Matthews teaches Management classes for the College of Business and Economics for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and has a strong interest in Arts Entrepreneurship and creativity in business. She also works with nonprofit organizations on strategic planning and visioning.
Received 11 out of 11 possible points in 2017 annual faculty review of my work.
CARE (Concern for Adults Returning to Education) Award
October 2018
Adult/Nontraditional Student Center
I was nominated by a nontraditional student. The award honors a faculty or staff member who shows sensitivity to diverse learning styles, experiences, and multifaceted lives of returning adult students.
Nominee for the UW-W 2018 Academic Staff Excellence Award
April 2018
UW-W Academic Staff
The award considers contributions instructors have made through service on UW-W Committees, leadership in professional organizations, publications and community involvement.
Teaching Excellence
December 2017
Whitewater Student Government
Nominated by a student for this award, which recognizes exemplary work inside and outside the classroom.
Positive Annual Review - Exceeds Expectations
November 2017
Management Department
Received 11 out of 11 possible points in 2017 annual faculty review of my work.
Positive Peer Review for 2017-2018 TSP Program
November 2017
UW-W Teaching-Scholars Program
As part of the TSP program, program peers evaluate each other. I received a positive review from a colleague who teaches for the College of Letters & Sciences.
Entrepreneurship in the Arts/Managing Arts Organizations
Two presentations, each done twice, for a total of four presentations, for the Wisconsin High School Theatre Festival. Dates were November 18 & 19, 2022.
“The Arts” as a key player in the nonprofit sector: stories of comfort in Wisconsin’s arts and culture community
The health pandemic sweeping the globe has dealt a significant blow to individuals, families, communities, and the businesses that support them. For some sub-sectors such as arts and culture, the ‘lockdown’ has had a different impact. Whether on the stage...
…By Any Other Name…
Jim O’Connell, Asst Professor/Arts Management Coordinator, UW SP; Sarah Marty, Lecturer in Arts Management, College of Arts & Communication at UW W, and Arts Entrepreneurship at UW-Madison; Sherry Wagner-Henry, Director, Bolz Center for Arts Administration, Wis School of Business, UW-Madison; Mark Nerenhausen, President/CEO Hennepin Theatre Trust, Minneapolis Minnesota
As a field, we use combinations of terms to describe our programs to potential students and to distinguish them from similar offerings, both on our campuses and across the field. <br><br>There is usually a modifier: arts, perhaps, or cultural or some disc...
Board Development
Emily Gruenwald
Recruiting, orienting, training and evaluating board members is no easy task - we will look at best practices and tips for developing and maintaining an effective board in your community.
Creative Industry Incubators: Unexpected Connections Between Art and Business
Exploring the connections between art, creativity and business, we look at several examples of successful businesses using the arts to create an environment of innovation. We also look at the strong similarities in traits and behaviors between artists an...
Teaching Creativity to Entrepreneurs
James D Hart
Entrepreneurship is a highly creative process, involving experiential techniques as entrepreneurs test ideas, pivot, and test again. For this reason, entrepreneurs need to be intentional with creativity and experimentation. In this workshop, facilitators ...
Arts Entrepreneurship Games for the Classroom
James Hart, Megan Matthews
Participate in a discussion of the various teaching strategies for arts entrepreneurship. Receive practical and insightful suggestions on how case studies and experiential learning can enhance classroom learning while sharing some of the challenges facin...
Teaching Creativity and Arts Entrepreneurship: Uncommon Solutions
James Hart, Megan Matthews
Participate in a discussion of the various teaching strategies for arts entrepreneurship. Receive practical and insightful suggestions on how case studies and experiential learning can enhance classroom learning while sharing some of the challenges facin...
Be Bold, Consider Arts Entrepreneurship on your Campus
Megan Matthews, Larry Epstein, and Linda Essig
Arts Management and discipline-based programs across the world are looking at how to include the Arts Entrepreneurship mindset into their curriculum, and what it should look like on their campus. This session will cover lessons learned and suggested best ...
Developing Arts Entrepreneurship programs
James Hart, Donna Conaty, Julianne Shields, Suki John, Megan Matthews
Pedagogy in arts entrepreneurship: innovative pedagogical developments in arts entrepreneurship and discussion about challenges and opportunities for expanding entrepreneurship in arts classrooms.
Working with UW-W on learning/organizational partnerships
Discuss opportunities to work with the UW-Whitewater Arts Management program in the area of service learning and internships.
Presenting V Producing houses: what’s the difference
Christopher Montpetit, Brooke Jackson, John Hassig
Follow a recipe or use the box version? Much like mac-n-cheese, theatres must make the same decision - should I produce it from scratch or bring in the prepackaged events? A lively discussion of the differences and many similarities between producing an...
Second Life Faculty Learning Community Spurs Imagination
Chris Henige, Kelly Delaney-Klinger, David Reinhart, Renee Pfeiffer-Luckett, Steven Boldt, Karen Skibba
Presented as part of a Second Life Faculty Learning Community panel, sharing lessons learned and outlining a co-curricular project undertaken with the Business 311 Marketing class in Second Life.
Distance Collaboration to Create and Maintain Learning Modules
Presented a session outlining the curricular redesign grant and final product completed in 2006, a collaborative, online "Nonprofit Arts Management" course.
The Art and Management of Collaboration: Creating an Online Course
Tiffany Wilhelm and Gerry McKenna, UW-SP; Ellen Rosewall, UW-GB
Co-presented a session outlining the curricular redesign grant and resulting collaborative, online "Nonprofit Arts Management" course.
Working Collaboratively on Curricular Redesign for an Online Course
Presented a session outlining the curricular redesign grant and final product completed in 2006, a collaborative, online "Nonprofit Arts Management" course.