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Dr. Martin Hatton

Dean of the School of Education

Office: EDHS 405
Email: mlhatton@muw.edu
Phone: 662-329-7177
Curriculum Vitae

About Dr. Hatton

Since 1992, Dr. Hatton has served as faculty and in various administrative roles, including department chair, institutional accreditation liaison, associate vice president for academic affairs, director of graduate studies, and dean.

University Councils and Committees

  • Academic Council
  • Administrative Council
  • Educator Preparation Coordinating Council (ECCC)
  • Enrollment Management Council
  • Graduate Council

School of Education Leadership and Service

Leadership Responsibilities

  • Chair, School of Education Advisory Board
  • Chair, Teacher Education Council (TEC)
  • Chair, Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) Leadership Team

Committee Memberships

  • CAEP Accreditation Leadership Team Member
  • Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE)

Areas of Specialization:

  • Higher education leadership, media literacy education, social cognition and interpersonal interactions.

Research Interests:

  • Media literacy education, specifically the impact of the uses of technology on interpersonal dynamics and learning.

Selected Publications & Presentations:  

  • Rhetoric’s responsibility to media literacy: Critical impulse for judging visual metaphors in rhetorical texts. Paper presented at the 2002 Rhetorical Society of America’s annual conference, Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Technology, Adoption and Diffusion of. Macmillan Reference’s Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (2002, edited by Jorge Reina).

Honors and Recognition

  • MUW Faculty Member of the Year (2003–2004)
  • Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year, Columbus-Lowndes Development Link (2005)
  • MUW’s IHL HEADWAE Outstanding Teacher for Mississippi (2005)
  • Mentor of the Year, MUW Hearin Leadership Scholars Program (2006)

Previous Academic and Administrative Leadership

  • Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (2010–2020)
  • Director of Graduate Studies (2010–2024)
  • Department Chair (2005–2010)
  • Program Coordinator (2001–2005)
  • Interim Dean (2015–2017)
  • Division Head (2018–2020)
  • Provost Leadership Fellow (2009)
  • Led MUW’s Academic Affairs Leadership Academy (2018–2020)
  • Supervised the Center for Academic Excellence and Office of Institutional Research (2010–2013)
  • Supervised Dual-Enrollment and Dual-Credit Partnerships (2010–2020)
  • Supervised the Office of the Registrar (2014–2018) and served as Interim Registrar (2015)

Previous Accreditation and Institutional Service

  • MUW SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison, overseeing institutional reaffirmation processes and the establishment of the university’s first Quality Enhancement Plan (2010–2014)
  • SACSCOC Off-Site and On-Site Accreditation Team Reviewer for six institutions (2016–2024)
  • Led MUW’s Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Council (2010–2014)
  • Member, President’s Cabinet (2011–2018)
  • Member, Institutional Review Board (1998–2003)
  • Member, Faculty Advising Corps (1994–2007)
  • Member and Instructor, Gordy Honors College (1994–2010)
  • Member, Behavioral Intervention Team (2015–2020)
  • Peer Reviewer for multiple scholarly journals (2001–2018)