Matthew T. Hora

Hora is currently an Assistant Professor in Adult and Higher Education in the Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies at UW-Madison, and a research scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. After several years of experience in organic agriculture and food systems research, he received my master's degree in applied anthropology from the University of Maryland - College Park. Hora then worked as a program evaluator of public health initiatives and STEM education initiatives before earning a Ph.D. in the learning sciences from the Department of Educational Psychology at University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012.

Hora's work focuses on discerning the cognitive, cultural, and contextual factors that underlay organizational change processes. Using theory and method from cultural anthropology, cognitive psychology, and systems engineering, he has explored issues related to curriculum planning, classroom instruction, and data driven decision-making in postsecondary STEM departments. These perspectives are now being applied to the problem of education-workforce alignment, and the degree to which these complex factors can and should be considered when developing public policy regarding education and workforce development.

His research utilizes a wide range of qualitative methodologies gleaned from a variety of disciplines, including grounded theory, decision modeling, scaling and data reduction techniques, and case study techniques. For more information see: http://www.matthewhora.com, and follow Dr. Hora on Twitter (@matt_hora).