Dr. Rogers is a Research Professor at the Center where she had been conducting research in the mental health and disability fields for many years. Dr. Rogers has been the Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of a variety of research studies focused on the recovery, vocational success, and well-being of individuals with psychiatric disabilities. She began a post-doctoral program at the Center and continues as Co-Principal Investigator of the fellowship award.
Dr. Rogers has written numerous journal articles and is a reviewer for several scholarly publications in the field. She has developed instruments currently in use in the field (such as the Empowerment Scale) and is a licensed psychologist in the state of Massachusetts. Dr. Rogers is also a Research Professor at Boston University, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. She is the recipient of the Loeb Research Award from the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Association and has been named a 2015 Dincin Fellow by the Association as well.
Sally Rogers served as the Executive Director of the Center from 2016 until 2021.
Areas of Expertise
- Researching the effectiveness and psychiatric rehabilitation, vocational, and mental health interventions
- Measuring outcomes and developing instrumentation
- Assisting psychosocial rehabilitation programs to evaluate the effectiveness of their services
- Researching the effectiveness and psychiatric rehabilitation, vocational, and mental health interventions
- Measuring outcomes and developing instrumentation
- Assisting psychosocial rehabilitation programs to evaluate the effectiveness of their services
Peer-Reviewed Articles since 2001
Millner, U.C., Woods, T., Furlong-Norman, K., Rogers, E.S., Rice, D., & Russinova, Z. (2019). Socially valued roles, self-determination and community participation among individuals with serious mental illness. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Rogers, E. S. (2019). Recovery-oriented practices need innovative research. Invited commentary. The Lancet Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30476-0
Maru, M., Rogers, E.S., Hutchinson, D., & Shappell, H. (2018). An integrated supported employment and education model: Exploratory study of an innovative approach designed to better meet the needs of young adults with psychiatric conditions. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 45(3), 489-498. DOI 10.1007/s11414-018-9595.
Teixeira, C., Mueser, T., Rogers, E. S., McGurk, S. (2018). Job Endings and Work Trajectories in Persons Receiving Supported Employment and Cognitive Remediation. Psychiatric Services, 69,812–818. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700489
Balogun-Mwangi, O., Rogers, E. S., Maru, M., Magee, C. (2017). Vocational Peer Support: Results of a qualitative study. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research.
Rogers. E. S. & Swarbrick, P. (2016). Co-Editors and Editorial for a Special Issue of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal entitled: Peer Delivered Services: Current Trends and Innovations, 39(1).
Rogers, E. S., Maru, M., Johnson, G., Cohee, J., Hinkel, J., & Hashemi, L. (2016). A randomized trial of individual peer support for adults with psychiatric disabilities undergoing civil commitment. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 39(3), 248-255.
Gordon, C., Gidugu, V., Rogers, E.S., DeRonck, J., & Zeidonis, D. (2016). Adapting Open Dialogue for Early-Onset Psychosis into the US Healthcare Environment: a Feasibility Study. Psychiatric Services, 67(11), 1166-1168.
Rogers, E. S., Maru, M., Kash-MacDonald, M., Archer-Williams, M., Hashemi, L., & Boardman, J. (2016). A randomized clinical trial investigating the effect of a healthcare access model for individuals with severe psychiatric disabilities, Community Mental Health Journal, 52(6), 667-74.
Cronise, R., Teixeira, C., Rogers, E. S., & Harrington, S. (2016). The peer support workforce: Results of a national survey. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 39(3), 211-221.
Teixeira, C., Santos, E., Abreu, M.V., & Rogers, E.S. (2015). Current status of psychiatric rehabilitation in Portugal: A national survey. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 38, 263-7. Epub doi: 10.1037/prj0000144.
Millner, U. C., Rogers, E. S., B, P., Costa, W. Pritchett, S., & Woods, T. (2015). Exploring the work lives of adults with serious mental illness from a vocational psychology perspective. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(4), 642-654.
Fang-Hang Chang, F. Helfrich, C., Coster, W., & Rogers, E. S. (2015). Factors associated with community participation among individuals who have experienced homelessness, International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health, 12(9), 11364-11378; doi:10.3390/ijerph120911364).
Marfeo, E., Eisen, S., Ni, P., Rasch, E., Rogers E.S, & Jette A. (2015). Do claimants over-report behavioral health dysfunction when filing for work disability benefits? Work, 51(2):187-94. PMID: 24594538.
Rogers, E. S., Russinova, Z., Maru, M., Restrepo-Toro, M., Cook, K. F., Rogers, J. D. (2015). Assessing Recovery-Promoting competencies of providers serving Latinos with serious mental illnesses. Journal of Latino Psychology, 3(4), 239-257.
Teixeira, C., Santos, E., Abreu, M.V., & Rogers, E.S. (2015). Current status of psychiatric rehabilitation in Portugal: A national survey. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 38, 263-7. Epub doi: 10.1037/prj0000144.
Gidugu, V. Rogers, E. S., Harrington, S., Maru, M., Johnson, G., Cohee, J., Hinkel, J. (2015). Individual Peer Support: A Qualitative Study of Mechanisms of its Effectiveness, Community Mental Health Journal, 51, 445-452.
Chan, D., Helfrich, C., Hursh, N, Gopal, S., & Rogers, E. (2014). Measuring community integration using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and participatory mapping for people who were once homeless. Health & Place, 27, 92-101.
Johnson, G., Magee, C., Maru, M., Norman, K., Rogers, E.S., & Thompson, K. (2014). The personal and societal benefits of providing peer support: a survey of peer support specialists. Psychiatric Services, 65, 678-680.
Anthony, W., Ellison, M., Rogers, E. S. Mizock, L., & Lyass, A. (2013). Implementing and evaluating goal setting in a statewide psychiatric rehabilitation program. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin. First published on October 11, 2013 as doi: 10.1177/0034355213505226.
Ellison, M. L., Rogers, E. S., Lyass, A., Massaro, J., Wewiorski, N., & Anthony, W. (2011). Statewide initiative of Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Outcomes and Relationship to Other Mental Health Service Use. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 35, 9-19.
Mesidor, M., Gidugu, V., Rogers, E., & Boardman, J. (2011). A qualitative study: Barriers and facilitators to health care access for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34, 285-294.
Russinova, Z., Ellison, M., Rogers, E. S., Lyass, A. (2011). Recovery-promoting professional competencies: Perspectives of mental health consumers, consumer-providers and providers. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 34(3)177-185.
Rogers, E. S., Ralph, R. & Salzer, M. (2010). Validating the Empowerment Scale with a multi-site sample of consumers of mental health services. Psychiatric Services, 61(9), 933-939.
Dunn, E., Wewiorski, N., & Rogers, E. S. (2010). A qualitative investigation of individual and contextual factors associated with vocational recovery among people with serious mental illness. Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80(2), 185-194.
Schutt, R. & Rogers, E. S. (2009). Empowerment and peer support: Structure and process of self-help in a consumer run center for individuals with mental illness. Journal of Community Psychology, 37(6), 697-710.
Dunn, E., Rogers, E. S., Hutchinson, D., Lyass, A., MacDonald-Wilson, K., Wallace, L. & Norman, K. (2008). Results of an innovative university-based recovery education program for adults with psychiatric disabilities. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 35(5), 357-369.
Dunn, E. C., Wewiorski, N. J. & Rogers, E. S. (2008). The meaning and importance of employment to people in recovery from serious mental illness: Results of a qualitative study. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32(1), 59-62.
McCorkle, B., Rogers, E. S., Dunn, E. Lyass, A., & Wan, Y. (2008). Increasing social support for individuals with serious mental illness: Results of an evaluation of a social, adjunctive intervention. Community Mental Health Journal, 44: 359-366.
Ellison, M., Russinova, Z., Lyass, A., & Rogers, E. S. (2008). Professionals and managers with severe mental illness: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 196(3), 179-189.
Rogers, E. S., Teague, Ph.D., Lichtenstein, C, Campbell, J, Lyass, A. Chen, R., & Banks, S. (2007). The effects of participation in adjunctive consumer-operated programs on both personal and organizationally mediated empowerment: Results of a multi-site study. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 44(6), 785-800.
Hutchinson, D., Anthony, W.A., Massaro, J., & Rogers, E. S. (2007). Evaluation of a combined supported education and employment computer training program for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 30, 189-197.
Hutchinson, D. S., Anthony, W., Ashcraft, L., Johnson, G., Dunn, E., Lyass, A., & Rogers, E. S. (2006). The personal and vocational impact of training and employing people with psychiatric disabilities as providers. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 29(3), 205-213.
Rogers, E., Anthony, W., & Lyass, A. (2006). A randomized clinical trial of psychiatric vocational rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 49(3), 143-156.
Rogers, E., Anthony, W., & Farkas, M. (2006). The Choose-Get-Keep Approach to Psychiatric rehabilitation. Rehabilitation Psychology. 51(3), 247-256.
Rogers, E. S., Anthony, W. A., & Lyass, A. (2004). The nature and dimensions of social support among individuals with severe mental illnesses. Community Mental Health Journal,40(5), 437-451.
MacDonald-Wilson, K.L., Rogers, E.S., Ellison, M.L., & Lyass, A. (2003). A study of the Social Security Work Incentives and their relation to motivation to work among persons with serious mental illnesses. Rehabilitation Psychology, 48(4), 301-309.
Tsemberis, S., Rogers, E. S., Rodis, E., Eisenberg, R., Dushuttle, P., Skryha, V. (2003). Housing satisfaction for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of Community Psychology, 31(6), 581-590.
Anthony. W., Rogers, E.S., & Farkas, M. (2003). Research on evidence-based practices: Future directions in an era of recovery. Community Mental Health Journal, 39(2), 101-114.
MacDonald-Wilson, K. L., Rogers, E. S., & Massaro, J. (2003). Identifying functional limitations in work for people with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation,18,15-24.
Russinova, Z., Wewiorski, N., Lyass, A., Rogers, E.S., & Massaro, J. (2002). Correlates of vocational recovery for persons with schizophrenia. International Journal of Psychiatry, 14, 303-311.
Mac-Donald-Wilson, K., Rogers, E. S., Massaro, J., Lyass, A. & Crean, T. (2002). An investigation of reasonable workplace accommodations for people with psychiatric disabilities: Quantitative findings from a multi-site study. Community Mental Health Journal, 38(1), 35-50.
MacDonald-Wilson, K.L., Rogers, E.S. & Anthony, W.A. (2001). Unique issues in assessing work functioning among individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 11(3), 217-232.
Books and Book Chapters
Rogers, E. S. & Delman, J. (2014). Research, Evaluation, and Evidence Based Practices. In P. Nemec & K. Furlong-Norman [Eds.]: Best Practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. McLean, VA: Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
Schultz, I & Rogers, E. S., (Eds.) (2010). Handbook of Job Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health. New York: Springer.
Rogers, E. S. & MacDonald Wilson, K., (2010). Vocational capacity of individuals with mental health disabilities. In: Handbook of Job Accommodation and Retention in Mental Health. I. Z. Schultz & E. S. Rogers, Eds. New York: Springer, pp.73-90.
Rogers, E. S., & Farkas, M. (2008). Making the Grade: Identification of evidence-based communication messages (Chapter 12). In: J. Parker and E. Thorson (Eds.) Health Communication in the New Media Landscape. London: Springer. Pp. 325-340.