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Ferris, Dr. Alan

Ferris, Dr. Alan

Title: Professor of Psychology

Department: Social Sciences

Office: Bede 456

Phone: 605-668-1599

Email: aferris@mountmarty.edu

EDUCATION

B.S., Kearney State College

M.S., Kansas State University

Ph.D., Kansas State University

COURSES TAUGHT

PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology

PSY 225 Foundations of Group Dynamics

PSY 275 Experimental Methods I

PSY 276 Experimental Methods II

PSY 317 Sport Psychology

PSY 370 Social Psychology

PSY 372 Personality Theory

PSY 376 Physiological Psychology

PSY 382 Memory and Cognition

PSY 454 History and Systems of Psychology

PSY 498 Senior Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Examining the relationship between the hobbies we select in our teens and twenties impact adult health later in life

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