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Founding Executive Director of the Center for Teaching Innovation at Cornell University
As a regular contributor to the literature on faculty development and inclusive teaching and learning, Matt has authored or co‐authored over 40 peer‐reviewed articles, book chapters, books, and edited collections.
Most recently, he is a co-author of two chapters: "Advancing Equity through Professional Development: Lessons from Teaching and Learning," included in the collection Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equity: Critical Perspectives for Leadership , 2nd Edition (in press), and "Student Evaluations of Teaching in Faculty Review," included in the volume Case Studies in Higher Education (in press). In 2023, he contributed the co-authored chapter, "Teaching Social Justice in Online and Blended Environments," to the volume Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (4th edition).
Matt Ouellett was the founding executive director of the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) at Cornell University. His education development program administration, teaching, and research interests focus on multicultural teaching and organizational development in higher education. As such, his work seeks to engender systemic change for social justice while honoring individual transformation processes.
Prior to joining Cornell, Matt served as associate provost and director of the Wayne State University Office for Teaching and Learning. Earlier, Matt held increasingly responsible positions at the Center for Teaching at the University of Massachusetts Amherst concluding with 5 years as director and senior lecturer.
For the past 30 years, Matt has taught well-received undergraduate and graduate courses in social justice and diversity, psychology (the University of Massachusetts Amherst), teaching inclusively in higher education (Cornell, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and University of Wisconsin, Madison), and the implications of race and racism for social work practice (Smith College School for Social Work).
In 2014, Matt was awarded the Student Senate Administrator of the Year Award, Wayne State University Student Senate, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. In 2012, he was honored with the Bob Pierleoni Spirit of POD Award for outstanding lifetime achievement and leadership in the enhancement of teaching, learning, and faculty development from the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD). Matt served as president of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, 2005-08.
Matt earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nevada Reno, a Master of Liberal Arts degree from Goddard College, and his doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.