Dr. Erica Nason
Associate Professor - School of Social Work
Research Areas:
PTSD, resiliency after trauma, and veterans.
Background
Dr. Erica Nason joined the faculty in the School of Social Work in the Fall of 2017. Prior to arriving at Texas State University, Dr. Nason received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in 2015 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Dr. Erica Nason’s primary research and clinical expertise focuses on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. She develops, examines, and identifies (1) interventions to decrease the occurrence and impact of sexual violence, (2) factors contributing to resiliency associated with better treatment outcomes for PTSD and related disorders, and (3) mechanisms to improve clinical decision-making for effective treatments to specific individuals. Dr. Nason joined the School of Social Work at Texas State University in Fall 2017. She earned her PhD from the University of New Mexico in 2015 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Texas Health Science Center.
About Faculty Fellows Projects
Research projects focus on mental health, suicide prevention, and substance use among veterans and military-connected populations. She also contributes to THRC’s research on strengthening the resilience and mental health of flood recovery volunteers, helping develop community-informed strategies that support people responding to disasters and other high-stress situations.
Research Impact Highlights
Leadership in memory and cognition research, healthy aging initiatives, and efforts to identify factors that support brain health and reduce the risk of dementia.
Research Insights
Support strategies to protect cognition and reduce dementia risk
Cognitive Health
Focus on music, sleep, and learning strategies to support memory and cognitive health in older adults.
Brain Health Impact
Translating research into community strategies for healthy brain aging and dementia prevention
Featured Media
In this session, our guest speakers, Dr. Rebecca Deason, Dr. Ranjini Mohan, and Anna Tutum, discussed evidence-based research and applied strategies for prolonging function in the face of dementia.