<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/directory/hand_andrew.html" dsn="faculty"><prefix/><first_name>Andrew</first_name><preferred_first_name>Andrew</preferred_first_name><middle_initial/><last_name>Hand, Ph.D.</last_name><suffix/><email>handa@mtc.edu</email><title>Associate Dean of Arts &amp; Humanities</title><department>Arts and Sciences</department><phone>740-386-4169</phone><campus>Marion Campus</campus><satellite_campus/><building>BR 161K</building><biography>Andrew Hand is Associate Dean of Arts &amp; Humanities and a professor of psychology at MTC who enjoys teaching various psychology courses on campus, online, in local high schools, and at the local correctional institutions. He has taught full-time at MTC since 2009, and he is the college's Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society advisor. Before joining MTC, Andrew spent 11 years running a special school for recovering addicts and alcoholics. He enjoys working with addicts and alcoholics in recovery, and his research focuses on the role alternative reinforcers play in drug treatment.</biography><education><ul>
<li>Ph.D., Northcentral University</li>
<li>M.A., The Ohio State University</li>
<li>B.A., Wittenberg University</li>
</ul></education><image><img src="/_resources/images/_directory-images-new/Andrew-Hands.jpg" alt="Andrew Hand"/></image></item>