Psychology
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Department News
Dr. Rodney Scott Retires
Dr. Cecil "Rodney" Scott retires effective August 1, 2008, after 27 years of service to SWOSU. Dr. Scott assumed many duties during his tenure in the Psychology Department. Besides teaching a wide variety of both undergraduate and graduate course, he served as the Director of the graduate program in Applied (Clinical) Psychology from 1982 to 2000. His duties in this role included advising all the graduate students in the program and locating and overseeing their internships. Dr. Scott also served as the Sponsor of the Psychology Club and was active on many university committees. He will be greatly missed by his students and peers.
Dr. Jared Edwards Joins Psychology Faculty
Dr. Jared Edwards is the newest member of the Psychology Department. Dr. Edwards was hired to fill the position created by the retirement of Dr. Rodney Scott. He begins his duties in the Fall Semester of 2008. Dr. Edwards is from Bruceton, Tennessee and has his Bachelor of Science Degree from Southeast Missouri State University where he majored in Psychology with a minor in English Literature. His M.A. and Ph.D. are both in Counseling Psychology from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Dr. Edwards completed a Pre-Doctoral Internship in the University Counseling Center at the University of Utah in Salt Lake. He has spent the last three years working at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where he taught in the master’s level Counselor Education program. Dr. Edwards' research interests are related to career development and center in Social Cognitive Career Theory. He is especially interested in the role that Self-Efficacy Beliefs play in career path selection.
Jared is married to Jorie who also holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. She will be teaching course in our department as an adjunct faculty member. Dr. Edwards enjoys reading, basketball, volleyball (indoor or sand), and martial arts.