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Dr. Mary Rogers
Mary Rogers, Ph.D.
Researcher
Dr. Rogers received a Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice and Masters of Science in Criminal Justice from Minot State University. She received her Ph.D. in Education from the University of North Dakota. Prior to joining the BHSU American Indian Health Research Program as a full-time researchers, she served as Assistant Professor in the History and Social Sciences Department at Black Hills State University. Her teaching interests include Program Planning and Evaluation, Criminal Law, Administration of Justice, Juvenile Justice, Criminological Theory, Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence, Ethics, and Chemical Dependency/Clinical Supervision. She also actively develops and assesses curriculum. She is currently the Principal Investigator for the five-year NIH/NCMHD study of Cultural Resilience and Adolescent Risk Behaviors, working with the Crow and Fort Peck Tribes in Montana. She also is Principal Investigator for a current CDC-funded study to provide technical assistance and training to educators, justice system workers, and social service workers on effective strategies for working with children with FAS and an Avera Foundation study of strategies to promote early diagnosis and interventions for children with FAS. Her past research includes a study to design a juvenile diversion program for the Fort Peck Reservation Tribes and an analysis of the social and economic costs of methamphetamine abuse on the Fort Peck Reservation. Dr. Rogers also is a certified chemical dependency counselor.