Matthew Putz

Email: m-putz@bethel.edu
Job Title
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Instructor
Strategic Leadership (M.A.) Graduate School
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Dr. Putz teaches courses on conflict management, ethics, organizational systems, organizational leadership, organizational change, and philosophy of technology.
Started at Bethel
2008
Education
- University of North Dakota - B.Mus.Ed. (K-12 Instrumental), 1994
- North American Baptist Seminary - M.Div., 1997
- Nova Southwestern University - Ed.D. (Instructional Technology and Distance Education), 2011
Biography
Matt Putz teaches graduate courses at Bethel University related to conflict management, ethics, organizational systems, organizational leadership, organizational change, and philosophy of technology . He was also the Director of Teaching and Learning Technology at Bethel from 2010 to 2020. For more than a decade prior to coming to Bethel, he was a pastor, focusing primarily on adult education, leadership development, worship, and technology integration. His dissertation at Nova Southeastern University studied the support and development of adjuncts teaching in a hybrid instructional environment.
Courses Taught
Course Author, Lead Instructor
- Technology and Leadership (Bachelor of Organizational Leadership)
- Managing Conflict Through Dialogue (Master of Strategic Leadership)
- Worldview, Ethics, and Leadership (Master of Business Administration, Master of Strategic
- Leadership)
- Systems Perspectives on Leading Change (Master of Strategic Leadership)
- Higher Education Technology Leadership and Distance Education (Doctor of Education)
Course Author, Instructor
- Providing Leadership for Educational Technology (Master of Teaching)
Instructor
- Leading in the Knowledge Economy (Master of Organizational Leadership)
- Leadership Development and Formation (Master of Strategic Leadership)
Teaching specialty
Conflict management, ethics, organizational systems, organizational leadership, organizational change, philosophy of technology