Dr. Richard Rogers

Dr. Richard Rogers

Associate Professor

Criminal Justice & Consumer Sciences

Cushwa Hall 2175

phone: (330) 941-3543

rlrogers02@ysu.edu

Bio

Richard Rogers is Associate Professor in Crimional Justice and teaches courses in statistics, research methods, terrorism, and management.

Research Interests

Rogers is principal investigator for the Frames of Misinformation, Extremism, and Conspiracism project, which tracks trends in social media and discussion forums. Rogers is also a co-PI for GuinFit, a cooperative agreement with the CDC that promotes nutrition and physical activity in the greater Youngstown area. There are other interests in applications of management theory, social problems especially related to health issues, and the historical sociology of American religious movements.

Teaching Interests

Statistics, research methods, terrorism, management

• Education

  • 1996

    Ph D, Sociology

    Princeton University

    Dissertation/Thesis Title — "A Testimony to the Whole World: Evangelicalism and Millennialism in the Northeastern United States, 1790-1850"

  • 1983

    BA, Sociology

    University of Illinois at Chicago

• Professional Positions

  • 2018 -

    Youngstown State University

    Associate Professor

  • 2012 - 2018

    Youngstown State University

    Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice

  • 2005 - 2011

    Southern Wesleyan University

    Associate Professor

  • 2004 - 2006

    RDE Services

  • 1999 - 2004

    Merrill Lynch & Co., Global Private Client Group, Business Intelligence Department

    Vice President

  • 1987 - 1999

    Merrill Lynch & Co., U.S. Private Client Group, Management Decision Support and Analysis Department

    Internal Consultant; Senior Marketing Analyst; Assistant Vice President

• Intellectual Contributions

  • 2024

    "A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 2017-2022 National Immunization Survey: Sociodemographic Disparities Associated with Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Initiation and Completion Series Among US Adolescents."

    A. Ibrahim-Ojoawo, N. Powe, R. Rogers, H. Hefner, K. Learman

    Cancer Control, Sage Publishing

  • 2023

    "Student perceptions of school resource officers"

    S. Garstka, R. Rogers, J. Hazy, P. Wagner

    Criminal Justice Perspectives, volume 10, issue 1, p. 24-40

  • 2023

    "Spiritual warfare and the Apocalypse: The religious framing of political violence among the American new right"

    R. Rogers

    IGI Global, p. 1449-1468

  • 2022

    "COVID-19 information sources and misinformation by faith community"

    R. Rogers, N. Powe

    Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, volume 59

  • 2021

    "Spiritual warfare and the Apocalypse: The religious framing of political violence among the American new right"

    R. Rogers

    IGI Global, p. 85-104

  • 2020

    "Religiosity and veteran mental health compared with nonveterans"

    R. Rogers

    Occupational Medicine, volume 70, issue 6, p. 421-426

  • 2020

    "Racial variations in work-related stress among police officers"

    G. Repasky, R. Rogers, C. Bellas, G. Frissora

    Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice, volume 18, issue 2, p. 167-183

  • 2018

    "Minority status and spirituality among police officers: Blacks and women in a metropolitan department"

    R. Rogers

    Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, volume 3, issue 1, p. 1-8

  • 2010

    "The urban threshold and the Second Great Awakening: Revivalism in New York State, 1825-1835"

    R. Rogers

    Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, volume 49, issue 4, p. 694-709

  • 2010

    "Habilitative therapy among preschool children: Regional disparities in the early intervention population"

    R. Rogers

    Research in the Sociology of Health Care, volume 28, p. 177-195

  • 2009

    "Cultural factors influencing AIDS-related attitudes and behaviors in the Third World: Ethnicity and religion in Guyana"

    J. Hubbard, R. Rogers

    Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts, volume 3, issue 1, p. 97-114

  • 2004

    "“A bright and new constellation”: Millennial narratives and the origins of American foreign missions"

    R. Rogers

    William Eerdmans, p. 39-60

  • 1999

    "Millennialism and American culture: The Adventist movement, 1831-1851"

    R. Rogers

    Comparative Social Research, volume 13, p. 105-126

  • 1992

    "The role of elites in setting agendas for public debate: A historical case"

    R. Rogers

    Routledge, p. 234-247

• Public Service

  • 2023 - 2023

    Other
    Mahoning County Sheriff's Office