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Areas of Expertise Accounting Achievement gaps in school Adolescent identity development Adoption Adult education Advertising African philosophy Aikido Algebraic number theory American literature: 19th century American literature: 20th century American literature: contemporary American Gothic literature Anti-racism training Arts in health care Art therapy Asian American literature Autism Autobiography Bioethics Blues, R&B and Black popular music British life and culture British literature: modern British literature: Restoration and 18th century British media history: 20th century Business ethics Business law Career networking and interviewing Cataloging Catholic theology Celtic studies Censorship in libraries Chaucer Chemistry Chicana feminism Child development Child protection and welfare Child stress and resilience Children's and young adult literature Christian theology Classroom management Clinical rehabilitation Cognitive development Communication Community informatics Composition Computer networking Conflict management Conservation and preservation of books and paper Constitutional law Consumer behavior Cooperative learning Copyright Corporate communication Countercurrent chromatography Creative writing Crime victims' rights Crisis informatics Critical pedagogy The Crusades Culinology Curriculum and instruction Dante Diaspora studies Differentiated instruction Disability studies Distance learning Divorce communications Drama E-government and government information resources Early childhood education Economics Eco-theology Education reform Educational psychology Electronic media Elementary education Employment law Entrepreneurship Environmental economics European history, culture and politics Executive coaching Fashion design Feminist studies Finance First Amendment Folktales Foster care French and francophone film French literature: 17th and 18th century Gangs and youth violence Gender equity in education Genetics Gerontology Graphic design Grief and trauma Health and nutrition Health care administration Higher education pedagogy History of education Horror literature Human sexuality Humor and mate selection Immigrant adaptation Inequalities in race, gender and age International business Interreligious dialogue Investments Irish literature, poetry and culture: modern and contemporary Italian literature and culture Journalism history: post World War II, international Jungian psychology Juvenile justice Kidney disease and nutrition Labor history in the US Language education Latin American history Latino education Latino/a literature in the US Leadership Learning and memory neural mechanisms Library & information science in developing countries Library services to children and youth Linguistics Literacy LiveText Management Marketing Mathematics Media studies Medicinal chemistry Medieval history Medieval literature Memoir Middle school education Molecular biology Motherhood Multicultural education Multi-ethnic literature Music and racial identity Natural products chemistry Neurobiology Neuropsychology Neuroscience Nutrition Online teaching and learning Operations Organic chemistry Organizational change Parent-child reminiscing Parent education Parenting Peace studies Personality assessment Philosophy of education Philosophy of law Philosophy of religion Piano performance and theory Piers Plowman "Pirate" radio Playwriting Poetry Political writing Popular culture Post-conflict dynamics and peace studies Poverty, global and domestic Propaganda: 20th century Psychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy Public diplomacy Public library services Quantitative and qualitative research Quilts Race and culture Race in schools Reader's advisory Refugees Religious ethics Religious studies Restoration of antique books, documents and maps Retail industry and social networking Rhetoric Romance fiction Rwandan genocide School law School libraries School social work Science writing Secondary education Sexual ethics Shakespeare Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Social entrepreneurship Social justice Social studies education Sociology of education Spanish literature: 19th century Special education Spirituality Sport and society Storytelling Teacher professional development Teaching and learning, the scholarship of Teaching strategies Technical services at libraries Technical theatre Technology and curriculum Textile design Theatre arts Theology and science Theology: spiritual and systematic Trauma survivors Twain, Mark Typography Urban history Veteran's affairs Venice history Victorian literature War and journalism World religions

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Faculty Expert Spotlight

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Matt Hlinak

Assistant Provost for Continuing Studies and Special Initiatives
School of Professional and Continuing Studies

Areas of Expertise:
Adult education, distance learning, the First Amendment, employment law, 20th Century American literature, sport and society, creative writing

Academic Degrees:
JD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MFA, creative writing, Northwestern University
MA, creative writing, Northwestern University
BA, political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Background:
Matt Hlinak joined Dominican University as Assistant Provost for Continuing Studies and Special Initiatives in 2011. In that role, he leads the School of Professional and Continuing Studies and is responsible for developing the university's efforts in distance learning and online and adult education. Under his guidance, the school has expanded its course offerings to include an online bachelor's degree in legal studies, certificate in coaching and a master's degree in conflict resolution. Prior to joining Dominican, Hlinak was academic coordinator and instructor in the Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies. He also has taught classes in writing, law and paralegal studies at several universities in the Chicago area and is an active interdisciplinary scholar and author.

Scholarly Activity:
Hlinak's recent publications include "Christian Legal Society v. Martinez and the Role of Exclusive Religious Organizations in Public Universities” in the International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society (2011), “Employee Bad Faith and Workers’ Compensation Retaliatory Discharge in Illinois” in the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business Proceedings (2010) and “Judo Comes to California: Judo vs. Wrestling in the American West, 1900-1920” in the Journal of Asian Martial Arts (2009). In 2010, he presented the paper “Italo Calvino’s Literary Terrorism in If on a winter’s night a traveler” at the Midwest Modern Language Association Conference and the paper “The Nomos Debate in Antigone and Ancient Athens” at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference. In 2011, he peresented “Cheating in Professional Sports and the Criminal Justice System” for the Midwest Academy of Legal Studies in Business and “Education Requirements for Public Pension Trustees” at the Illinois Public Employee Retirement Systems Summit. His recent published fiction includes “After He Left” in Sudden Flash Youth: 65 Short-Short Stories (Persea Press 2011), "Evan’s Discovery” in Post: A Journal of Thought and Feeling (June 2010), “Divestment” in The Mayo Review (Spring 2010) and “Natural Selections” in Midwest Literary Magazine (Spring 2010).