Meet the Lab
Rebecca K. Blais
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Location: SCCE 422
2810 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-2810
Curriculum Vitae
Rebecca K. Blais is an associate professor in psychology. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Utah and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at VA Puget Sound, Seattle Division. Prior to graduate school, she completed her B.A. in Psychology at Connecticut College and completed a two-year research assistantship at Yale University. She is the principle investigator of the Military Social Science Lab.
Dr. Blais’ work is focused on military service members/veterans and PTSD. Within this program of research, she has three main foci: investigating (1) barriers to formal and informal (e.g., social support) help-seeking in veterans with PTSD, with a strong interest in self- and other-perceived stigma; (2) the impact of military sexual trauma (MST) on sexual functioning and relationship quality in female veterans, as well as factors related to MST disclosure; and (3) barriers and facilitators to academic advancement in college enrolled Veterans. Her work is supported by grants from Division 19 (APA), Utah State University, University of Utah, the Eccles Foundation for Research in Political Economy, and the National Institute of Mental Health. She has authored many papers that have been published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Journal of Family Psychology, Military Psychology, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, and Training and Education in Professional Psychology.
Dr. Blais also has extensive clinical experience providing cognitive behavioral therapy, couples’ therapy, sex therapy, and mindfulness-based therapy. She has performed clinical services in a variety of settings including VA medical centers, university settings, inpatient hospitals, department clinics, and community clinics. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and offers individual and couples’ psychotherapy in Logan, UT. If you are interested in enrolling in Dr. Blais’ private practice, please contact her office (see contact information above).
In her spare time, she skis, cycles, camps, hikes, and gardens. She is originally from Vermont, but can’t bring herself to pack her skis on trips back east to ski on those small, icy hills.
Whitney Livingston
Doctoral Student
Email: [email protected]
Location: SCCE 212B
2810 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-2810
Curriculum Vitae
Whitney is a fifth-year student at Utah State University in pursuit of her combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD degree. Whitney is a Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow and continuing her research under the guidance of Dr. Rebecca Blais and Dr. Jamison Fargo. Her research at USU focuses on PTSD and military sexual trauma (MST) in military veterans. Prior to attending USU she earned her B.A. in Psychology from American University in Washington, D.C. Outside the lab, Whitney enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and cooking great food.
Doctoral Student
Email: [email protected]
Location: SCCE 212B
2810 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-2810
Curriculum Vitae
Whitney is a fifth-year student at Utah State University in pursuit of her combined Clinical/Counseling Psychology PhD degree. Whitney is a Presidential Doctoral Research Fellow and continuing her research under the guidance of Dr. Rebecca Blais and Dr. Jamison Fargo. Her research at USU focuses on PTSD and military sexual trauma (MST) in military veterans. Prior to attending USU she earned her B.A. in Psychology from American University in Washington, D.C. Outside the lab, Whitney enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, and cooking great food.
Hallie Tannahill
Doctoral Student Email: [email protected] Location: SCCE 212B 2810 Old Main Hill Logan, UT 84322-2810 Curriculum Vitae Hallie is a fourth-year doctoral student at Utah State University's Combined Clinical and Counseling Psychology PhD Program. She is a recipient of the U.S. Air Force Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) and direct-commissioned as a Second Lieutenant with the Air Force. Prior to attending USU, Hallie received her B.A. in Psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She is interested in potential gender differences in psychological experiences related to military sexual trauma. In her spare time, Hallie enjoys hiking, playing with her dogs, and nature photography. |
Lab Affiliates
Jamison Fargo
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Location: EDUC 492
Office Phone: 435-797-8558
Dr. Fargo is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology where he is affiliated with the graduate emphasis in Sociobehavioral Epidemiology. He is also a Research Scientist with the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Dr. Fargo's primary research interests focus on preventing and ending homelessness, particularly among Veterans, as well as preventing injury and victimization. His research is driven by the premise that prevention is the optimum solution to many behavioral and social problems and is thus focused on ascertaining and defining their characteristics and etiology. Dr. Fargo also has extensive methodological expertise in the application of modern psychometric, latent variable, and mixed-effects modeling techniques to research problems in the sociobehavioral, epidemiological, and educational sciences. He routinely teaches graduate-level quantitative methodology courses.
Dr. Fargo earned Masters degrees in Clinical Psychology (2003) and Quantitative Epidemiology (2008) as well as a Doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology (2004) from the University of Cincinnati. In 2005 he founded the Office of Methodological and Data Sciences at Utah State University, which he directed until 2009. He previously worked at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Senior Research Investigator in the Center for Health Equity Research, a Biostatistician in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and an Associate Fellow in the Center for Public Health Initiatives.
Please contact Dr. Fargo if you are interested in collaborating with him. He mentors graduate students in a supportive environment with the goal of developing well-rounded, proficient, and independent scholars.
Associate Professor
Email: [email protected]
Location: EDUC 492
Office Phone: 435-797-8558
Dr. Fargo is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology where he is affiliated with the graduate emphasis in Sociobehavioral Epidemiology. He is also a Research Scientist with the National Center on Homelessness among Veterans, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Dr. Fargo's primary research interests focus on preventing and ending homelessness, particularly among Veterans, as well as preventing injury and victimization. His research is driven by the premise that prevention is the optimum solution to many behavioral and social problems and is thus focused on ascertaining and defining their characteristics and etiology. Dr. Fargo also has extensive methodological expertise in the application of modern psychometric, latent variable, and mixed-effects modeling techniques to research problems in the sociobehavioral, epidemiological, and educational sciences. He routinely teaches graduate-level quantitative methodology courses.
Dr. Fargo earned Masters degrees in Clinical Psychology (2003) and Quantitative Epidemiology (2008) as well as a Doctoral degree in Experimental Psychology (2004) from the University of Cincinnati. In 2005 he founded the Office of Methodological and Data Sciences at Utah State University, which he directed until 2009. He previously worked at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Senior Research Investigator in the Center for Health Equity Research, a Biostatistician in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and an Associate Fellow in the Center for Public Health Initiatives.
Please contact Dr. Fargo if you are interested in collaborating with him. He mentors graduate students in a supportive environment with the goal of developing well-rounded, proficient, and independent scholars.