Matthew Jolly Email and Phone Number

As an educator with over twenty-five years of experience in college and university instruction, I am dedicated to student learning and student success. I primarily teach composition courses but also have experience teaching a wide range of other subjects, from Creative Writing to Literature of the American Southwest. Both at my local college and district-wide, I promote active and collaborative learning, culturally sustaining pedagogy, student belonging, Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TiLT), and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Teaching with technology is also central to effective instruction; I have worked collaboratively to engage faculty around the SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR), and I am a tri–chair of the MCCCD Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.I am an engaged faculty leader, having served as English Program Coordinator, Faculty Senator, Faculty Senate Secretary, and Faculty Senate President. For the past three years, I have been the Co-Chair of the MCCCD Committee on Academic Freedom (CAF). The CAF is responsible for “providing academic freedom education and training, serving as a source of expertise for collegial dispute resolution, and promoting a culture conducive to academic freedom and freedom of expression.” For the past two years, I have served on the Residential Faculty and Administration Collaboration Team (RFACT) that annually revises the Residential Faculty Agreement (RFA). In these roles, I have worked to improve policy, practice, and culture at my college and district. Healthy working relationships between faculty, administration, and staff are essential to student success.