Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Rogers, Megan Leigh. Assessing Warning Signs for Suicide in Intensive Longitudinal Designs: Development and Validation of a Brief Measure, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $140000. (Submitted: November 15, 2024, Funded: September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2027). Grant.
- Clary, Kelly L. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Rogers, Megan Leigh (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %50, Schepis, Ty (Supporting), Nason, Erica (Supporting). The Fentanyl Education, Support Training, and Awareness (FESTA) Program Supports Hays County, Texas, Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Federal, $1872794. (Submitted: February 2024, Funded: October 1, 2024 - September 30, 2029). Grant.
- Clary, Kelly L. (Principal), Villagran, Melinda (Supporting), Rogers, Megan Leigh (Supporting), Nason, Erica (Supporting), Selber, Katherine (Supporting), Rodrigues, Nathan (Supporting). Building Capacity for Veteran-Driven Patient-Centered CER on Moral Injury in Texas, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $299253. (Submitted: December 2025, Funded: 2026 - 2028). Grant.
- Brausch, Amy (Principal), Rogers, Megan Leigh (Supporting). Testing a Novel Assessment Tool for Proximal and Distal Factors in the Lead-Up to Suicide Attempts in Adolescents, ASPIRES Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $5250. (Submitted: April 2025, Funded: January 2026 - Present). Grant.
- Rogers, Megan Leigh (Principal), Westerberg, Carmen E (Co-Principal). A multimethod investigation of real-time relationships between nightly sleep and next-day suicidal ideation, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $24000. (Submitted: October 2025, Funded: January 2026 - May 2027). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- McField, A. A., Rogers, M. L., Wilson, K. J., & Oberle, C. D. (2026). Campus climate and belonging explain the relationship between DEI initiatives and mental health of LGBTQ college students. Journal of American College Health, 74(5), 1367–1373. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2577648
- Schmiedehaus, J. E., Rogers, M. L., Dailey, S. L., Lupo, A. K., Cordaro, M. M., Deason, R. G., & Howard, K. J. (2026). Social dominance orientation, sociopolitical attitudes, and beliefs on current political issues. Graduate Student Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.52214/gsjp.v26i.13944
- Rogers, M. L., Robison, M., Lawrence, O. C., Mattera, E. F., & Mitaj, D. (2025). The importance of examining measurement properties in ecological momentary assessment research: An illustrative example in suicide research. Psychological Assessment, 37, 624–638. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001417
- Rogers, M. L., Murley, W. D., & Clary, K. L. (2025). Development and psychometric evaluation of the Psychological Closeness to Suicide Methods Scale. Psychological Assessment, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001360
- Rogers, M. L., Jeon, M. E., Zheng, S., Richards, J. A., Joiner, T. E., & Galynker, I. (2023). Two sides of the same coin? Empirical examination of two proposed characterizations of acute suicidal crises: Suicide Crisis Syndrome and Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 162, 123–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.05.001
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Edwin S. Shneidman Award, American Association of Suicidology. March 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Rising Star Award, Association for Psychological Science. February 26, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Early Career Researcher Travel Award, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. November 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award in Scholarly/Creative Activities and Golden Apple Award, College of Liberal Arts, Texas State University. February 28, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Rising Star Award, ABCT Suicide and Self-Injury Special Interest Group. August 2023
