Research

Richard Rogers, Ph.D., ABPP

The Rogers research team outside Terrill Hall in May, 2012.

Updated September 1, 2012

 

Research

 

             The research team is a closely-knit group of dedicated doctoral students that work on collaborative projects as well as their own theses and dissertations. Our shared goal is scholarship. I am very proud of graduate students’ accomplishments.

 

Publications with Graduate Students from 2005 to the Present

2005: 3 articles: Criminal Justice and Behavior (2) and Law and Human Behavior

2006: 7 articles: Assessment, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Journal of Personality Assessment (2), and Law and Human Behavior (3)

2007: 4 articles: Assessment, Behavioral Sciences and the Law, and Law and Human Behavior (2)

2008: 4 articles: Clinical Psychology Review, Law and Human Behavior, Psychological Assessment, and Psychology, Public Policy and the Law

2009: 5 articles: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, Journal of Personality Assessment, Law and Human Behavior (3)

2010: 5 articles: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Journal of Personality Assessment, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, Law and Human Behavior, Psychology, Public Policy and the Law

2011: 3 articles: Journal of Psychiatry and Law, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, and Law and Human Behavior.

2012 (through August): 3 articles and 2 in press: Assessment (3), and Criminal Justice and Behavior (2).

 

Note. Multiple publications in the same journal are noted in parentheses.

 

 

Current and Recent Research Sites

Denton County Juvenile Probation

Tarrant County Correctional Center

Timberlawn Mental Health System

 

 

Internship Placements

             For many students seeking a professional career in clinical and forensic psychology, an important consideration is a highly competitive internship. Recent internships include the following:

Atascadero State Hospital

Federal Correctional Complex, Butner

Patton State Hospital

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

University of Washington

Yale University

 

 

Academic and Research Placements 1997 to Present

             Approximately one-third of the research team has successfully sought tenure-track and research careers. Current positions are summarized.

 

Student	Position	Department	Institution
S. D. Bender	Associate Professor	Psychiatry	University of Virginia
M. L. Cashel	Associate Professor	Psychology	Southern Illinois University
K. R. Cruise	Assistant Professor	Psychology	Fordham University
K. S. Harrison	Assistant Professor	Neuropsychiatry	University of South Carolina School of Medicine
M. J. Jordan	Assistant Professor	Psychiatry	UNT Health Sciences Center
R. L. Jackson	Associate Professor	Psychology	Palo Alto University
R. T. Salekin	Professor	Psychology	University of Alabama
K. L. Ustada	Associate Professor	Psychology	University of Alabama
M. J. Vitacco	Associate Professor	Psychiatry	Medical College of Georgia

 

^aUstad’s last name is now Salekin.

 

National Awards

             Three former members of the research team have received national recognition for outstanding scholarly contributions via early-career research awards:

Randall Salekin, Ph.D., professor of psychology at the University of Alabama, was the 2001 recipient of Saleem Shah Award from the American Psychology-Law Society. This prestigious national award is given to early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to law and psychology.

MaryLouise Cashel, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Southern Illinois University, is the 2004 recipient of Samuel J. and Anne G. Beck Award from the Society for Personality Assessment. Awarded in conjunction with the University of Chicago, the Beck Award recognizes outstanding early career research in the field of personality assessment.

Rebecca L. Jackson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Pacific Graduate School is the 2008 recipient of the Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award from the Society of Clinical Psychology for outstanding early career contributions to the profession of clinical psychology.

Graduate Students on the Research Team (updated August 2011)

· Hayley L. Blackwood, MS, completed internship and second draft of her dissertation.

· Amor A. Correa, MS, started internship and completed a partial draft of her dissertation.

· Chelsea E. Fiduccia, MS, defended her thesis.

· Nate D. Gillard, MS, started internship and completed data collection for his dissertation.

· Kathrine R. Kelsey, MS, defended her dissertation proposal.

· Emily Robinson defended her thesis proposal.

· Jill E. Rogstad, MS, started internship and completed a partial draft of her dissertation.

· Jennifer A. Steadham, MS, defended her thesis.

· Cody Stitzel is a first year graduate student.

· Chelsea N. Wooley, MS, defended her internship and completed the first draft of her    dissertation.