Matthew Worwood
Assistant Professor in-Residence of DMD, Stamford
Digital Media and Design | Stamford
Assistant Professor in-Residence, Digital Culture – Stamford
BA in Drama, City University London
Matthew Worwood is a creative academic who engages in traditional scholarly research and creative content production. He received his doctorate at Johns Hopkins University, where he focused on the intersection of technology and creativity in teaching and learning environments.
Matthew’s active research explores the emergence of generative AI and its influence on the creative and learning process; he is currently co-editing a book titled Generative Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Possibilities, Precautions, and Perspectives and co-hosts the Fueling Creativity in Education Podcast, which has consistently ranked in the top 3% of podcasts.
Matthew is also the director of Digital Media CT, a statewide collaboration of higher education programs committed to supporting a talent pipeline in creative content production. He currently leads the production of a series of short documentary roundtables as part of his passion project called Teacher Roundtables. This work facilitates conversations among educators on timely education topics.
Matthew continues to publish on topics related to creativity, design thinking, and education technology and consults with education companies and K-12 schools, focusing on learning design and cultivating creativity in teachers.
Recent Research Achievements:
Worwood, M. J. & Burnett, C. (2021, February). Fueling Creativity [Audio Podcast]. Creativity and Education. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fueling-creativity-podcast/id1561020163
Worwood, M. J. (Director). (2024). Teaching during the pandemic: A roundtable discussion [Film]. Teacher Roundtables. https://teacherroundtables.com/
Worwood, M. J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2023). Introducing the CAUSE model and five Creativity Languages. Possibility Studies & Society, 1(3), 380 396. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538699231182879
Worwood, M. J. (2022). A pragmatic view of teaching and measuring creativity inside Digital Media Design. In Plucker, J. (Eds.), Creativity and Innovation: Theory, Research, and Practice. (pp. 133-148). New York: Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781003233923
Worwood, M. J. (2021). Four steps to promote Teacher Creativity when making the transition to virtual learning experiences. In Niess, M., L. & Gillow-Wiles, H. (Eds.), Handbook of research on transforming teachers’ online pedagogical reasoning for engaging K-12 students in virtual learning, (pp. 126-147). IAG-Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-7222-1
Worwood, M. J., & Plucker, J. (2018). Domain generality and specificity in Creative Design Thinking. In Darbellay, F., Moody, Z., Lubart, T. (Eds.), Creativity, Design Thinking and Interdisciplinarity, (pp. 83-91). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-7524-7
| Office Location | 130E |
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| Campus | Stamford |