. L., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Well-established treatments for LGBT youth: Why there aren’t any and how to create them. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.
5. Podlogar, M. C., Rogers, M. L., Chiurliza, B., Hom, M. A., Tzoneva, M., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Who are we missing? Non-disclosure in online suicide risk screening questionnaires. Psychological Assessment. 6. Rogers, M. L., Chu, C., Smith, C. E., Bodell, L. P., Ribeiro, J. D., & Joiner, T, E.. (under review). Disgust with
life and suicidal ideation: The mediating roles of perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy.
7. Rogers, M. L., Halberstadt, A. G., Castro, V. L., MacCormack, J. K., & Garrett-Peters, P. (under review). Maternal emotion socialization differentially predicts third-grade children’s emotion regulation and lability. Emotion.
8. Rogers, M. L., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Borderline personality disorder diagnostic criteria as risk factors for suicidal behavior through the lens of the interpersonal theory of suicide. Archives of Suicide Research.
9. Rogers, M. L., Stanley, I. H., Hom, M. A., Chiurliza, B., Podlogar, M. C., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). What is left over when you covary depression out of suicidal ideation? Not much except error. Psychological
Assessment.
10. Rogers, M. L., Tucker, R. P., Law, K., Michaels, M. S., Anestis, M. D., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Manifestations of overarousal account for the associations between cognitive anxiety sensitivity and suicidal ideation. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
11. Silva, C., Hagan, C. R., Rogers, M. L., Chiurliza, B., Podlogar, M., Hom, M. A., Tzoneva, M., Lim, I. C., & Joiner, T. E. (under review). Evidence for the propositions of the interpersonal theory of suicide in a military sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology.
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS__________________________________________
Graduate Research Development Travel Award 2015
$600 award to support travel to attend and present at national scientific meetings Congress of Graduate Students Travel Award 2015
$200 award to support travel to present original research at national conferences
Legacy Fellowship 2014 – 2019
Florida State University merit-based multi-year fellowship awarded to 10 graduate students campus-wide annually; provides $10,000 supplement to a 0.5 FTE assistantship for 5 academic years
NC State University Outstanding Research Award 2014 Award presented to one graduating undergraduate student annually
NAMI National Convention Young Adult Scholarship 2013
Merit-based award to fully support travel to attend the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ National Convention
NC State University Leader of the Pack Finalist 2012
One of six finalists for NC State University’s most prestigious award for leadership, scholarship, and service; $250 award for having the strongest academic record of all finalists
GRANTS__________________________________________________________________
NC State University CHASS Undergraduate Research Award January 2014 – May 2014
Title: The influence of parenting styles on conflict resolution and emotion regulation in their 3rd grade children
Total Costs: $1,100
Role on Project: Co-Principal Investigator (with Anita Adams)
Funding Status:Funded
ACCIAC Undergraduate Research Fellowship April 2013 – April 2014
Title: Differential impact of emotion regulation strategies on well-being, stress, and subjective health
Total Costs: $3,000
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Funding Status:Funded
NC State University CHASS Undergraduate Research Award January 2013 – July 2013
Title: The relationship between emotion regulation strategies and stress levels
Total Costs: $1,000
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Funding Status:Funded
John Oliver Cook Undergraduate Research Grant January 2013 – July 2013
Title: The effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies on stress management
Total Costs: $180
Role on Project: Principal Investigator Funding Status:Funded
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS________________________________________________ International/National Conferences
1. Rogers, M. L., & Joiner, T. E. (April, 2015). Examining borderline personality disorder diagnostic criteria as risk factors for suicidal behavior through the lens of the interpersonal theory of suicide. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
2. Podlogar, M. C., Rogers, M. L., Chiurliza, B., Hom, M. A., Tzoneva, M., & Joiner, T. E. (April, 2015). Who are we missing? Response pattern differences between deniers, endorsers, and non-disclosers in online self-report suicide screening questionnaires. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Atlanta, GA.
3. Rogers, M. L., MacCormack, J. K., Halberstadt, A. G., & Castro, V. L. (April, 2014). Mothers’ maladaptive emotion regulation serves as a mediator between mothers’ emotion beliefs and children’s social outcomes. Poster presented at the inaugural meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Bethesda, MD.
4. MacCormack, J. K., Rogers, M. L., & Halberstadt, A. G. (April, 2014). Mothers’ complexity of interoceptive knowledge promotes social skills in their third-grade children. Poster presented at the inaugural meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Bethesda, MD.
5. MacCormack, J. K., Rogers, M. L., & Halberstadt, A. G. (February, 2014). An early reason for emotion regulation: Children’s regulatory complexity and socioemotional competence in school. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
6. Castro, V. L., Halberstadt, A. G., Lozada, F. T., Craig, A., & Rogers, M. L. (April, 2013). Parents’ emotion-related beliefs, behaviors, and skills relate to children’s understanding of emotion in the family. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Regional and Local Conferences
1. Rogers, M. L. (April, 2014). Differential impact of emotion regulation strategies on well-being, stress, and subjective health. Paper presented at the annual Atlantic Coast Conference Meeting of the Minds, Pittsburgh, PA.
2. Rogers, M. L., Henry, M., & Halberstadt, A. G. (July, 2013). Mothers’ suppressive and ruminative emotion regulation may have detrimental effects on children’s classroom socioemotional competence. Poster presented at the North Carolina State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.
3. Rogers, M. L., Davis, K., & Cheng, Y. (April, 2013). Sex differences in the perceptions of mental disorders. Paper presented at the meeting of the Carolinas Psychology Conference, Raleigh, NC.
Invited Talks
1. Rogers, M. L. (October, 2013). “Raising mental health awareness in today’s youth.” Wake County Teen Health Advisory Council. Lecture conducted from Holly Hill Hospital, Raleigh, NC.
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________
Psychological Therapist Trainee August 2015 – Present Supervisor: Therese S. Kemper, Ph.D., Michael Kofler, Ph.D.
Florida State University Psychology Clinic, Tallahassee FL
Populations Served: Adult, adolescent, and child psychiatric outpatients
Clinical Interviewer, Inpatient Unit Research Project April 2015 – Present Supervisor: Thomas E. Joiner, Ph.D.
Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Suicide-Related Conditions and Behaviors Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Populations Served: Adult psychiatric inpatients
On-Call Clinician, Research-Related Suicide Risk Assessments January 2015 – Present Supervisor: Thomas E. Joiner, Ph.D.
Laboratory for the Study and Prevention of Suicide-Related Conditions and Behaviors Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Populations Served: Undergraduate and graduate students
TEACHING EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________
Directed Independent Study August 2015 – Present Department of Psychology, Florida State University
Three undergraduate students
Teaching Assistant Spring 2014
Department of Psychology, North Carolina State University Instructor: Dr. Amy Halberstadt
AD HOC REVIEWING EXPERIENCE______________________________________________
Translational Issues in Psychological Science May 2015 Association for Psychological Science Student Research Award April 2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS_________________________________________________
American Association of Suicidology – Student Affiliate 2015 – Present Association for Psychological Science 2014 – Present
Phi Beta Kappa 2013 – Present
Psi Chi International Honor Society 2012 – Present National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) 2011 – Present
SKILLS___________________________________________________________________
Conversational in Spanish Statistical Programs: SPSS, R
Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Java, C++, SQL, Python
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