{"id":622,"date":"2023-09-22T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/?page_id=622"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:56:25","slug":"dr-martin-hatton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/directory\/dr-martin-hatton\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martin Hatton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/10\/M.-Hatton-2026-Headshot-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4376\" style=\"width:344px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/10\/M.-Hatton-2026-Headshot-edited.png 758w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/10\/M.-Hatton-2026-Headshot-edited-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/10\/M.-Hatton-2026-Headshot-edited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Dean of the School of Education<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Office:<\/strong> EDHS 405<br><strong>Email:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:mlhatton@muw.edu\">mlhatton@muw.edu<\/a><br><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 662-329-7177<br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/10\/Hatton_Martin_CV-1.pdf\">Curriculum Vitae<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About Dr. Hatton<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">University Councils and Committees<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Academic Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Administrative Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Educator Preparation Coordinating Council (ECCC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Enrollment Management Council<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Graduate Council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>School of Education Leadership and Service<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Leadership Responsibilities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chair, School of Education Advisory Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chair, Teacher Education Council (TEC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Chair, Educator Preparation Provider (EPP) Leadership Team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Committee Memberships<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">CAEP Accreditation Leadership Team Member<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mississippi Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Areas of Specialization:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Higher education leadership, media literacy education, social cognition and interpersonal interactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Media literacy education, specifically the impact of the uses of technology on interpersonal dynamics and learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Selected Publications &amp; Presentations:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><em>Rhetoric\u2019s responsibility to media literacy: Critical impulse for judging visual metaphors in rhetorical texts. <\/em>Paper presented at the 2002 Rhetorical Society of America\u2019s annual conference, Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement, Las Vegas, NV.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Technology, Adoption and Diffusion of.<\/em> Macmillan Reference\u2019s Encyclopedia of Communication and Information (2002, edited by Jorge Reina).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Honors and Recognition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">MUW Faculty Member of the Year (2003\u20132004)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Post-Secondary Teacher of the Year, Columbus-Lowndes Development Link (2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">MUW&#8217;s IHL HEADWAE Outstanding Teacher for Mississippi (2005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Mentor of the Year, MUW Hearin Leadership Scholars Program (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Previous Academic and Administrative Leadership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs (2010\u20132020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Director of Graduate Studies (2010\u20132024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Department Chair (2005\u20132010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Program Coordinator (2001\u20132005)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interim Dean (2015\u20132017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Division Head (2018\u20132020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Provost Leadership Fellow (2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Led MUW&#8217;s Academic Affairs Leadership Academy (2018\u20132020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Supervised the Center for Academic Excellence and Office of Institutional Research (2010\u20132013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Supervised Dual-Enrollment and Dual-Credit Partnerships (2010\u20132020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Supervised the Office of the Registrar (2014\u20132018) and served as Interim Registrar (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Previous Accreditation and Institutional Service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">MUW SACSCOC Accreditation Liaison, overseeing institutional reaffirmation processes and the establishment of the university&#8217;s first Quality Enhancement Plan (2010\u20132014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">SACSCOC Off-Site and On-Site Accreditation Team Reviewer for six institutions (2016\u20132024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Led MUW&#8217;s Planning and Institutional Effectiveness Council (2010\u20132014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member, President&#8217;s Cabinet (2011\u20132018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member, Institutional Review Board (1998\u20132003)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member, Faculty Advising Corps (1994\u20132007)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member and Instructor, Gordy Honors College (1994\u20132010)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Member, Behavioral Intervention Team (2015\u20132020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Peer Reviewer for multiple scholarly journals (2001\u20132018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean of the School of Education Office: EDHS 405Email:&nbsp;mlhatton@muw.eduPhone: 662-329-7177Curriculum Vitae About Dr. Hatton Since 1992, Dr. Hatton has served as faculty and in various administrative roles, including department chair, 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