Ryan Newell, Ph.D.

Chair, Department of Psychology and Family Studies

Professor of Psychology

A.A., Ohio Valley College

B.S., Oklahoma Christian University

M.Ed., University of Central Oklahoma

Ph.D., University of Toledo

Office: DAH 217

Office phone: 405.425.5458

Email: Ryan Newell

Ryan earned his doctorate in Guidance and Counseling with an emphasis in family therapy and a minor in research and statistics at the University of Toledo in 1994.  After working in Toledo, Ohio for 6 years in community mental health and the municipal court system, he came to OC in 1992.  He teaches courses in Research Methods, Statistics, Abnormal Psychology, Cybernetics and Systems Theory and has served as faculty sponsor for OC’s Psychology Club, Psi Chi, since 1992.  Newell is an active member of the American Psychological Society and serves as president for the Oklahoma Psychological Society.  Newell is also licensed as a Behavioral Practitioner in the state of Oklahoma and maintains a private practice in marriage and family therapy.  Ryan and his wife, Tamara, are active members of Wilshire church of Christ in Oklahoma City where Ryan currently serves as Elder.  They have raised two children:  Brent Newell and Amber Rose.  Both children are 2007 graduates:  Brent from Cascade College in Portland, OR and Amber from Oklahoma Christian University. 

Newell has served as Chair of the Department of Psychology and Family Studies since 2004

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Scott Harper, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Family Studies

B.S., Freed-Hardeman University

M.A., Northeast Louisiana University

Ph.D., University of Missouri

Office phone: 405.425.5456

Email: Scott Harper

Scott Harper earned his doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri. He has worked as a pulpit minister, program evaluator for 4H youth development, research and teaching assistant at the University of Missouri and as a youth minister before coming to OC in 2004. He teaches courses in Family Studies, Human Sexuality, Psychology and Adolescence and Early Adulthood. His areas of special interest include parent-child relations and divorce and stepfamily issues.