About Matt Seimears
C. Matt Seimears, Ph.D., a first-generation college student, entered the workforce
after graduating high school as a MIG/TIG Welder, building and welding dust control
equipment to keep milling operations clean. He attended Butler Community College,
later transferring to Pittsburg State University, earning a Bachelor's Degree. He
taught inner-city second and third-grade ESOL students, eighth-grade ESOL Science,
and rural ninth-grade and coached high school wrestling for fourteen years.
He earned his Master's Degree from Wichita State University, a Bachelor's Degree from
Newman University, a Ph.D. from Kansas State University, and taught as an adjunct
at Cowley Community College for six years. He worked at Emporia State University (2004-2019)
as an Instructor/Academic Advisor, Professor, Associate Department Chair, and Department
Chair. He became the Dean of the College of Education at Eastern Oregon University
(EOU) in 2019 and currently serves as the Interim Provost at EOU since 2022.
