experiential learning

design thinking

collecting/curation

textual studies

About

Matthew James Vechinski became Coordinator of Academic Programming for University College in May 2022. In this position, Matthew manages the Focused Inquiry Learning Lounge (FILL) space in Harris Hall and is the director of the FILL Peer Mentors program. He first joined the Department of Focused Inquiry in 2013 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019. He has taught traditional and service-learning sections of UNIV 200 as well as UNIV 112, UNIV 299, and ENGL 215 and has regularly served as faculty for the VCU Summer Scholars program.

Education

• University of Washington, Phd, English and Textual Studies
  
• University of Washington, MA, English
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison, BA, English and French

Affiliations

• VCU REAL
  
• VCU You First
  
• VCU Service-Learning
  
• Reception Study Society
  
• Society for Textual Scholarship

Awards

• VCU Service-Learning Faculty Fellow, 2019–2020