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After six years as an academic, Matt is currently pursuing the rare chance to serve as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington D.C. -- an opportunity only open to roughly 5% of those who apply. He however remains engaged in academic circles, and in fact presented at the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics's annual conference in March. |
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Winner of the University of Tennessee Philosophy Department's Excellence in Teaching Award for graduate teaching associates for 2008-2009, Matt has consistently received favorable student evaluations. From a recent unsolicited email from a nontraditional adult student: "You have a talent that few instructors have or ever aspire to achieve. And that is you talk TO the students and not AT the students. I also knew that you were sincerely interested in my learning... another trait of the minority.”
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Pre-college Philosophy Advocate |
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Organizer of the 1st and 2nd Annual East Tennessee High School Ethics Bowls, and lead organizer for a Philosophy for Kids program at Pond Gap Elementary in Knoxville, TN, Matt is committed to extending the benefits of philosophy beyond the college campus. He's recently been named Senior Research Fellow at the Squire Family Foundation, and is working with director Roberta Israeloff to organize a national high school ethics bowl to be held in the spring of 2013. To learn more, Matt can be reached via the "Contact" tab above. |
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During his tenure as a graduate teaching associate and lecturer at the University of Tennessee, Matt acquired competence carefully thinking through ethical issues concerning law, politics, business, medicine, engineering, journalism, the environment and the like. He is an active member of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, and often presents his research at their annual conference in Cincinnati. Matt is currently utilizing his expertise in the public sector as a Presidential Management Fellow, developing a Human Resource & Ethics community of practice for the Department of Veterans Affairs. |
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