Dr. Michael O. Wollan, Ph.D., is an instructor for psychology in the Humanities and Social Sciences school of Halifax Community College. He obtained his B.A. in psychology from Macalester College in St. Paul MN. He obtained an M.A. and Ph.D. from Kent State University, Kent OH, in Experimental Psychology with an emphasis in Biological Psychology. His dissertation topic was the effects of atropine, a cholinergic antagonist drug, on serial pattern retention in rats. He has approximately 15 years of teaching at a collegiate level.

Dr. Wollan is an active member of the Murfreesboro Baptist Church and sings in the choir of that church. His special interests include chess and music. He is also interested in reading and discussing human learning and memory, language, behavioral economics, common errors and biases in human cognition, and evolutionary explanations of human behavior and experience.

Like any other forms of life, humans are dynamic organisms that interact with each other and their environment. Dr. Wollan views learning as an interactive process where the instructor helps students to understand the content of psychology and how psychologists gather and interpret data. He believes that for students to learn psychology, they must participate in the learning. Thus, his focus is on scientific thinking and analysis that characterizes psychological thought. To this end, he attempts to encourage students to not just read and listen, but also attempts to provide activities in psychological investigation.

Developmental Psychology, General Psychology, Interpersonal Psychology.