Dr. Marissa Rolerson

  • Title: Assistant Professor
  • College: College of Arts and Sciences
  • Email Address: [email protected]
  • Office Phone: 1.402.557.7874
  • Office Location: #577 Learning Center
  • Subject(s): Sociology
  • Degrees Awarded:
    • Ph.D. Sociology, University of North Texas
    • M.S. Youth Development, University of Nebraska
    • M.A. Psychology, Chicago School of Professional Psychology
  • Experience:
    • Vernon College (Community College) 9 years Lead Instructor
    • 2 years Psychology Instructor
    • 2 years Faculty Mentor for Quality Enhancement Plan (accreditation)
    • 1 year Faculty Liaison and primary writing team (accreditation)
    • Wichita Falls High School: 4 years English teacher, remedial English skills teacher
  • Andragogy, college learners
  • Alternative Family Structures (stepfamilies, adoptive families, single-parent, and same-sex parent families)
  • Family Systems Theory
  • Public Health
  • Author: Stepparent-Child Relationship Quality and Young Adult Outcomes (2020)
  • Contributor: Unified Protocol for PTSD or Trauma Related Psychopathology (present)