He is also a Co-director of the ISU Community Design Lab. Since 2009, Rogers has been working with communities to develop environmentally-sustainable design strategies for the built and physical environment. A core component of his work is developing practice-based research methods through community and professional partnerships to address complex issues of ecological restoration, sustainable storm water management, and conservation of open space networks. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Kansas State University.