Education Specialist (Higher Education Administration)
University of Missouri at Kansas City
1995

Master of Music (Music Literature/music theory)
University of Colorado at Boulder
1992
Thesis: GIVE US DAMES: A History of the University of Colorado Women's Marching Band

Bachelor of Arts (Music/mathematics)
Wichita State University
1988

Through this role I create educational research and assessment strategies, collect and analyze data, and disseminate results and their implications in oral presentations, written materials, and to the media, all expanding knowledge about students. I also work with units and leaders across the Division of Student Affairs to implement and evaluate the strategic planning and long term goals of the Division.

Lecturer, 2003-
Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Education 864: "American College Student" for doctoral and masters students

Education 695: "Research and Educational Practice" for the Master of Arts degree program

Research Associate, 1996-2001
National Center for Postsecondary Improvement
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Our project within this federally-funded center examined reform initiatives in undergraduate education and worked toward an overview on a national scale of the impact and lasting effects of such reforms and innovations. Within this research consortium (with Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania), my activities included developing and implementing surveys, analyzing data through quantitative and qualitative means, speaking to varied audiences, and creating reports to the federal government about project activities.

Graduate Student Staff Assistant, 1999-2000
Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

For this academic program and research center, I served in two roles:

• Coordination of Faculty Search Activities: Coordinated all administrative aspects of the search for a senior faculty position, including authoring advertising, creating a system to analyze the mass of applications, coordinating candidate visits, and collecting and analyzing feedback from faculty and students following the visits.
• Webmaster: Created and implemented website design, in the process educating individual faculty about web use (including creating websites for over half of the faculty).

At this four-year residential art college of 600 students, responsibilities included:

• Administrative: Created annual budgets, wrote monthly newsletters, hired, trained, and supervised a staff of resident assistants and clerks, provided planning and management of the summer high school program.
• Student and Parent Contact: Planned activities, counseled individual students, conducted student and parent orientations, provided community referrals, and conducted surveys.
• Facilities Management: Prioritized and supervised Living Center renovations, organized the food service committee, coordinated custodial and maintenance assistance.

At this commuter campus of approximately 12,000 students, responsibilities included

• Student Organizations: Helped develop leadership programs for student groups, provided assistance for individual students coming to our office, supported ongoing student life programs, assisted in budget and finance activities for student groups. (Winter term)
• Greek Letter Organizations: Provided staff support to Panhellenic and local sororities, assisted in ongoing student life programs. (Fall term)

Within this not-for-profit organization, I coordinated records for donation drives, wrote grant applications, and managed other projects as needed for an agency conducting educational enhancement activities such as a preschool, an after-school program, and support for the I Have a Dream Foundation of Boulder County. The Center works to improve graduation rates for minority and disadvantaged youth.

Executive, President Pro Tempore, 1991-1992
University of Colorado Student Union
Boulder, Colorado

Serving a campus of approximately 26,000 students, responsibilities included

• Executive (CU's student body president): Represented approximately 26,000 students, communicated regularly with media representatives, approved contracts and agreements, hired and coordinated a 20-member staff (mostly comprised of students), and managed a $17.4 million budget, including Student Health Center, University Memorial Center, Recreation Center, Cultural Events Board, Off Campus Student Services, Volunteer Clearing House, Legal Services, CU Recycling, Environmental Center, KUCB, and student group funding.
• President Pro Tempore: Led meetings of a 30-member Legislative Council, worked with individual students seeking funding or student government action on a variety of issues, set agendas, and coordinated activities of two smaller councils.

Matney, M. and Taylor, S.H. (2008). Framing the Dialogue: A New Collaborative Approach to the Hazing Dilemma. Oracle, 3(2).

Matney, M. and Taylor, S.H. (2007). Transforming Student Affairs Strategic Planning into Tangible Results. NASPA Journal, 44(1).

Taylor, S.H., and Matney, M. (2007). Preventing Dust Collection: Transforming Student Affairs Strategic Planning into Tangible Results. Planning for Higher Education, 35(2).

Measuring Balance in Social Networking: How Social Networking Challenges Traditional Teaching/Learning Relationships and Boundaries.
(Research Paper: M. Matney.)
Association for Institutional Research, May 2011.
Annual Forum, Toronto.

Eighth Annual Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs, May 2011.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Work/Life Balance in Social Networking: Making Tools Work for You.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and K. Borland.)
University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium, May 2010.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Seventh Annual Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs, May 2010.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Lavender Graduation Keynote Address.
(Graduation Address: M. Matney.)
University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs Lavender Graduation, April 2010.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

What's Assessment Got to Do with Our "Real" Work?
(Plenary Address: M. Matney.)
University of Michigan FutureLibCon, April 2010.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Work/Life Balance in Social Networking: Making Tools Work for You.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and K. Borland.)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2010.
Annual Conference, Chicago.

Deconstructing LGBT Ally Programs.
(Research Paper: M. Woodford, S. Crider, G. Javier and M. Matney.)
University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium, May 2009.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Sixth Annual Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, May 2009.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Facebook, Blogs, Tweets: How Staff and Units Can Use Social Networking to Enhance Student Learning.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and K. Borland. Presented by K. Borland and G. Harclerode.)
American College Personnel Association, March 2009.
Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Student Engagement Through Assessment: Creating Partnerships that Steer the Course of the Institution.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor. Presented by S. Himbeault Taylor)
American College Personnel Association, March 2009.
Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Facebook, Blogs, Tweets: How Staff and Units Can Use Social Networking to Enhance Student Learning.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and K. Borland)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2009.
Annual Conference, Seattle.

Student Engagement Through Assessment: Creating Partnerships that Steer the Course of the Institution.
(Research Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor.)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2009.
Annual Conference, Seattle.

Implementation of Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course
(Research Paper: C. McClure, J. March, and M. Matney)
Enriching the Academic Experience of College Science Students, June 2008.
Annual Conference, Ann Arbor.

ePortfolio: Leveraging student self-authorship, learning theory, and reflective practice toward integrated learning and practice
(Research in Action Paper: S. Himbeault Taylor and M. Matney)
Association for Institutional Research, May 2008.
Annual Forum, Seattle.

Facebook, Blogs, and Other Electronic Communication: How Students Construct Learning Environments through Social Networking Sites
(Research in Action Paper: M. Matney)
Association for Institutional Research, May 2008.
Annual Forum, Seattle.

Fifth Annual Division of Student Affairs Ressearch Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, May 2008.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

ePortfolio: Leveraging student self-authorship, learning theory, and reflective practice toward integrated learning and practice
(Research Paper: S. Himbeault Taylor, M. Matney, K. Borland, and M. Peet)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2008.
Annual Conference, Boston.

Common Threads: Starting a multicultural conversation with 1300 colleagues
(Research Paper: M. Matney, S. Vaughters, S. Himbeault Taylor, J. Soet, and S. Pearson)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2008.
Annual Conference, Boston.

Facebook, Blogs, and Other Electronic Communication: How Students Construct Learning Environments through Social Networking Sites
(Research Paper: M. Matney, K. Borland, and M. Cope)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2008.
Annual Conference, Boston.

Students' Gambling Behaviors and Beliefs in College.
(Research Paper: E Samuels and M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 3(2). 2007

Financial Resources and College Choice: How students envision college careers.
(Research Paper: E Samuels and M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 3(1). 2007

Framing the Dialogue: A New, Collaborative Approach to the Hazing Dilemma
(Research in Action Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor)
Association for Institutional Research, June 2007.
Annual Forum, Kansas City.

Fourth Annual Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, May 2007.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Emerging Trends in Student Civic Engagement
(Research Paper: M. Matney and L. Rullman)
American College Personnel Association and the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, April 2007.
ACPA-NASPA Joint Meeting, Orlando, FL.

What is Emerging in Research about Millennials.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 2(3). 2006

Voting in the Streets: Students' Approach to Developing Political Identity.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 2(2). 2006

Substantive Dilemmas with Substances: Student Trends in Use of Alcohol and Tobacco.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 2(1). 2006

Division of Student Affairs Research Symposium
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, June 2006.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Framing the Dialogue: A New, Collaborative Approach to the Hazing Dilemma
(Research Paper: M. Matney, S. Himbeault Taylor, and A. Garrison)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2006.
Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

Division of Student Affairs Research Fair
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, May 2005.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Preventing Dust Collection: Transforming Student Affairs Strategic Planning into Tangible Results
(Research Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor)
Association for Institutional Research, May 2005.
Annual Forum, San Diego.

Reflecting Multiple Voices: Creating a Shared Vision through Student Affairs Strategic Planning
(Research Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor)
National Association for Student Personnel Administrators, March 2005.
Annual Conference, Tampa.

Division of Student Affairs Goal Outcome Assessment Fair
(Convener: M. Matney)
Division of Student Affairs Research Roundtable, June 2004.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Viewing 2003 Students with the Perspective of Recent National Events.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 1(5). 2004

Working (it all) out: Physical Health, Gender, and Self Confidence.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 1(4). 2004

Religious and Spiritual Development of UM Students.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 1(3). 2004

Comparison of University of Michigan Students: 1993 (Middle of Generation X) to 2002 (Beginning of Millennial Generation).
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 1(2). 2004

First Generation Students: Pioneers in the 21st Century.
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
University of Michigan What's on Our Students' Minds series, 1(1). 2004

Reflecting Multiple Voices: Using Qualitative Research to Inform Student Affairs Strategic Planning
(Research Paper: M. Matney and S. Himbeault Taylor)
Association for Institutional Research, May 2003.
Annual Forum, Tampa.

Institutional and Departmental Factors Influencing Faculty Adaptation of Innovative Teaching Practices
(Research Paper: M. Matney)
American Educational Research Association, April 2002.
Annual Meeting, New Orleans.

Permanence and Promoting Change? Building the Foundation to Enhance Teaching and Assessment Improvement Efforts
(Research Paper: M. Matney, M. Ziskin, S. Hurtado.)
Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 2000.
Annual Meeting, Sacramento.

Social and Individual Factors Influencing Faculty Motivation to Improve Teaching: Scenes from University Mathematics Departments
(Research Paper: M. Matney, M. Ziskin, S. Hurtado, and E. Dey.)
Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 1999.
Annual Meeting, San Antonio.

"Organic" Assessment: Understanding How Faculty Use Classroom Research and Assessment in Their Daily Lives.
(Research Paper: M. Ziskin, S. Hurtado, E. Dey, and M. Matney.)
Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 1999.
Annual Meeting, San Antonio.

Extending the Scholarship of Teaching to Engage Faculty in Campus Assessment Activity
(Research Paper: S. Hurtado, M. Matney, M. Ziskin, and E. Dey.)
Association for Institutional Research, May 1999.
Annual Forum, Seattle.

Are Higher Education Student Assessment Policies and Practices Improving Accountability, Institutional and Academic Performance?
(Research Colloquium: M. Peterson, J. Cole, M. Matney, and L. Wimsatt.)
University of Michigan School of Education, February 1999.
Colloquium in Honor of Cecil Miskel, Ann Arbor.

Reform and Innovation in American Undergraduate Education
(Research Paper: S. Hurtado, M. Matney, and M. Ziskin.)
European Association for Institutional Research, September 1998.
Annual Forum, San Sebastian, Spain.

Innovative Practices Demand Innovative Assessment
(Roundtable and Poster Session: S. Hurtado, M. Ziskin, and M. Matney.)
American Association for Higher Education, June 1998.
Assessment Conference, Cincinnati.

New Techniques, New Assessment? Problems of Quantifying Outcomes Achieved through Innovative Curriculum Strategies
(Research Paper: S. Hurtado, E. Dey, M. Matney, J. Johnson, C. Navia, and M. Ziskin.)
Association for Institutional Research, May 1998.
Annual Forum, Minneapolis.

Political Attitude Shifts: College Impact Changes for Students in the 1980s
(Research Paper: M. Matney and K. Wiley Kelly.)
Association for the Study of Higher Education, November 1997.
Annual Meeting, Albuquerque.

Reform and Innovation in Higher Education: Identifying Common Themes and Implications for Institutional Practice and Assessment
(Research Paper: S. Hurtado, E. Dey, M. Matney, C. Navia, C. Danielson, J. Johnson and A. Kezar.)
Association for Institutional Research, May 1997.
Annual Forum, Orlando.

Hazing Prevention: Central to Our Values.
(Plenary Session: M. Matney.)
Professional Fraternity Association, September 2010.
National Conference, Lexington, KY.

Values Reality Check: Focusing on What Is Central.
(Elective Session: M. Matney.)
National Federation of State High School Associations, July 2010.
National Student Leadership Conference, Indianapolis.

Living the Stories of Your Lives Vividly.
(Keynote Address: M. Matney.)
University of Michigan Lavender Graduation, April 2010.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Within the Kappa Kappa Psi national leadership, I have served in several key roles since 1992, including:

• National Board of Trustees (2007-present),
• Immediate Past National President (2009-2011),
• National President (2007-2009),
• National Vice President for Colonization and Membership (2005-2007),
• North Central District Governor (1997-2005),
• National Vice President for Programs (1995-1997), and
• Midwest District Governor (1992-1995).

• Board of Directors (2009-present)

Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors

• Associate Editor (2009-present),
  
• Editorial Board (2005-2009)

Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice

• Editorial Board (2009-present)