Megan Rogers

"Say it in 6: "Research. Teaching. Practice. Hopefully get job?" Megan is pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Florida State in hopes of eventually becoming a tenured professor at a research university. She came to Florida State because it has one of the best programs in the world for studying suicidology, and because Professor Thomas Joiner, Megan's advisor, works at FSU. Megan's course of study focuses on understanding transdiagnostic processes that facilitate the development of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in individuals. She is especially interested in the phenomenology of acute suicidal crises and short-term risk factors that lead individuals to suicidal thoughts and actions. She hopes that her research will introduce new potential avenues for clinical intervention and will ultimately lead to reductions in suicide rates. Megan was awarded the P.E.O. Graduate Scholar Award to fund the final years of her doctoral work at FSU. "