Education
M.A., Organizational Communication, University at Albany, 2004
B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
B.A., Communication Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
About Matt
I have enjoyed working at the University of New Haven since the summer of 2006. As
the Senior Web Content Manager, my responsibilities include oversight of the University's
public-facing websites and other digital marketing endeavors. I'm proud to have helped
the University through two major redesigns of its website and I look forward to the
upcoming challenge of transitioning to a new content management system and a responsive
design.
My background includes training in media relations and marketing. The first eight
years of my professional career were spent in intercollegiate athletics, starting
at the University at Albany, then UNC Charlotte, and finally here at University of
New Haven. I joined the University of New Haven as the Director of Athletic Media
Relations, but as one of the heaviest users of the school's web content management
system, I was uniquely positioned to transition into a web programmer position in
2008. I also worked for a brief time as production coordinator for the Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute at Yale University, working on publishing teaching materials online.
I have always been interested in how organizations communicate and promote themselves.
While earning my master's degree at UAlbany, I worked on a consulting project examining
internal and external communications at SUNY's Professional Development Program. My
final master's project involved a comprehensive examination of every Division I athletics website
and the results were used by UAlbany to help redesign their website.
I have three children, including a baby born in January 2016, and I am an avid fan
of several sports teams, including my hometown Buffalo Bills, my alma mater the North
Carolina Tar Heels, and the Texas Rangers, Golden State Warriors, and New Haven Chargers.
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Awards
Office of Graduate Student Services Partnership Award, May 2015
University of New Haven Staff Member of the Year, December 2014
29th Annual Education Digital Marketing Awards, December 2013
Silver Award - Road Map for New Students
University of New Haven Excellence in Innovation and Creativity Award, 2013
Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards, 2000
Emmy Award for Outstanding Student Production - Surviving Childhood Cancer (UNC-TV)
Society of Professional Journalists, 2000
Second Place, Student Production - Surviving Childhood Cancer (UNC-TV)