College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
Matt Nelson
Dean, Professor
Psychology
- B.A. Vanguard University, 1982
- M.A. Pepperdine University, 1985
- Ph.D. University of Southern California, 1995
Courses Taught
- PSYC 6602 Advanced Lifespan Development in Psychology
- PSYC 5552 Psychology Law and Ethics
- PSYC 5111 Research Methods I : Introduction
- PSYC 6403 Psychodiagnostics
- PSYC 6362 Counseling and Career Development
- PSYC 2603 Industrial Organizational Psychology
- BMGT 3203 Human Resource Management
Background
Dr. Nelson has a professional background that blends the fields of Industrial Psychology, Counseling Psychology, and Higher Education. Dr. Nelson spent eleven years working with several Fortune 100 corporations addressing issues of individual and group productivity, effective management, and supervision, and successful career development. He also spent twelve years maintaining a professional counseling practice that addressed individual, couple, and family problems that hindered personal and relational growth and development. Since 1995, Dr. Nelson has worked in Higher Education as an administrator and faculty member in Psychology and Business at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Hobbies
Dr. Nelson enjoys golf and digital photography.
Recommended Reading
- The Universe Next Door; James Sire
- Christ and Culture; Richard Niebuhr
- Man’s Search for Meaning; Viktor Frankl
- The Good Life; Chuck Colson
- The Tipping Point; Malcolm Gladwell
- Margin; Richard Swenson
- How to Win Friends and Influence People; Dale Carnegie
- Wooden on Leadership; John Wooden