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NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

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Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Explore Our Degrees

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

Explore Our Degrees

Gather Here. Go Far

NSU is where success begins. Here professors know their subjects and how to get you ready for a career after you graduate. We empower individuals to become socially responsible global citizens by creating and sustaining a culture of learning and discovery.

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Academics/Social work/Faculty staff/Garland

Chris Garland

 
 
 
 

Dr. Chris Garland, LSW, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Wilson Hall 142
(918)444-3507
garlancc@nsuok.edu

Degree

Ph.D. - Oklahoma State University
MSW - University of Oklahoma
BSW - Northeastern State University

 

Dr. Christopher C. Garland, LSW, Ph.D. has been at NSU since 2006 before which he was a licensed social worker in the Guidance program with the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Prior to that he spent 13 years with Child Welfare in Oklahoma and supervised child welfare investigations and service planning. He has a BA in Psychology from NSU, an MSW from OU, and a PhD in Educational Psychology at OSU. Dr. Garland's research interests include critical thinking, cognitive styles, moral development and evolutionary psychology. He has presented research papers about college students' perceptions of learning, a paper examining the relationship between critical thinking dispositions and cognitive styles, and two papers on critical thinking recently. He also has an interest in the aging population and performs consulting work for hospice.